Synonyms for Re duce:

• n.

  •ruination (noun)
  • destruction,
  • bane,
  • downfall,
  • undoing,
  • wrecker,
  • destroyer.

• v.

  •abase (verb)
  • mortify,
  • humble,
  • dishonor,
  • disgrace,
  • demean,
  • belittle,
  • humiliate,
  • shame,
  • reduce.
  •abate (verb)
  • wane,
  • mellow out,
  • cool it,
  • subside,
  • unlax,
  • let go,
  • allay,
  • slacken,
  • decline,
  • let up,
  • lay back,
  • coast,
  • go with the flow,
  • cool,
  • hang easy,
  • hang loose,
  • quell,
  • ebb,
  • decrease,
  • dull,
  • take it easy,
  • let it all hang out,
  • slow,
  • chill out.
  •abbreviate (verb)
  • take out,
  • compress,
  • summarize,
  • encapsulate,
  • put in a nutshell,
  • boil down,
  • prune,
  • condense,
  • digest,
  • cut off,
  • get to the meat,
  • cut out,
  • abstract.
  •abridge (verb)
  • downsize,
  • restrict,
  • narrow,
  • limit,
  • concentrate,
  • abbreviate,
  • snip,
  • put in nutshell,
  • blue pencil.
  •alloy (verb)
  • denature,
  • devalue.
  •atomize (verb)
  • spray,
  • vaporize.
  •break (verb)
  • dispirit,
  • rebut,
  • lighten,
  • demoralize,
  • controvert,
  • disprove,
  • disconfirm,
  • confute,
  • incapacitate,
  • cow,
  • refute,
  • confound,
  • soften,
  • tame,
  • enervate.
  •change (verb)
  • replace,
  • adapt,
  • remodel,
  • commute,
  • transpose,
  • transform,
  • restyle,
  • veer,
  • fluctuate,
  • merge,
  • shift,
  • evolve,
  • modulate,
  • reform,
  • renovate,
  • translate,
  • modify,
  • vary,
  • diversify,
  • shape,
  • diverge,
  • alter,
  • metamorphose,
  • alternate,
  • accommodate,
  • turn,
  • convert,
  • revolutionize,
  • redo,
  • adjust,
  • reorganize,
  • remake,
  • transfigure,
  • resolve,
  • make over,
  • tamper with,
  • mutate,
  • temper,
  • make innovations,
  • naturalize,
  • transmute,
  • substitute,
  • regenerate,
  • warp,
  • recondition,
  • vacillate.
  •cheapen (verb)
  • damage,
  • undervalue,
  • mar,
  • denigrate,
  • disparage,
  • derogate,
  • drop,
  • decry,
  • spoil,
  • lose value,
  • corrupt,
  • discredit,
  • write off,
  • minimize,
  • fall,
  • render worthless.
  •check (verb)
  • halt,
  • bottleneck,
  • slacken pace,
  • frustrate,
  • constrain,
  • counteract,
  • inhibit,
  • hold back,
  • stay,
  • choke,
  • play for time,
  • obviate,
  • obstruct,
  • thwart,
  • baffle,
  • circumvent,
  • discourage,
  • impede,
  • arrest,
  • interrupt,
  • nip in the bud,
  • snub,
  • keep back,
  • bit,
  • checkmate,
  • preclude,
  • rebuff,
  • retard,
  • foil,
  • hold down,
  • repulse,
  • stop,
  • cut short,
  • bar,
  • terminate,
  • pause,
  • prevent,
  • curb,
  • squelch,
  • suppress,
  • rein in,
  • delay,
  • control,
  • repress,
  • hold in,
  • withhold,
  • hold,
  • neutralize,
  • bridle,
  • harness.
  •clip (verb)
  • dock,
  • bob,
  • mow,
  • shear,
  • skive,
  • crop.
  •come down (verb)
  • deteriorate,
  • degenerate,
  • fail,
  • suffer,
  • go downhill,
  • descend.
