Synonyms for Abbreviate:

• adj.

  •short (adjective)
  • unprolonged,
  • decurtate,
  • shortest,
  • under-sized,
  • not protracted,
  • epigrammatic,
  • Curtate,
  • breviloquent,
  • Unsustained,
  • in a nutshell,
  • compendiary,
  • cut to the bone.

• v.

  •abridge (verb)
  • de-creasing,
  • put nutshell,
  • de-crease,
  • blue pencilling,
  • puts nutshell,
  • re duce,
  • puts in nutshell,
  • re-strict,
  • re strict,
  • re-duce,
  • blue pencilled,
  • blue penciling,
  • blue penciled,
  • putting nutshell,
  • blue pencils,
  • de crease,
  • re duces,
  • de-creases,
  • putting in nutshell,
  • de creasing,
  • re-duces,
  • de creases.
  •abstract (verb)
  • out lining,
  • out-line,
  • re viewed,
  • re-view,
  • re-viewed,
  • re view,
  • re viewing,
  • re views,
  • re-viewing,
  • out line,
  • out lines,
  • re-views,
  • out lined,
  • out-lines,
  • out-lined,
  • out-lining.
  •change (verb)
  • abbreviate.
  •compress (verb)
  • presses together,
  • made brief,
  • densened,
  • de-hydrate,
  • tele-scoping,
  • de hydrated,
  • de hydrate,
  • densens,
  • making brief,
  • de-hydrating,
  • de hydrates,
  • tele-scoped,
  • densified,
  • makes brief,
  • densifying,
  • forced into space,
  • de-hydrates,
  • tele scoped,
  • forces in to space,
  • forces into space,
  • forced in to space,
  • tele scoping,
  • densening,
  • forcing in to space,
  • force in to space,
  • forcing into space,
  • pressing together,
  • de hydrating,
  • boiling down,
  • Syncopating,
  • syncopates,
  • densifies,
  • de-hydrated.
  •condense (verb)
  • puts a nutshell,
  • putting a nutshell,
  • puts in a nutshell,
  • put a nutshell,
  • putting in a nutshell.
  •contract (verb)
  • squeeze,
  • wither.
  •curtail (verb)
  • discontinue,
  • fragment.
  •cut back (verb)
  • marks off.
  •cut short (verb)
  • brake short,
  • puts a stop to,
  • brings an end; leave unfinished,
  • stops short,
  • breaks short,
  • bring an end; leave unfinished,
  • bring end; leave unfinished,
  • putting stop to,
  • brought to an end; leave unfinished,
  • stopped dead,
  • post pone,
  • brings to end; leave unfinished,
  • stopt short,
  • post pones,
  • brought end; leave unfinished,
  • puts stop to,
  • bring to end; leave unfinished,
  • stopped short,
  • post-pones,
  • broke short,
  • stopping cold,
  • brings end; leave unfinished,
  • stopping dead,
  • stopped cold,
  • inter cept,
  • brings to an end; leave unfinished,
  • bringing an end; leave unfinished,
  • breaking short,
  • stops dead,
  • stops cold,
  • stopt dead,
  • inter-cept,
  • putting a stop to,
  • post-pone,
  • brought to end; leave unfinished,
  • bringing to an end; leave unfinished,
  • stopping short,
  • stopt cold,
  • bringing end; leave unfinished,
  • brought an end; leave unfinished,
  • bringing to end; leave unfinished.
  •cut short an activity (verb)
  • abort,
  • restrict.
  •decrease (verb)
  • decrease,
  • decrement,
  • drain,
  • lessen,
  • lower,
  • die down,
  • dwindle,
  • erode,
  • subside,
  • abate,
  • concentrate,
  • shrink,
  • compact,
  • deflate,
  • deduct,
  • deplete.
  •digest (verb)
  • cutting bone,
  • nutshelling,
  • nutshelled,
  • getting the meat,
  • cut bone,
  • got the meat,
  • got to the meat,
  • gat to the meat,
  • gets to the meat,
  • gotten to the meat,
  • cutting to bone,
  • cuts to bone,
  • get the meat,
  • gotten the meat,
  • gat the meat,
  • gets the meat,
  • cuts bone,
  • getting to the meat.
  •diminish (verb)
  • crop,
  • prune,
  • nip,
  • weed,
  • pare,
  • bob,
  • clip,
  • cull,
  • shave,
  • shear,
  • downgrade,
  • taper,
  • lighten.
  •encapsulate (verb)
  • capsulizes,
  • capsulizing.
  •minimize (verb)
  • dis-counted,
  • makes little of,
  • under play,
  • cuts down to size,
  • de-cries,
  • de-cried,
  • de tracts,
  • cutting rate,
  • under estimating,
  • poor-mouthing,
  • poormouthed,
  • cuts rate,
  • under plays,
  • de-cry,
  • de-tracts,
  • making little of,
  • under-play,
  • de crying,
  • dis-counts,
  • under-played,
  • be-little,
  • be littles,
  • poohpooh,
  • under estimated,
  • poormouths,
  • poor mouthed,
  • under-estimated,
  • poor mouthing,
  • cutting down to size,
  • under playing,
  • be-littles,
  • under-estimate,
  • poor mouths,
  • dis counts,
  • de tract,
  • cut down size,
  • de cries,
  • de-crying,
  • under-estimating,
  • cutting down size,
  • under played,
  • cuts down size,
  • under-plays,
  • under estimates,
  • made little of,
  • poor-mouthed,
  • makes light of,
  • poormouthing,
