Synonyms for subtract
səbˈtrækt

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1. subtract, deduct, take off(verb)

   make a subtraction

   "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

   Synonyms:
   derive, set forth, infer, take off, start out, take time off, part, start, lift off, deduct, get off the ground, depart, withhold, recoup, set out, deduce, set off

   Antonyms:
   add, add together

2. subtract(verb)

   take off or away

   "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

   Synonyms:
   take off, deduct

   Antonyms:
   add together, add

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1. subtract

   Synonyms:
   abstract, deduct, diminish, dissever, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, cast up, enlarge, extend, increase, join on, make up, subjoin, sum up

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1. subtract

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, remove, deduct, take

   Antonyms:
   add, import, adduce, give, bring

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1. subtract(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   deduct, withdraw, take, take away

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1. List of paraphrases for "subtract":

   deduct, subtraction

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How to use subtract in a sentence?

1. Mother Teresa:

   I never add up. I only subtract from the total dying... . . . It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

2. Steen Jakobsen:

   Shale gas and shale oil have added around 0.5 percent to GDP per year in my model, and I think it will now subtract 0.5 to 1.0 percent as projects become unprofitable and credit in the sector tanks.

3. Fran Lebowitz:

   If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct.

4. Children's Defense Fund:

   Will your child learn to multiply before she learns to subtract

5. Jeb Bush:

   You got to get to 50 - or pretty close to it - to win. And to get to 50 you have to add, not subtract, and so you can't start subtracting in a primary, and then you always have to keep your eye on the fact that while you're doing that you can't be subtracting for the general.

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