  •compress (verb)
  • pack,
  • press,
  • cramp,
  • bind,
  • dehydrate,
  • coagulate,
  • stuff,
  • constrict,
  • densify,
  • squeeze,
  • shrivel,
  • crowd,
  • force into space,
  • ram,
  • make brief,
  • wedge,
  • shrink,
  • press together,
  • consolidate,
  • telescope,
  • wrap,
  • syncopate,
  • densen,
  • tighten,
  • cram,
  • squash,
  • epitomize.
  •concentrate (verb)
  • conglomerate,
  • center,
  • collect,
  • bunch,
  • garner,
  • focalize,
  • heap up,
  • huddle,
  • focus,
  • strengthen,
  • aggregate,
  • integrate,
  • coalesce,
  • assemble,
  • forgather,
  • muster,
  • congregate,
  • localize,
  • unify,
  • agglomerate,
  • mass,
  • compact,
  • store,
  • hoard,
  • accumulate,
  • converge,
  • amass,
  • centralize,
  • congest,
  • combine,
  • eliminate,
  • cluster,
  • salt away,
  • embody,
  • heap,
  • pile,
  • zero in,
  • intensify,
  • swarm,
  • draw together.
  •condense (verb)
  • summate,
  • solidify,
  • precipitate,
  • inventory,
  • edit,
  • decoct,
  • sum,
  • synopsize,
  • thicken.
  •conquer (verb)
  • bring to knees,
  • throw,
  • worst,
  • cream,
  • trample underfoot,
  • wipe off map,
  • succeed,
  • get the better of,
  • whip,
  • clobber,
  • lick,
  • shut down,
  • prevail,
  • surmount,
  • overmaster,
  • trash,
  • override,
  • zap,
  • discomfit,
  • outwit,
  • drub,
  • triumph,
  • rout,
  • overthrow,
  • total,
  • beat.
  •contract (verb)
  • confine,
  • wrinkle,
  • purse,
  • draw in,
  • fall off,
  • evaporate,
  • lose,
  • consume,
  • wither,
  • become smaller,
  • clench,
  • fall away,
  • take in,
  • waste,
  • omit,
  • grow less.
  •cook (verb)
  • deep fry,
  • heat,
  • brew,
  • scorch,
  • bake,
  • brown,
  • fix,
  • coddle,
  • parboil,
  • braise,
  • percolate,
  • nuke,
  • pressure-cook,
  • steam,
  • mull,
  • doctor,
  • barbecue,
  • broil,
  • sizzle,
  • roast,
  • stew,
  • toast,
  • curry,
  • panfry,
  • fry,
  • simmer,
  • escallop,
  • grill,
  • poach,
  • fricassee,
  • french fry,
  • boil,
  • warm up,
  • sear,
  • scald,
  • blanch,
  • parch,
  • burn,
  • devil,
  • melt,
  • microwave,
  • steep,
  • griddle,
  • imbue,
  • seethe.
  •cool (verb)
  • calm,
  • quiet,
  • assuage,
  • calm down,
  • refrigerate,
  • compose,
  • frost,
  • rein,
  • chill,
  • simmer down,
  • ally,
  • dampen,
  • lose heat,
  • mitigate,
  • freeze,
  • air-cool,
  • Infrigidate,
  • air-condition,
  • restrain.
  •corrupt (verb)
  • disfigure,
  • hurt,
  • pull down,
  • harm,
  • ill-treat,
  • rot,
  • deface,
  • adulterate,
  • outrage,
  • square,
  • animalize,
  • lure,
  • suborn,
  • decompose,
  • ravage,
  • defile,
  • subvert,
  • deprave,
  • blight,
  • bribe,
  • maltreat,
  • despoil,
  • mistreat,
  • misuse,
  • injure,
  • stain,
  • putrefy,
  • abuse,
  • taint,
  • decay,
  • debauch,
  • violate,
  • infect,
  • vitiate,
  • deform,
  • contaminate,
  • grease palm,
  • blemish,
  • bastardize.
