Definition for Cutting:

• Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.

Synonyms for Cutting:

• adj.

  •abrasive (adjective)
  • spiky.
  •all (adjective)
  • stinging,
  • raw,
  • bleak,
  • edged.
  •nasty, hateful (adjective)
  • acid,
  • bitter,
  • severe,
  • barbed,
  • acerbic.
  •offensive (adjective)
  • offensive.
  •painful (adjective)
  • grueling,
  • Irksome,
  • inflaming,
  • troublesome,
  • bothersome,
  • excruciating,
  • woeful,
  • disagreeable,
  • aching,
  • aggravating,
  • tormenting,
  • horrendous,
  • painful,
  • Gnawing,
  • irritating,
  • unpleasant,
  • arduous,
  • burdensome,
  • wrenching,
  • grievous,
  • agonizing,
  • insufferable,
  • cruel,
  • smarting,
  • anguishing,
  • torturing,
  • withering,
  • trying,
  • harrowing,
  • throbbing,
  • odious,
  • oppressive,
  • sore,
  • Besetting,
  • chafing,
  • unbearable,
  • uncomfortable,
  • distressful,
  • annoying,
  • miserable,
  • crushing,
  • Cramping.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • spiked,
  • needle-like,
  • needle-point,
  • sagittal,
  • jagged,
  • spiny,
  • Thistly,
  • thorny,
  • spinous,
  • pointy,
  • prickly,
  • bristly,
  • spear-like,
  • razor-edged.
  •shrill (adjective)
  • jarring,
  • screeching,
  • hoarse,
  • shrieking,
  • jangling,
  • reedy,
  • grating,
  • squeaky,
  • shrill,
  • harsh,
  • Caterwauling,
  • raucous,
  • squealing,
  • high-pitched,
  • screaming,
  • scratching,
  • creaky,
  • whining,
  • treble,
  • rasping,
  • whistling,
  • ear-piercing,
  • strident,
  • scraping.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • cut.
  •castration (noun)
  • castration,
  • emasculation.
  •cutting (noun)
  • piercing,
  • stabbing,
  • thinning,
  • sharp,
  • knifelike.
  •groove (noun)
  • fluting.

• v.

  •allotting (verb)
  • assigning,
  • rationing,
  • Meting,
  • allocating,
  • giving,
  • setting,
  • Dispensing,
  • Allowing,
  • sharing,
  • parceling,
  • segmenting,
  • measuring,
  • budgeting,
  • Distributing,
  • dealing,
  • apportioning,
  • Earmarking,
  • partitioning,
  • Portioning,
  • Allotting.
  •castrating (verb)
  • unmanning,
  • Emasculating,
  • spaying,
  • Sterilizing,
  • gelding,
  • Castrating.
  •cheapening (verb)
  • degrading,
  • deflating,
  • devaluating,
  • marking down,
  • belittling,
  • devaluing,
  • debasing,
  • Cheapening.
  •diluting (verb)
  • Attenuating,
  • Diluting.
  •grooving (verb)
  • Corrugating,
  • Furrowing,
  • grooving,
  • Rutting,
  • digging,
  • Channeling.
  •halving (verb)
  • bifurcating,
  • fissuring,
  • forking,
  • Rupturing,
  • Slitting,
  • tearing,
  • branching.
  •notching (verb)
  • Chinking,
  • Indenting,
  • Nicking,
  • serrating,
  • cracking,
  • Notching,
  • scoring,
  • Gashing.
  •obliterating (verb)
  • obliterating,
  • annihilating,
  • Omitting,
  • Canceling,
  • striking,
  • expunging,
  • Eradicating,
  • Annulling,
  • editing,
  • censoring,
  • Expurgating,
  • Erasing.
  •portioning (verb)
  • compartmentalizing,
  • Piecing,
  • zoning,
  • Subdividing,
  • chunking,
  • Dismembering.
  •rejecting (verb)
  • Checking,
  • Eliminating,
  • Lopping,
  • Chopping,
  • excreting,
  • Ejecting,
  • Evacuating,
  • deep-sixing,
  • Culling,
  • Abandoning,
  • Cropping,
  • vomiting,
  • Rejecting,
  • shedding,
  • Secreting,
  • Discarding,
  • Ejaculating,
  • Denying,
  • Discharging,
  • exuding,
  • Excising,
  • disapproving,
  • emitting,
  • shearing,
  • erupting,
  • venting,
  • Disclaiming,
  • Blackballing,
  • draining,
  • Excluding,
  • jettisoning,
  • Spewing,
  • seeping,
  • Curtailing,
  • blacklisting,
  • Sniping,
  • belching,
  • Jilting,
  • Disallowing,
  • barring,
  • Oppugning,
  • Trashing,
  • junking,
  • exhausting,
  • Disgorging.
  •separating (verb)
  • Detaching,
  • disaffiliating,
  • breaking,
  • ungluing,
  • rending,
  • parting,
  • Disconnecting,
  • severing,
  • alienating,
  • unhinging,
  • Divorcing,
  • disassembling,
  • Disintegrating,
  • Separating,
  • unfixing,
  • Removing,
  • cleaving,
  • estranging,
  • Amputating,
  • Disuniting,
  • Incising,
  • Bisecting,
  • dividing,
  • Sundering,
  • Disengaging,
  • Segregating,
  • Halving,
  • fragmenting,
  • axing,
  • Insulating,
  • dismantling,
  • Dissecting,
  • slicing,
  • Disjoining,
  • ripping,
  • Dissociating,
  • splitting,
  • uncoupling,
  • Disassociating.
  •subtracting (verb)
  • paring,
  • Deleting,
  • Eliding,
  • Discounting,
  • diminishing,
  • depreciating,
  • Bobbing,
  • Abridging,
  • Deducting,
  • shaving,
  • lowering,
  • pruning,
  • Weeding,
  • docking,
  • decreasing,
  • Subtracting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • scathing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • item,
  • gathering,
  • crumb,
  • inclement,
  • nipping,
  • harvest,
  • bit,
  • snappy,
  • whack,
  • snatch,
  • Collop,
  • scorching,
  • Reaping,
  • particle,
  • watering,
  • alteration,
  • slice,
  • chip,
  • rasher,
  • Gleaning,
  • secant,
  • poignant,
  • harvesting,
  • clip,
  • snack,
  • jag,
  • morsel,
  • snip,
  • fine,
  • scale.