  • dis-counting,
  • under-playing,
  • poor-mouths,
  • de cry,
  • making light of,
  • de cried,
  • dis counted,
  • de-tract,
  • dis counting,
  • under estimate,
  • miniaturizing.
  •shorten (verb)
  • cut off,
  • cut out.
  •trim (verb)
  • evens up,
  • whittles down,
  • evened up,
  • slicing off,
  • sliced off,
  • whittled down,
  • whittling down,
  • slices off.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • long.
  •
  • pay out.
  •
  • turn up.
  •
  • grow.
  •
  • stretch.
  •contract
  • lose,
  • become smaller,
  • grow less,
  • grows less,
  • became smaller,
  • draw in,
  • fall away,
  • recede,
  • drew in,
  • falling away,
  • wrinkle,
  • falls away,
  • Waned.
  •curtail
  • pare down,
  • get to meat,
  • minify,
  • roll back,
  • Minified,
  • paring down,
  • pared down,
  • Minifying.
  •cut back
  • mark off,
  • marked off,
  • marking off.
  •cut short
  • stop dead,
  • stop short,
  • bring to an end; leave unfinished,
  • put stop to,
  • break short,
  • put a stop to,
  • stop cold.
  •diminish
  • fading away,
  • die out,
  • fades away,
  • tapers,
  • died out,
  • slackens,
  • OUTS,
  • petering out,
  • outed,
  • fade away,
  • peter out.
  •economize
  • cut back.
  •encapsulate
  • epitomize,
  • encapsulated,
  • encapsulates,
  • capsulize,
  • capsulized.
  •epitomize
  • encapsulate.
  •shorten
  • make a long story short.
  •Other relevant words:
  • constrict,
  • come down,
  • shortening,
  • snub,
  • compile,
  • abbreviated,
  • obstruct,
  • draw together,
  • compendious,
  • elongate,
  • handiness,
  • draw,
  • laconic,
  • convulsion,
  • keep down,
  • edit out,
  • edit,
  • poor,
  • scanty,
  • melt off,
  • abrupt,
  • slew,
  • concise,
  • purse,
  • trim down,
  • poll,
  • be short,
  • omit,
  • make out,
  • compression,
  • constringe,
  • scarce,
  • strangulate,
  • acquire,
  • mobility,
  • curve,
  • become,
  • rationalize,
  • deficient,
  • push down,
  • stunt,
  • shrinkage,
  • attenuate,
  • trim back,
  • puny,
  • switch off,
  • be telegraphic,
  • void,
  • slim down,
  • contraction,
  • consolidate,
  • recap,
  • kill,
  • simplifications,
  • sharp,
  • attain,
  • insufficient,
  • cross out,
  • solidify,
  • lose weight,
  • write out,
  • pollard,
  • accept,
  • catch,
  • tighten,
  • streamline,
  • burn,
  • epitome,
  • quash,
  • strike out,
  • portability,
  • limit,
  • bring down,
  • sheer,
  • disregard,
  • expurgated,
  • gain,
  • pithy,
  • swerve,
  • simplification,
  • reduction,
  • condensed,
  • repress,
  • strike,
  • truncated,
  • strike off,
  • extenuate,
  • inadequate,
  • turn off,
  • pucker up,
  • abridged,
  • cramp,
  • rub out,
  • miniature,
  • circumscribe,
  • curt,
  • simplifier,
  • condensation,
  • Coarct,
  • reap,
  • press,
  • cancel,
  • delete,
  • stop,
  • transferability,
  • slue,
  • take out,
  • summary,
  • strangle,
  • constriction,
  • cease,
  • decline,
  • subjugate,
  • thin out,
  • synopsis,
  • expurgate,
  • earn,
  • abridgment,
  • dock,
  • rescind,
  • diminutive,
  • expunge,
  • knit,
  • get,
  • ignore,
  • mow,
  • narrow,
  • sign up,
  • blue-pencil,
  • short,
  • brusque,
  • lacking,
  • undertake,
  • blot out,
  • deoxidize,
  • subdue,
  • thin,
  • scale down,
  • downsize,
  • abridgement,
  • veer,
  • sign on,
  • dilute,
  • pucker,
  • bowdlerize,
  • rationalise,
  • geld,
  • sum up,
  • synopsize,
  • take,
  • epitomise,
  • retrench,
  • censor,
  • Transportability,
  • Curtailed,
  • moderate,
  • subtract,
  • lop,
  • bowdlerise,
  • simplify,
  • shortened,
  • summarize,
  • interrupt,
  • abbreviation,
  • erase,
  • recapitulate,
  • elide,
  • collect,
  • sign.

Paraphrases for Abbreviate:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    abridge.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    curtail, cut.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    shorten.

Antonyms for Abbreviate:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    elaborate, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate.

• v.

  • change
    expand.
  • shorten
    enlarge, lengthen, extend, amplify, strengthen.
  • Other antonyms:
    boost, balloon, supplement, heighten, raise, increase, inflate, swell, maximize, blow up, distend.

Homophones for Abbreviate:

• abrupt, abbreviated, approbate, approved.

Hypernym for Abbreviate:

• v.

  • change
    bowdlerize, expurgate, bowdlerise, condense, castrate, digest, shorten, concentrate.

Hyponym for Abbreviate:

• v.

  • change
    lessen, decrease, minify, reduce.