Definition for Abridge:

• To make brief or short: to shorten: to epitomize.

Synonyms for Abridge:

• n.

  •abridge (noun)
  • abbreviate,
  • cut,
  • foreshorten.

• v.

  •contract (verb)
  • condense,
  • squeeze,
  • wither.
  •decrease (verb)
  • concentrate,
  • diminish,
  • drain,
  • lower,
  • curtail,
  • subside,
  • deplete,
  • deflate,
  • compact,
  • erode,
  • abate,
  • deduct,
  • decrease,
  • truncate,
  • decrement,
  • die down,
  • dwindle,
  • shrink.
  •diminish (verb)
  • crop,
  • minimize,
  • prune,
  • lighten,
  • shave,
  • taper,
  • pare,
  • cull,
  • clip,
  • downgrade,
  • nip,
  • shear,
  • trim,
  • weed,
  • bob.
  •shorten (verb)
  • belittle.
  •subtract (verb)
  • delete,
  • discount,
  • depreciate,
  • dock,
  • subtract.

• Other synonyms:

  •contract
  • recede,
  • fall away.
  •economize
  • retrench,
  • cut back.
  •encapsulate
  • epitomize,
  • capsulize.
  •epitomize
  • encapsulate.
  •lessen
  • roll back,
  • minify.
  •shorten
  • elide.
  •Other relevant words:
  • difficult,
  • deprivation,
  • bowdlerise,
  • resume,
  • detriment,
  • waste,
  • brusque,
  • quash,
  • awkward,
  • undertake,
  • condensation,
  • expurgate,
  • retire,
  • deficit,
  • Curtailed,
  • dampen,
  • deprive,
  • depress,
  • crumble,
  • disregard,
  • disburden,
  • wear,
  • descend,
  • melt away,
  • distinct,
  • omit,
  • subdue,
  • lop,
  • melt,
  • subjugate,
  • absent,
  • disagreeable,
  • bleed,
  • melt off,
  • diminished,
  • sum,
  • robbery,
  • lour,
  • despoil,
  • void,
  • blot out,
  • trim back,
  • abruptness,
  • come down,
  • defeat,
  • take,
  • slew,
  • summarise,
  • repress,
  • detached,
  • erase,
  • rescind,
  • concise,
  • constrain,
  • arduous,
  • relieve,
  • contraction,
  • injury,
  • thin out,
  • reap,
  • gain,
  • isolated,
  • tap,
  • keep down,
  • acquire,
  • trim down,
  • tail off,
  • cross out,
  • capsule,
  • other,
  • forfeiture,
  • withdraw,
  • geld,
  • milk,
  • bereave,
  • veer,
  • fastidious,
  • tune down,
  • abrupt,
  • deoxidize,
  • tighten,
  • expunge,
  • take from,
  • uphill,
  • languish,
  • rub out,
  • edit,
  • fall off,
  • bereaved,
  • die away,
  • swerve,
  • destruction,
  • separate,
  • sketch out,
  • accept,
  • digest,
  • cancel,
  • outline,
  • miniature,
  • bereavement,
  • constrict,
  • be short,
  • switch off,
  • restrict,
  • decay,
  • wane,
  • particular,
  • rape,
  • laconic,
  • snip,
  • rationalize,
  • short,
  • curtness,
  • strike,
  • Disentitle,
  • synopsize,
  • deprive of,
  • curt,
  • downsize,
  • get,
  • snub,
  • loss,
  • strike out,
  • damage,
  • cease,
  • destitution,
  • burn,
  • individual,
  • abstracted,
  • slim down,
  • stunt,
  • sign,
  • curve,
  • decline,
  • sketch,
  • restrain,
  • cut down,
  • consolidate,
  • abbreviation,
  • stop,
  • review,
  • recap,
  • compendium,
  • limit,
  • slue,
  • confine,
  • thin,
  • ebb,
  • rationalise,
  • strike off,
  • bowdlerize,
  • take away from,
  • constriction,
  • mow,
  • edit out,
  • sum up,
  • ignore,
  • damp,
  • write out,
  • sheer,
  • demanding,
  • brevity,
  • kill,
  • bring down,
  • pot,
  • sign up,
  • poll,
  • run low,
  • pollard,
  • summary,
  • press,
  • sign on,
  • divest,
  • expurgated,
  • pare down,
  • epitomise,
  • privation,
  • chop,
  • abridgement,
  • denudation,
  • narrow,
  • harm,
  • mine,
  • moderate,
  • decoct,
  • circumscribe,
  • abridgment,
  • blunt,
  • make out,
  • turn off.

Paraphrases for Abridge:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    abbreviate.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    shorten, curtail, reduce, reducing.

Antonyms for Abridge:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    balloon, animate, arouse, let loose, free, incite, release, blow up, excite, raise, maximize, impel, swell, set free, boost, inflate, increase, emancipate, supplement, aid, distend, encourage, heighten.

Homophones for Abridge:

• aperiodic, aphaeretic, aphrodisia, apparatus, abortus, apheretic, aphrodisiac.

Hyponym for Abridge:

• v.

  • change
    curb, restrict, curtail, cut back.