Definition for Cutback:

• a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity; as, cutbacks in government research funding increased unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a cutback in auto production.

Synonyms for Cutback:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • cutback.
  •cutback (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • lowering,
  • slashing.
  •decrease (noun)
  • reversal,
  • Striction,
  • decrescence,
  • waning,
  • belt-tightening.
  •diminution (noun)
  • de cay,
  • de-cay,
  • weakenings,
  • de cays,
  • de-cays.
  •economy (noun)
  • prudence,
  • rollback,
  • thriftiness,
  • niggardliness,
  • sparingness,
  • Parcity,
  • miserliness,
  • rollbacks,
  • stinginess.
  •reduction (noun)
  • sub traction,
  • re bate,
  • de valuation,
  • re-bate,
  • de gradation,
  • over-throw,
  • de-valuation,
  • de-valuations,
  • de basement,
  • sub dual,
  • re bates,
  • over throws,
  • sub-duals,
  • de-gradations,
  • de gradations,
  • de-gradation,
  • sub tractions,
  • de valuations,
  • sub-tractions,
  • over-throws,
  • de-basement,
  • sub-dual,
  • subduals,
  • de-basements,
  • sub-traction,
  • over throw,
  • de basements,
  • sub duals.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shrinkage,
  • Diminishment,
  • downtrend,
  • decrement,
  • drop off,
  • slip,
  • letup,
  • erosion.
  •
  • ebb,
  • abatement,
  • attrition,
  • fall off,
  • tail-off,
  • moderation,
  • slump,
  • taper,
  • slowdown,
  • rundown,
  • collapse,
  • tumble,
  • mitigation.
  •
  • sag,
  • slide,
  • decline,
  • dive.
  •
  • nosedive,
  • plunge.
  •
  • dip.
  •
  • drain.
  •
  • fall.
  •
  • drop.

Paraphrases for Cutback:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cut, reduction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cutting, downsizing, diminution, drawdown, Cropping, decline, snip.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    curtailment, cutout, retrenchment, decrease, trimming, haircut, pruning, abatement.

Antonyms for Cutback:

• n.

  • decrease
    increase, raise.

Homophones for Cutback:

• catfish, catabiosis, codfish, cat box, chest voice, cutoff saw, coyote bush, cut back, cotopaxi, codfish cake, cataphasia, codpiece.

Hypernym for Cutback:

• n.

  • act
    service cutback.

Hyponym for Cutback:

• n.

  • act
    reduction, step-down, decrease, diminution.