What is another word for attrition?
308 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐtɹˈɪʃən], [ ɐtɹˈɪʃən], [ ɐ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for attrition:- act (noun)
- attrition (noun)
- compunction (noun)
- contrition (noun)
- erosion (noun)
- friction (noun)
- loss (noun)
- penance (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- reduction (noun)
- redundancy (noun)
- remorse (noun)
- repentance (noun)
- rub (noun)
- wear (noun)
- wear and tear (noun)
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Synonyms for Attrition:
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- skirmish,
- gradual disintegration,
- campaign,
- combat,
- assault,
- mission,
- pitched battle,
- battle,
- struggle,
- depreciation,
- war,
- weakening,
- incursion,
- decline.
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- resign,
- bow out,
- stand-down,
- hand in your notice/resignation,
- give/hand in (your) notice,
- vacate,
- step aside,
- quit,
- retire,
- leave.
- wearing downs,
- de sedimentation,
- de crease,
- dis integrations,
- de spoliation,
- washing aways,
- de spoliations,
- de-crease,
- dis integration,
- de-spoliations,
- de-creases,
- desedimentations,
- de-sedimentation,
- dis-integrations,
- grinding downs,
- spoilings,
- de-spoliation,
- dis-integration,
- de sedimentations,
- eating aways,
- de creases,
- de-sedimentations.
- dissolution,
- forfeiture,
- privation,
- dissipation,
- dispossession,
- ruin,
- decrement,
- depletion,
- shrinkage,
- deprivation,
- divestiture,
- setback,
- expropriation,
- loss,
- debit,
- exhaustion.
- sackcloth ashes,
- selfflagellation,
- selfflagellations,
- sackcloth and ash,
- expiations,
- self flagellation,
- sackcloth ash,
- self flagellations,
- self-flagellations.
- subduals,
- de-valuation,
- de valuation,
- sub duals,
- dis counts,
- sub-tractions,
- dis-counts,
- over throw,
- sub dual,
- re bates,
- over throws,
- re-bate,
- over-throw,
- sub tractions,
- sub-duals,
- sub-traction,
- re bate,
- sub traction,
- de-valuations,
- sub-dual,
- de valuations,
- over-throws.
- over abundance,
- pro-fusion,
- super abundances,
- macrologies,
- copiosities,
- super-abundance,
- co piosity,
- co-piosities,
- supererogations,
- co-piosity,
- over abundances,
- super-abundances,
- pro fusions,
- pro-fusions,
- co piosities,
- over-abundances.
Other synonyms:
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- resistance.
- retraction,
- impairment,
- discord,
- Languishment,
- using up,
- chafe,
- abatement,
- diminution,
- Weathering,
- grief,
- extraction,
- dressing,
- dip,
- damage,
- enervation,
- expending,
- Crumbling,
- scratch,
- remission,
- Levigation,
- brecciation,
- burning up,
- fatigue,
- coefficient of friction,
- shame,
- sliding friction,
- wastefulness,
- wastage,
- curtailment,
- grazing,
- shining,
- evisceration,
- expenditure,
- disagreement,
- scratching,
- ruth,
- atomization,
- dispute,
- shamefacedness,
- Abrading,
- Blunting,
- redundancy,
- Burnishing,
- wearing down,
- deadening,
- excoriation,
- mitigation,
- derogation,
- Powdering,
- debilitation,
- detraction,
- scraping,
- elbow grease,
- abrasive,
- trench warfare,
- Apologies,
- absorption,
- scuff,
- spending,
- scrape,
- deterioration,
- Mashing,
- roughness,
- filing,
- grinding away,
- stroke,
- Dulling,
- Shredding,
- impoverishment,
- scrub,
- penitently,
- shamefulness,
- Comminution,
- Regretting,
- Deliquescence,
- fragmentation,
- smashing,
- stroking,
- massage,
- conflict,
- assimilation,
- galling,
- shamefastness,
- granulation,
- regrets,
- waste,
- finishing,
- softening,
- slackening,
- pounding,
- Buffing,
- enfeeblement,
- Damping,
- ayenbite of inwit,
- thinning,
- erasure,
- digestion,
- ingestion,
- Smoothing,
- corroding,
- repining,
- bitterness,
- crushing,
- extenuation,
- beating,
- corrosion,
- inanition,
- Effemination,
- rosin,
- scrubbing,
- wistfulness,
- wearing out,
- sandblasting,
- Confrication,
- shortening,
- drain,
- scouring,
- Arrosion,
- dilution,
- relaxation,
- Sanding,
- Affriction,
- rasping,
- chafing,
- Fraying,
- ablation,
- truncation,
- retrenchment,
- consumption,
- Frication,
- attenuation,
- polishing,
- Limature,
- Limation,
- cutting,
- squandering,
- disparagement,
- devitalization,
- dissension,
- regretfulness,
- wasting away,
- grating,
- disintegration.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
exertion.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
depletion, abandonment, exhaustion, deterioration, resignation, downsizing, dropout, discontinuation, Depuration, drop-out, departure, diminution, neglect.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Antonyms for Attrition:
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n.
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wearing down or away
strengthening, happiness, building.
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wearing down or away
Homophones for Attrition:
Hyponym for Attrition:
n.
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process
wearing, wearing away, eating away, erosion, eroding.
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process