Antonym of the word reduce

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1. reduce

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. «Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.» Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, sink

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1. reduce

   Antonyms:
   enlarge, magnify, increase, augment, produce, extend, amplify, broaden, expand, renovate, invigorate, restore, repair, liberate, free, except, dissociate, transform

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, curtail, attenuate, impoverish, narrow, contract, weaken, impair, subdue, subjugate, bring, refer, subject, classify, convert

Matched Categories

1. • Cookery
   • Decrease
   • Degrade
   • Demote
   • Destress
   • Impoverish
   • Linguistics
   • Mathematics
   • Oppress
   • Reposition
   • Restrict
   • Separate
   • Simplify
   • Substitute
   • Weaken

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb

   cut down on; make a reduction in

   «reduce your daily fat intake»; «The employer wants to cut back health benefits»

   Antonyms:
   put on, enlarge, gain, magnify, blow up

   Synonyms:
   clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back

2. reduceverb

   make less complex

   «reduce a problem to a single question»

   Antonyms:
   magnify, put on, gain, blow up, enlarge

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

3. reduceverb

   bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

   «He reduced the population to slavery»

   Antonyms:
   blow up, gain, put on, magnify, enlarge

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

4. reduceverb

   simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

   Antonyms:
   gain, enlarge, magnify, blow up, put on

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

5. reduceverb

   lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

   «She reduced her niece to a servant»

   Antonyms:
   blow up, enlarge, gain, put on, magnify

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

6. reduce, come down, boil downverb

   be the essential element

   «The proposal boils down to a compromise»

   Antonyms:
   magnify, put on, gain, enlarge, blow up

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, go down, cut, precipitate, trim back, descend, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, sicken, fall, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

7. shrink, reduceverb

   reduce in size; reduce physically

   «Hot water will shrink the sweater»; «Can you shrink this image?»

   Antonyms:
   gain, enlarge, blow up, magnify, put on

   Synonyms:
   wither, bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, quail, trim down, thin out, cut, funk, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, flinch, tighten, wince, shrink, shrivel up, abridge, reduce, recoil, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, cringe, concentrate, thin, deoxidize, subjugate, dilute, shorten, slim, shrivel, squinch, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, cut back, keep down, lose weight, repress

8. reduceverb

   lessen and make more modest

   «reduce one’s standard of living»

   Antonyms:
   magnify, gain, blow up, enlarge, put on

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

9. reduce, scale downverb

   make smaller

   «reduce an image»

   Antonyms:
   blow up, enlarge, put on, magnify, gain

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

10. deoxidize, deoxidise, reduceverb

    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

    Antonyms:
    gain, magnify, put on, enlarge, blow up

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, reduce, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

11. reduce, tightenverb

    narrow or limit

    «reduce the influx of foreigners»

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, magnify, put on

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, constrain, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, stiffen, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, fasten, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, tighten up, deoxidise, reduce, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

12. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceverb

    put down by force or intimidation

    «The government quashes any attempt of an uprising»; «China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently»; «The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land»

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, magnify, put on

    Synonyms:
    chasten, strangle, get over, suppress, concentrate, master, conquer, avoid, quash, slim down, boil down, surmount, scale down, annul, trim down, thin out, inhibit, lose weight, decoct, cut, foreshorten, nullify, abbreviate, trim, slenderize, subject, shorten, deoxidise, crucify, subjugate, cut down, abridge, reduce, contract, melt off, subdue, curb, stamp down, invalidate, deoxidize, come down, subordinate, tame, number, mortify, dilute, slim, shrink, smother, thin, bring down, trim back, cut back, overcome, muffle, keep down, stifle, void, repress, tighten

13. reduceverb

    undergo meiosis

    «The cells reduce»

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, blow up, magnify, put on, gain

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

14. reduceverb

    reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

    Antonyms:
    put on, enlarge, gain, blow up, magnify

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

15. reduceverb

    destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

    Antonyms:
    magnify, blow up, enlarge, put on, gain

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

16. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    «The manuscript must be shortened»

    Antonyms:
    magnify, enlarge, put on, gain, blow up

    Synonyms:
    sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

17. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrateverb

    be cooked until very little liquid is left

    «The sauce should reduce to one cup»

    Antonyms:
    magnify, gain, enlarge, put on, blow up

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, cut back, trim down, rivet, thin out, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, tighten, subjugate, shrink, abridge, reduce, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slim, thin, come down, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress

18. reduce, boil down, concentrateverb

    cook until very little liquid is left

    «The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time»

    Antonyms:
    magnify, blow up, enlarge, put on, gain

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, rivet, slim, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

19. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cutverb

    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    «cut bourbon»

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, put on, magnify

    Synonyms:
    veer, bring down, decoct, sheer, slim down, turn off, quash, turn out, boil down, burn, foreshorten, shorten, hack, trim down, slim, prune, edit, snub, debase, cut, rationalize, load, curve, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, cut back, write out, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, skip, abridge, reduce, make out, adulterate, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, switch off, concentrate, stretch, thin, deoxidize, come down, dilute, geld, rationalise, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, slenderize, edit out, slue, issue, deoxidise, abbreviate, trend, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

20. reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim downverb

    take off weight

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, gain, blow up, put on, magnify

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slenderise, thin, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

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1. reduceverb

   Synonyms:
   diminish, lower, degrade, minimize, depress, debase, humble, conquer, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, subject

How to use REDUCE in a sentence?

1. Seymour Kagan:

   The president or someone in the VA should change the rule to reflect the pandemic and enlarge the vaccination program to any veteran, this would have the added benefit of increasing the distribution of the vaccine at a faster rate rather than going through the states — it would also reduce the demand on the states of those people who are veterans who would get the shot directly through the VA clinic.

2. Jennifer Landa:

   You want to consider using the copper IUD rather than the one that contains hormones. The hormone containing IUD was just shown in a study to reduce clearance of HPV.

3. Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   At the same time we took on board the concerns of the people, who are worried about the future, and this means we want to reduce, we want to drastically decrease the number of people coming to us.

4. Winston Churchill:

   One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

5. Johnny Isakson:

   I am demanding answers from the Department of Defense on how they are justifying these troop cuts in Georgia, we cannot afford to reduce our military readiness at a time when the threats to our security here at home and throughout the world are growing at an alarming rate.

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