Synonyms for truncate
Definitions
- v. 1
To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
Related words
- Word family
- trunk truncation
Forms
- Past participle
- truncated
e.g. truncated → shortened, compressed, curtailed, retrenched…
Example sentences
- shorten High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.
- compress I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.
- curtail Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
By length
- 3 letters
- lop1
- 4 letters
- trim1
- 5 letters
- prune1
- 7 letters
- shorten2, curtail2, abridge2
- 8 letters
- compress2, retrench2
- 10 letters
- abbreviate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shorten2 = 2 syllables).