  •crop (verb)
  • lop,
  • pollard,
  • detach,
  • hew,
  • detruncate,
  • disengage,
  • top.
  •crush (verb)
  • obliterate,
  • blot out,
  • wreck,
  • ice,
  • demolish,
  • overwhelm,
  • quelch,
  • defeat,
  • strangle,
  • extinguish,
  • blow away,
  • annihilate,
  • force down,
  • kill,
  • stamp out.
  •curtail (verb)
  • pare down,
  • minify,
  • retrench,
  • get to meat.
  •cut back (verb)
  • mark off.
  •deaden (verb)
  • dim,
  • put to sleep,
  • unnerve,
  • deprive,
  • cushion,
  • hush,
  • etherize,
  • exhaust,
  • smother,
  • anesthetize,
  • alleviate,
  • lay out,
  • mute,
  • knock out,
  • destroy,
  • benumb,
  • desensitize,
  • dope,
  • paralyze,
  • check,
  • quieten,
  • devitalize,
  • drown,
  • stun,
  • stupefy,
  • put out of order,
  • numb,
  • gas,
  • ko,
  • damp,
  • chloroform,
  • stifle,
  • blunt,
  • tire.
  •debase (verb)
  • Bemean,
  • devaluate,
  • take down,
  • sap,
  • dump on,
  • debilitate,
  • sink,
  • drag down,
  • put away,
  • put down,
  • fluff off,
  • shoot down,
  • cast down.
  •decrease (verb)
  • ease,
  • slump,
  • crumble,
  • fade,
  • dry up,
  • narrow down,
  • run low,
  • droop,
  • drop off,
  • lose edge,
  • wear away,
  • wear down,
  • settle,
  • slack off,
  • tail off,
  • die down,
  • peter out.
  •deduct (verb)
  • remove,
  • take from,
  • decrease by,
  • take,
  • subtract,
  • draw back,
  • bate,
  • knock off,
  • take off,
  • withdraw,
  • allow.
  •defeat (verb)
  • repel,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • butcher,
  • scatter,
  • victimize,
  • hinder,
  • overrun,
  • entrap,
  • balk,
  • nonplus,
  • nullify,
  • best,
  • overturn,
  • slaughter,
  • route,
  • shellac,
  • prevail over,
  • sack,
  • scuttle,
  • ambush,
  • decimate,
  • mow down,
  • blank,
  • edge out,
  • cook,
  • trample,
  • shipwreck,
  • bury,
  • counterplot,
  • skunk,
  • disconcert,
  • puzzle,
  • smash,
  • stump,
  • throw for loop,
  • torpedo,
  • contravene,
  • beat the system,
  • block,
  • upset,
  • undo,
  • parry,
  • cross,
  • nose out,
  • cause setback,
  • finish off,
  • outmaneuver,
  • invalidate,
  • outflank,
  • swamp,
  • put end to,
  • wipe out,
  • disappoint.
  •degrade (verb)
  • slam,
  • depose,
  • rule out,
  • pan,
  • cut down to size,
  • canker,
  • pervert,
  • detract,
  • disbar,
  • tear down,
  • mudsling,
  • run down,
  • bench.
  •demote (verb)
  • kick downstairs,
  • dismiss,
  • relegate,
  • set back.
  •deplete (verb)
  • spend,
  • draw,
  • milk,
  • expend,
  • wash up,
  • dig into,
  • finish,
  • empty,
  • evacuate,
  • squander,
  • suck dry,
  • use up,
  • bleed.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • underrate,
  • devalorize,
  • worsen,
  • erode,
  • write down.