Paraphrases for Cutting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    cut.
  • Proper noun, singular
    cut, cuts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cut.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Chopping.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    pieces, reduction, reductions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shortening, reduction, diminution.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reduction.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    slashes, severing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    trimming, clear-cutting, cross-cutting, crosscutting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Slitting, nipping, clipping, trimming, crosscutting.
  • Verb, base form
    accidentallycut.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    harvesting, cut-down.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Narrows, reducing, drags, less, cutoff.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    clipping, Felling, curtailment, reducing, cutback, downsizing, narrowing, Slaughtering, harvesting, Mowing, Culling, cutout, blending, interruption, circumcision, less, mutilation, sectioning, retrenchment, lessening, cutoff, slaughter, ablation, beheading, cutter, Cropping, discontinuation, shrinking, mitigation, Maiming.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Curtailing, Discontinuing, curbing, resurrecting, intersecting, downgrading, intervention, Deducting, vermindering, decommissioning, touching, touches, Interrupting, diminishing, Puncturing, streamlined, streamlining, Ceasing, minimising, Eliminating, Experiencing, slicing, uprooting, Truncating, belittling, intervening, Detracting, disregarding, Excluding, constraining, Flattening, Containing, Terminating, Mitigating, Eradicating, Effecting, Canceling, Cancelling, Separating, penetrating, Precluding, affecting, slashing, tableting, intruding, sawmilling, ameliorating, Economizing, limiting, Combating, depreciating, coming, Traversing, moderating, Suppressing, receding, squeezing, Removing, declining, Suspending, Extirpating, Extracting, leaving, withdrawing, confining, Incising, recording, conserving, response, knocking, register, Registering, Deleting, concerning, carving, Overcoming, Simplifying, highly, impeding, tackling, returning, blocking, dwindling, interfering, Addressing, Levelling, assembling, double, doubling, Transporting, Disrupting, Deterring, dividing, Ignoring, Undergoing, Dismissing, ousting, inhibiting, isolating, Relieving, cheating, subsiding, entering, Reversing, deciding, Depleting, Stemming, ending, stripping, deepening, abating, Disposing, softening, crossing, Preventing, bleeding, Preparing, transiting, reaching, defusing, Depriving, hindering, Abolishing, Restoring, losing, arranging, controlling, Destroying, resulting, sending, flying, scrapping, moving, Impairing, Rabbiting, tapping, speeding, Deposing, dragging, widening, rendering, eroding, closing, Avoiding, Phasing, Lifting, dropping, digging, past, filling, Claiming, taking, thinning, looking, Waiving, pulling, shipping, talking, sparing, relaxing, Spanning, keeping, Erasing, Aiming, Denying, sinking, giving, die, eating, drawing, den, winning, passing, la, Felling, slowing, letting, reducing, getting, Doing, drinking, going, shortening, making, downsizing, narrowing, Slaughtering, harvesting, Culling, blending, less, sectioning, lessening, severing, beheading, Cropping, shrinking.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    excision.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Alleviating.

Antonyms for Cutting:

• adj.

  • nasty, hateful
    indefinite, weak, stupid, soothing, unintelligent, gentle, mild, sweet, blunt, bland, dull, pleasant, kind, nice, calm.
  • Other antonyms:
    good-natured, honeyed, hospitable, gracious, level, balmy, urbane, sportive, affable, merry, playful, soft, flat, hot, sociable, slick, luscious, dulcet, diplomatic, rounded, amusing, cordial, polite, smooth, Nectared, even, saccharine, suave, obtuse, genial, waggish, good-humored, droll.

Homophones for Cutting:

• cheating, chiding, customize, chasteness, catananche, chastening, cationic, cottonwick, cattiness, coating, ceding, cadenza, customs, cacodaemonic, cacodemonic, customshouse, chthonic, cotinga, cow dung, cussedness, Ciudad De Mexico, cotton mouse, customhouse, chattanooga, coexistence, casting, costing, cotton cake, coding, custom-make, coccidioidomycosis, catatonic, cadence, customise, coccidiomycosis, cadency, Coco De Macao, chitinous, cotinus, Cutinize, cuteness, coexisting, coetaneous, cutaneous.

Holonyms for Cutting:

• n.

  • act
    card game, cards.

Hypernym for Cutting:

• n.

  • act
    notch, slash, slicing, nick, gash, section, severing, severance, scission, snick, incision, dissection, undercut, surgical incision.
  • object
    pruning.
  • plant
    quickset.

Hyponym for Cutting:

• n.

  • act
    division, creating by removal, opening.
  • object
    part, piece.
  • plant
    stalk, stem.