1. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] cut down on; make a reduction in.
Synonyms
- bring down
- shave
- downsize
- lessen
- subtract
- trim down
- retrench
- spill
- deflate
- knock off
- cut down
- cut back
- inflate
- trim
- decrease
- quench
- slash
- minify
- cut
- detract
- thin out
- take away
- thin
- shorten
Antonyms
- inflate
- deflate
- increase
- lengthen
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Reduce
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- obtuse
- lajous
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- damoose
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- tyus
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Example sentences of the word reduce
1. Verb, base form
This step will reduce bulk and help the corners lie flat when you turn the fabric right-side out.
Quotes containing the word reduce
1. In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
- Richard M. Nixon
2. I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.
- Ernest Hemingway
3. Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.
- Ashly Lorenzana
2. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] make less complex.
Synonyms
- abbreviate
Antonyms
- switch on
- malfunction
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
3. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.
Synonyms
- kick downstairs
- demote
- relegate
- break
Antonyms
- give
- endomorphic
- mesomorphic
- thick
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
4. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
Synonyms
- interchange
- exchange
- replace
Antonyms
- iodinate
- string
- record
- arrive
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
5. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.
Synonyms
- put down
- degrade
- disgrace
- demean
Antonyms
- charge
- lodge
- fuse
- ionate
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
6. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] be the essential element.
Synonyms
- boil down
- come down
- turn
Antonyms
- classification
- inflation
- expansion
- addition
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
7. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] reduce in size; reduce physically.
Synonyms
- scale down
- shrink
- desolate
- miniaturise
- decrease
- contract
- downsize
- lessen
- miniaturize
- reef
- minify
Antonyms
- abstain
- ignite
- heat
- uncut
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
8. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] narrow or limit.
Synonyms
- restrict
- bound
- limit
- tighten
- restrain
- trammel
- confine
Antonyms
- maximise
- maximize
- escalate
- add
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
9. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] lessen and make more modest.
Antonyms
- bring
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)
10. reduce
verb. ['rɪˈduːs'] to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons.
Synonyms
- benficiate
- deoxidise
- change
- deoxidize
Antonyms
- oxidize
- oxidise
- maximization
- waxing
Etymology
- reducere (Latin)