  •depress (verb)
  • throw cold water on,
  • dishearten,
  • faze,
  • daunt,
  • desolate,
  • sadden,
  • oppress,
  • drag,
  • bother,
  • mock,
  • bum out,
  • dismay,
  • try,
  • perturb,
  • weary,
  • scorn,
  • darken,
  • bug,
  • keep under,
  • trouble,
  • afflict,
  • ail,
  • distress,
  • reduce to tears,
  • disturb,
  • weigh down,
  • turn one off,
  • torment.
  •detract (verb)
  • draw away,
  • disesteem,
  • blister,
  • cut rate,
  • knock,
  • backbite,
  • Misprize,
  • subtract from,
  • laugh at,
  • Vilipend.
  •diet (verb)
  • skinny down,
  • count calories,
  • go without,
  • starve,
  • slim down,
  • fast,
  • eat sparingly,
  • watch weight,
  • tighten belt.
  •digest (verb)
  • survey,
  • systematize,
  • Methodize,
  • tabulate,
  • sum up,
  • cut to bone,
  • codify,
  • classify.
  •dilute (verb)
  • liquefy,
  • spike,
  • qualify,
  • lace,
  • doctor up,
  • mix,
  • phony up,
  • diffuse,
  • plant,
  • irrigate,
  • water,
  • attenuate,
  • water down,
  • Deliquesce,
  • needle.
  •diminish (verb)
  • die out,
  • close,
  • extenuate,
  • fade away.
  •disgrace (verb)
  • disregard,
  • stigmatize,
  • tarnish,
  • expel,
  • desecrate,
  • sully,
  • give a black eye,
  • defame,
  • slander,
  • besmirch,
  • deride,
  • ridicule,
  • disrespect,
  • blot,
  • slur,
  • reproach,
  • disfavor,
  • libel,
  • attaint,
  • lose face,
  • tar and feather.
  •downgrade (verb)
  • detract from.
  •downsize (verb)
  • phase down,
  • scale back,
  • deduct,
  • roll down,
  • tune down,
  • phase out,
  • trim away.
  •drain (verb)
  • get rid of,
  • swallow,
  • flow out,
  • trickle,
  • draw off,
  • gulp down,
  • quaff,
  • siphon,
  • leak,
  • dry,
  • pump,
  • leave dry,
  • run off,
  • filter off,
  • wear,
  • suck,
  • free from,
  • fatigue,
  • dissipate,
  • flow,
  • Osmose,
  • drink up,
  • tap,
  • ooze,
  • well,
  • exude,
  • draft,
  • bleed dry,
  • effuse,
  • tire out,
  • pump out,
  • catheterize,
  • get last drop,
  • divert,
  • deplete,
  • strain,
  • tax.
  •enslave (verb)
  • yoke,
  • dominate,
  • hobble,
  • disenfranchise,
  • disfranchise,
  • indenture,
  • imprison,
  • fetter,
  • circumscribe,
  • immure,
  • put in irons,
  • enchain,
  • subject,
  • incarcerate,
  • tether,
  • jail,
  • compel,
  • coerce,
  • shut in,
  • shackle,
  • capture,
  • chain,
  • enclose,
  • get hooks into,
  • enthrall,
  • tie,
  • keep under thumb,
  • secure.
  •epitomize (verb)
  • capsulize.
  •etch (verb)
  • execute,
  • outline,
  • portray,
  • grave,
  • eat into,
  • picture,
  • set forth,
  • depict,
  • ingrain,
  • define,
  • describe,
  • incise,
  • furrow,
  • delineate,
  • inscribe,
  • imprint,
  • engrave,
  • impress,
  • corrode,
  • represent,
  • stamp.
  •extenuate (verb)
  • excuse,
  • make allowances,
  • justify,
  • downplay,
  • palliate.
  •go down (verb)
  • pitch,
  • topple,
  • be defeated,
  • sag,
  • go under,
  • tumble,
  • make less,
  • fold,
  • submit,
  • collapse,
  • founder,
  • submerse,
  • plunge,
  • crumple,
  • succumb,
  • submerge,
  • keel,
  • set,
  • cave in,
  • be beaten,
  • suffer defeat.
