Synonyms for reduce
39 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionverb
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- take off weight
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- put down by force or intimidation
- make smaller
- 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
- narrow or limit
- cook until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- lessen and make more modest
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- undergo meiosis