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reduce


These are words and phrases related to reduce. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of reduce.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS


They've just reduced the price.

Synonyms and examples


decrease
The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lessen
A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plummet
Temperatures last night plummeted.
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.
contract
As the metal cools, it contracts.

Antonym and example


increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of reduce.  

See words related to reduce


fall-off
falling-off
nosedive
reduction
downturn
downswing
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When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.

reduce | American Thesaurus


reduce


verb
These are words and phrases related to reduce. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of reduce.
We've reduced the price of the coat from $100 to $65.

Synonyms


lessen
diminish
discount
mark down
slash
cut

Antonyms


add to
augment
enlarge
extend
mark up
It's easy to reduce if you simply watch what you eat.

Synonyms


lose weight by dieting
slim down
diet
trim down
slenderize

Antonyms


gain weight
put on pounds
The military court reduced the major to captain. Poverty reduced him to begging for a living.

Synonyms


lower in rank
demote
bust
Slang
break
Slang
force
lower

Antonyms


promote
elevate
Windstorms reduced the house to a shambles.

Synonyms


bring down
leave in
damage
bring to destruction
Water reduces the potency of a highball.

Synonyms


minimize
lessen
lower
attrite
cut down
dilute
thin
water
blunt the edge of
dull
modulate
tone down
moderate
temper
ease
abate
mitigate
assuage
soften
checkmate
retard
slow down
curb
check
debilitate
atrophy
weaken
devitalize
enfeeble
cripple
incapacitate
undermine

Antonyms


heighten
enhance
strengthen
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