  •grind (verb)
  • granulate,
  • rasp,
  • scrape,
  • kibble,
  • disintegrate,
  • roll out,
  • Levigate,
  • chop up,
  • powder,
  • atomize,
  • comminute,
  • pound,
  • grate,
  • bray,
  • pulverize,
  • pestle,
  • file,
  • mill,
  • abrade,
  • shiver,
  • Triturate.
  •humble (verb)
  • bring down,
  • make eat dirt,
  • strike dumb,
  • chasten,
  • embarrass,
  • confuse,
  • hide,
  • chagrin,
  • cut to the quick,
  • put one away,
  • abash,
  • deny,
  • make one feel small,
  • put to shame,
  • silence,
  • pop one's balloon.
  •impair (verb)
  • queer,
  • tweak,
  • rough up,
  • prejudice,
  • disqualify,
  • ding,
  • unfit,
  • make useless,
  • lose strength.
  •lighten (verb)
  • free,
  • pour out,
  • disencumber,
  • ameliorate,
  • unburden,
  • buoy,
  • levitate,
  • relieve,
  • uplight,
  • upraise,
  • take a load off,
  • comfort,
  • change,
  • make lighter,
  • throw out,
  • facilitate,
  • mollify,
  • put off,
  • eradicate,
  • disburden,
  • unload,
  • thin,
  • jettison.
  •limit (verb)
  • cork,
  • hem in,
  • draw the line,
  • cap,
  • bottle up,
  • delimit,
  • keep the lid on,
  • assign,
  • demarcate,
  • bound,
  • prescribe,
  • appoint,
  • ration,
  • specify,
  • delimitate.
  •lower (verb)
  • push down,
  • set down,
  • Detrude,
  • Demit,
  • let down,
  • make lower,
  • ground,
  • couch.
  •mash (verb)
  • infuse,
  • push,
  • macerate,
  • bruise,
  • mush up,
  • hash,
  • scrunch,
  • squish,
  • grind,
  • pulp,
  • masticate,
  • chew.
  •minimize (verb)
  • play down,
  • knock down,
  • make little of,
  • underestimate,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • miniaturize,
  • dwarf,
  • make light of,
  • poor-mouth,
  • underplay,
  • deprecate.
  •mitigate (verb)
  • tranquilize,
  • remit,
  • placate,
  • pacify,
  • come together,
  • appease,
  • soothe,
  • take the edge off,
  • meet halfway.
  •moderate (verb)
  • regulate,
  • soft-pedal,
  • relent,
  • ease off,
  • cool out.
  •mollify (verb)
  • sweeten,
  • mellow,
  • lull,
  • fix up,
  • dulcify,
  • conciliate,
  • propitiate,
  • take sting out,
  • patch things up.
  •munch (verb)
  • crunch,
  • mash,
  • bite,
  • chomp,
  • break up,
  • champ,
  • ruminate.
  •mute (verb)
  • decrease the volume,
  • pipe down,
  • muzzle,
  • gag,
  • deaden,
  • cork up,
  • put the lid on,
  • put damper on,
  • keep it down.
  •overcome (verb)
  • outlive,
  • win,
  • down,
  • prostrate,
  • knock over,
  • render,
  • survive,
  • hurdle,
  • be victorious,
  • come out on top,
  • rise above,
  • triumph over,
  • weather,
  • whelm,
  • knock socks off,
  • get around,
  • shock.
  •overpower (verb)
  • shut off,
  • roll over,
  • immobilize,
  • take care of,
  • trounce,
  • bulldoze,
  • murder,
  • lay one out,
  • wax,
  • shellack.
  •oversimplify (verb)
  • simplify,
  • over reduce.
  •pare (verb)
  • scalp,
  • skin,
  • carve,
  • flay,
  • uncover,
  • decorticate,
  • strip.
