Synonyms for Re-duces:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Re-duces:

• n.

  • ruination
    creation, success, building.

• v.

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