Synonyms for subtract
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- calculate
Forms
- Past participle
- subtracted
e.g. subtracted → deducted, removed, taken, withdrawn…
Example sentences
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- deduct He could deduct the furnishing of his work room from his taxes.
By length
- 4 letters
- take1
- 5 letters
- unadd
- 6 letters
- remove2, deduct2
- 8 letters
- withdraw2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remove2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- soustraire
- Italiano
- sottrarre
- Deutsch
- unterschlagen