  •peter (verb)
  • tail away.
  •powder (verb)
  • dredge,
  • strew,
  • dust,
  • cover,
  • flour.
  •press (verb)
  • impel,
  • express,
  • enfold,
  • cumber,
  • mangle,
  • bear heavily,
  • weigh,
  • embrace,
  • level,
  • Unwrinkle,
  • iron,
  • move,
  • jam,
  • smooth,
  • thrust,
  • clasp,
  • pin down,
  • flatten,
  • hug,
  • shove.
  •price (verb)
  • sticker,
  • mark up,
  • evaluate,
  • estimate,
  • cost,
  • appraise,
  • rate,
  • put a price on,
  • value.
  •prostrate (verb)
  • floor,
  • disarm,
  • frazzle,
  • overtire,
  • tucker out,
  • fell.
  •prune (verb)
  • exclude,
  • gut.
  •quell (verb)
  • still.
  •raze (verb)
  • efface,
  • tear up,
  • wrack,
  • expunge,
  • delete,
  • unmake,
  • throw down,
  • capsize,
  • spill,
  • bomb,
  • crash,
  • scratch out,
  • erase,
  • break down,
  • strike out,
  • rub out,
  • dynamite,
  • extirpate,
  • batter,
  • Unbuild,
  • blow down.
  •recede (verb)
  • depart,
  • return,
  • retreat,
  • fall back,
  • regress,
  • go away,
  • retire,
  • die off,
  • retrogress,
  • flow back,
  • back,
  • go back,
  • Retrocede,
  • retrograde,
  • retract,
  • drain away.
  •reduce (verb)
  • nutshell,
  • curtail,
  • impoverish,
  • Disgrade,
  • master,
  • bust,
  • pauperize,
  • drive,
  • vanquish,
  • abate,
  • lessen,
  • disable,
  • Declass,
  • overpower,
  • overcome,
  • beat down,
  • step down,
  • rebate,
  • subjugate,
  • slash,
  • take off weight,
  • Disrate,
  • enfeeble,
  • debase,
  • abase,
  • truncate,
  • dilute,
  • conquer,
  • mark down,
  • cut back,
  • demerit,
  • dwindle,
  • bant,
  • contract,
  • demote,
  • force,
  • shave,
  • diet,
  • tone down,
  • bankrupt,
  • break,
  • depreciate,
  • cut,
  • moderate,
  • ruin,
  • cheapen,
  • clip,
  • recede,
  • bring low,
  • taper,
  • drain,
  • impair,
  • cut down,
  • diminish,
  • bring,
  • undermine,
  • trim,
  • deflate,
  • crush,
  • depress,
  • lower,
  • go on a diet,
  • degrade,
  • discount,
  • cripple,
  • slow down,
  • subdue,
  • turn down,
  • roll back,
  • take down a peg,
  • bear down,
  • lose weight,
  • taper off,
  • abridge,
  • scale down,
  • shorten,
  • bump,
  • pare,
  • slim,
  • chop,
  • wind down,
  • weaken,
  • downgrade.
  •relax (verb)
  • loosen,
  • lax,
  • slack,
  • Untighten,
  • lose speed,
  • loose.
  •remit (verb)
  • forbear,
  • intermit,
  • desist,
  • absolve,
  • release,
  • amnesty,
  • hold off,
  • pardon,
  • suspend,
  • reprieve,
  • shelve,
  • condone,
  • cancel,
  • respite,
  • relax,
  • exonerate,
  • hold up,
  • rescind,
  • ease up,
  • defer,
  • repeal,
  • prorogue,
  • forgive.
  •restrict (verb)
  • inclose,
  • send up,
  • come down on,
  • handicap,
  • encircle,
  • surround,
  • keep within limits,
  • cool down,
  • Prelimit,
  • hamper,
  • demark,
  • contain,
  • put on ice,
  • keep within bounds,
  • hang up.
