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Synonyms for boil down

  • verb

Most common

concentrate decoct

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Reduce

reduce, concentrate, decoct

2. Come down

come down, come down to

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To reduce in volume by boiling.

    He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.

  2. v. 2

    To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

    So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.

Example sentences

  • concentrate Let's concentrate on what Tom is about to perform.

By length

6 letters
reduce2, decoct
11 letters
concentrate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reduce2 = 2 syllables).