Synonyms for reduction
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Noun
1. Decrease
decrease, diminution, lessening, deduction, abatement, discount, decrement, curtailment, diminishment, degradation, lowering, drawback, drop, retrenchment, shortening, rebate, contraction, depression, abbreviation, condensation, abridgment US, abridgement UK, fall
Definitions
- n. 1
The act, process, or result of reducing.
Forms
- Plural
- reductions → decreases, diminutions, lessenings, deductions…
Example sentences
- decrease A significant decrease in temperature is expected.
- deduction The tax agent allowed the deduction.
- decline I had to decline the invitation because I was ill.
- conversion The programmers worked on the conversion to HTML5.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reduction | falling | |
| decrease | falling | |
| deduction | falling | |
| lessening | falling | |
| diminution | falling | |
| decline | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1, drop1
- 5 letters
- taxis2
- 6 letters
- rebate2
- 7 letters
- decline2, extract2
- 8 letters
- discount2, decrease2, lowering3, drawback2, thinning2, dilution3
- 9 letters
- deduction3, narrowing3, lessening3, abatement3, decrement
- 10 letters
- depression3, resolution4, conversion3, extraction3, shortening3, diminution4, debasement3, abridgment
- 11 letters
- degradation4, contraction3, curtailment3, abridgement3
- 12 letters
- abbreviation5, condensation4, retrenchment3, diminishment4
- 13 letters
- transmutation
- 14 letters
- simplification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (taxis2 = 2 syllables).