  •retard (verb)
  • mire,
  • detain,
  • choke off,
  • hesitate,
  • loiter,
  • decelerate,
  • back off,
  • falter,
  • clog,
  • poke,
  • retardate,
  • bog down,
  • postpone,
  • brake,
  • slow up,
  • stall,
  • encumber,
  • dawdle,
  • close off,
  • crimp,
  • loaf,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • flag,
  • bog.
  •retrench (verb)
  • economize,
  • conserve,
  • save,
  • scrimp.
  •ruin (verb)
  • fleece,
  • lay waste,
  • make a mess of,
  • mutilate,
  • dilapidate,
  • rape,
  • spoilate,
  • deplore,
  • shatter,
  • botch,
  • devour,
  • raze,
  • maim,
  • clean out,
  • Depredate,
  • ravish,
  • do in,
  • pillage,
  • beggar,
  • bring to ruin,
  • wreak havoc on.
  •shorten (verb)
  • excerpt,
  • elide,
  • cut to the bone,
  • make a long story short.
  •shred (verb)
  • sliver,
  • make ragged,
  • tatter,
  • fray,
  • tear.
  •shrink (verb)
  • fall short,
  • grow smaller,
  • waste away.
  •simplify (verb)
  • let sunlight in,
  • make plain,
  • get down to basics,
  • clean up,
  • make perfectly clear,
  • put one straight,
  • unscramble,
  • let daylight in,
  • draw a picture,
  • clarify,
  • disentangle,
  • streamline,
  • order,
  • make clear,
  • elucidate,
  • clean it up,
  • explain,
  • hit the high spots,
  • clear up,
  • disinvolve,
  • decipher,
  • cut the frills,
  • spell out,
  • interpret,
  • break it down,
  • analyze.
  •slack/slacken (verb)
  • idle,
  • neglect,
  • lie down on job,
  • shirk,
  • goldbrick,
  • goof off,
  • featherbed,
  • dodge.
  •slacken (verb)
  • slake.
  •slake (verb)
  • refresh,
  • gratify,
  • relaxed,
  • satisfy.
  •slim (verb)
  • slenderize.
  •slow (verb)
  • Back-water,
  • keep waiting,
  • anchor it,
  • lag,
  • reduce speed,
  • stunt,
  • let down flaps,
  • lose steam,
  • reef,
  • hit the brakes,
  • embog,
  • procrastinate.
  •subdue (verb)
  • quench,
  • break in,
  • discipline,
  • quash,
  • get under control,
  • gentle,
  • get the upper hand.
  •subjugate (verb)
  • rule,
  • bring to heel,
  • enslave,
  • kick around,
  • rule over,
  • hold sway,
  • reel back in.
  •taper/taper off (verb)
  • die away,
  • come to a point,
  • thin out.
  •thin (verb)
  • expand,
  • disperse,
  • rarefy,
  • refine,
  • weed out,
  • emaciate.
  •tone down (verb)
  • deepen,
  • cloud,
  • shade,
  • sober.
  •waste (verb)
  • devastate,
  • wreak havoc,
  • Spoliate.
  •water down (verb)
  • thin down.
  •weaken (verb)
  • tremble,
  • relapse,
  • limp,
  • languish,
  • give way,
  • faint,
  • totter,
  • lose spirit,
  • wilt.
  •wear (verb)
  • harass,
  • annoy,
  • irk,
  • pester,
  • vex,
  • exasperate.

Antonyms for Re duce:

• n.

  • ruination
    building, success, creation.

• v.

  • abase
    elevate, dignify, cherish, respect, esteem, build up, extol, value, exalt, flatter.
  • abate
    incite, advance, intensify, magnify, revive, forward.
  • abridge
    fill, add, free, let go.
  • alloy
    clear, clean, purify, not mix.
  • break
    cause, put together, attach, endorse, secret, hide, obey, secure, fasten, stay, approve, join, wait, prove, keep quiet, upset, support, agree, stabilize.
