Synonyms for Re-duce:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Re-duce:

• n.

  • ruination
    success, creation, building.

• v.

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