  • change
    hold, ruin, stagnate, leave alone, keep, disarrange, destroy, remain, preserve, persist, continue.
  • cheapen
    commend, go up, appreciate, boost, overvalue, ascend, overrate.
  • check
    open, indulge, include, facilitate, expedite, abet, liberate, welcome, permit.
  • clip
    elongate.
  • compress
    loosen, untie, uncompress, Unwrinkle, loose, uncondense, disperse, blow up.
  • concentrate
    spread, give, spend, scatter, waste, divide, separate, part, retreat, squander, weaken, throw away, dissipate.
  • condense
    thin.
  • conquer
    give in, capitulate, give up, relinquish, succumb, forfeit.
  • contract
    dilate, break off, disagree, save.
  • cook
    ignore, cool, neglect, wet, be happy, freeze.
  • cool
    warm, heat, hearten, go on, excite, agitate, inspirit, step up, worsen.
  • corrupt
    better, favor, benefit, bless, flourish, chasten, decorate, heal, build, please, beautify, cleanse, treat well, embellish, cure, repair, protect, adorn, ornament.
  • crop
    connect, unite.
  • crush
    construct, start, create.
  • deaden
    mobilize, push, stimulate, refresh, enliven, uplift, brighten, animate.
  • decrease
    irritate.
  • deduct
    disallow, reject, refuse.
  • defeat
    enlighten, explain, attract, clear up, validate, clarify, float.
  • degrade
    admire.
  • demote
    rate.
  • deplete
    augment, hoard.
  • depreciate
    recommend, gain value.
  • depress
    comfort, push up, soothe, energize, delight, cheer, calm, order, make happy, lift, activate.
  • detract
    exaggerate, add to, optimize, overestimate.
  • diet
    gorge.
  • digest
    detail, misunderstand, disorganize.
  • dilute
    aggravate, thicken, concentrate.
  • disgrace
    credit, tell truth.
  • drain
    pour.
  • enslave
    emancipate, disconnect, stop, unfasten.
  • etch
    confuse.
  • go down
    gain.
  • lighten
    depress, provoke, dim, blacken, worry, darken, trouble, weigh down, burden, plant, dull, bring down.
  • limit
    unbound.
  • lower
    heighten.
  • mash
    pull.
  • minimize
    maximize.
  • mitigate
    rouse.
  • moderate
    egg on, unleash, turn over.
  • mollify
    anger, harass, exasperate.
  • mute
    articulate, voice, speak.
  • pare
    cover.
  • powder
    solidify.
  • press
    dissuade, maintain.
  • prostrate
    erect, assuage, stand, straighten.
  • prune
    accept.
  • qualify
    disqualify, be unprepared, be lenient.
  • quell
    disturb, annoy, perturb, succeed.
  • raze
    place, restore.
  • recede
    enter, meet, face, begin, forge.
  • reduce
    fix, aid, amplify, develop, improve, enable, strengthen, increase, prolong, grow, lose, promote, raise, enhance, invigorate, fail, compliment, surrender, stretch, allow, extend, laud, help, lengthen, expand, upgrade, rise, enlarge, encourage, win, yield, praise, release, mend, assist, honor.
  • relax
    tense.
  • remit
    censure, carry on, blame, punish, charge, accuse, go, sentence, condemn, incriminate.
  • restrict
    unbind, unloose.
  • retard
    persevere, rush, unblock, speed, hurry, DO, hasten, further.
  • ruin
    sanctify.
  • shred
    sew.
  • shrink
    take on.
  • simplify
    obscure, complicate, mix up, make difficult, be vague, mystify.
  • slack/slacken
    stiffen, tighten.
  • slake
    disappoint, pain, frustrate.
  • slow
    accelerate.
  • subdue
    arouse.
  • thin
    beef up.
  • weaken
    achieve.
  • wear
    freshen, disrobe, rebuild, take off.