Definition for Reduction:

• the act of reducing complexity

Synonyms for Reduction:

• n.

  •
  • slash,
  • on offer,
  • concession,
  • on sale,
  • drain.
  •
  • forgery,
  • copy,
  • reproduction,
  • photocopy,
  • replica,
  • rise,
  • tracing,
  • original,
  • imitation,
  • transcript,
  • duplicate.
  •
  • money.
  •abridgment (noun)
  • compends.
  •act (noun)
  • simplification,
  • step-down,
  • diminution,
  • reduction.
  •allowance (noun)
  • sufferances.
  •alloy (noun)
  • intermixture,
  • intermixtures,
  • denaturant,
  • hybrid.
  •bargain (noun)
  • good deals,
  • good values,
  • nominal prices,
  • dis counts,
  • dis-counts,
  • good buys,
  • low prices.
  •condensation (noun)
  • boildowns.
  •constriction (noun)
  • re-strictions,
  • stenosises,
  • squeezings,
  • re striction,
  • re strictions,
  • re-striction,
  • tightnesses.
  •contraction (noun)
  • elisions,
  • tensing,
  • elision,
  • deflation,
  • decreasings,
  • deflations,
  • shrinking,
  • drawing together.
  •cutback (noun)
  • belt-tightenings,
  • belt tightening,
  • de-cline,
  • de cline,
  • de clines,
  • de-clines,
  • re versal,
  • belttightenings,
  • belttightening,
  • re-versal,
  • belt tightenings.
  •decline (noun)
  • minimization,
  • discount,
  • conquest,
  • subtraction,
  • curtailment,
  • subjugation,
  • shrinkage,
  • decrement,
  • overthrow,
  • Subdual,
  • downgrading,
  • subjection,
  • debasement.
  •decrease (noun)
  • concentration,
  • erosion,
  • Diminishment,
  • abridgement,
  • compaction,
  • compression,
  • truncation.
  •deduction (noun)
  • writeoff,
  • writeoffs,
  • dockages,
  • write offs.
  •degradation (noun)
  • de-generation,
  • dis-graces,
  • de-gradation,
  • dis-honors,
  • de gradation,
  • de rogations,
  • de-rogation,
  • de gradations,
  • de-generations,
  • dis credits,
  • dis grace,
  • dis-credits,
  • de cadences,
  • de-gradations,
  • dis honor,
  • de-cadences,
  • de-cadence,
  • dis-grace,
  • dis-honor,
  • dis graces,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis honors,
  • de cadence,
  • de generations,
  • de-rogations,
  • de generation,
  • de rogation,
  • dis credit.
  •demotion (noun)
  • de-motion,
  • de-motions,
  • de motion,
  • de motions.
  •depreciation (noun)
  • loss value,
  • accounting allowances.
  •detraction (noun)
  • derogation,
  • disparagement,
  • aspersion,
  • detraction,
  • defamation.
  •devaluation (noun)
  • de valuing,
  • de valuation,
  • write downs,
  • de-valuing,
  • weakenings,
  • write-downs,
  • writedown,
  • de-valuations,
  • de-valuation,
  • writedowns,
  • de valuations.
  •discounted price (noun)
  • refund,
  • mark down.
  •division (noun)
  • dis-partings,
  • cutting ups,
  • detachings,
  • breaking ups,
  • splitting ups,
  • bi section,
  • dis-juncture,
  • dis solution,
  • dis uniting,
  • bi-sections,
  • dividings,
  • dis-union,
  • dis-solutions,
  • separatings,
  • dis juncture,
  • sub divisions,
  • dis-severances,
  • dis partings,
  • dis-uniting,
  • dis unions,
  • dis severances,
  • sub-divisions,
  • dispartings,
  • breaking downs,
  • sub division,
  • dis-solution,
  • dis-parting,
  • dis parting,
  • dis union,
  • dis solutions,
  • dismemberments,
  • dis junctures,
  • dis-junctures,
  • parcelings,
  • distinguishings,
  • dis severance,
  • contrastings,
  • dis-severance,
  • dis-unions,
  • departmentalizings,
  • sub-division,
  • disunitings,
  • bi sections.
  •drop (noun)
  • de-scent,
  • de scent,
  • falloffs,
  • fall offs,
  • fall-offs,
  • up sets,
  • up-set,
  • downtrends,
  • de-scents,
  • up-sets,
  • de scents.
  •economy (noun)
  • rollback,
  • miserliness,
  • Parcity,
  • retrenchments,
  • prudence,
  • stinginess,
  • niggardliness,
  • rollbacks,
  • sparingness,
  • thriftiness.
  •fall (noun)
  • in clines,
  • downward slopes,
  • in-clines,
  • nose dives,
  • in-cline,
  • in cline.
  •poverty (noun)
  • pennilessness,
  • impecuniousness,
  • penuriousness,
  • pauperism,
  • impoverishment,
  • under-development,
  • abjection,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • Necessitousness,
  • penury,
  • underdevelopment,
  • famine,
  • Neediness,
  • vacancy.
  •rebate (noun)
  • re payments,
  • re-bate,
  • re bates,
  • re bate,
  • re-payment,
  • re-payments,
  • re payment,
  • re-bates.
  •recap (noun)
  • RE-CAP.
  •recession (noun)
  • ebb.
  •reducing (noun)
  • discountings,
  • compressings,
  • marking downs,
  • contractings,
  • dietings,
  • dis-counting,
  • downsizings,
  • paring downs,
  • dis counting.
  •reduction (noun)
  • step down.
  •restraint (noun)
  • pinions,
  • straitjackets,
  • pinion,
  • straitjacket.
  •run-through (noun)
  • runthrough.
  •sale (noun)
  • unloadings,
  • vendition.
  •slackening (noun)
  • slackening.
  •subtraction (noun)
  • lowering,
  • deletion.
  •summary (noun)
  • ex-tracts,
  • wrapups,
  • re hash,
  • wrapup,
  • wrap-ups,
  • re-capitulation,
  • re views,
  • re-hashes,
  • re capitulation,
  • re-capitulations,
  • re capitulations,
  • sum substance,
  • long short of it,
  • sum substances,
  • sum and substances,
  • re-view,
  • ex-tract,
  • re-hash,
  • long and short it,
  • wrap ups,
  • re hashes,
  • long short it,
  • ex tract,
  • re view,
  • re-views.
  •summing-up (noun)
  • summingup.

• v.

  •shortening (verb)
  • narrowing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • decay,
  • slip,
  • cutback,
  • attrition,
  • addition,
  • retrenchment,
  • economies of scale,
  • outgo,
  • appropriation,
  • letup,
  • special offer,
  • trade discount,
  • cash discount,
  • conversion,
  • abridgment,
  • twofer.
  •
  • free fall,
  • drop,
  • tumble,
  • taper,
  • rundown,
  • slump,
  • sacrifice,
  • fall off,
  • slowdown,
  • tail-off,
  • restraint,
  • development,
  • collapse,
  • moderation,
  • descent.
  •
  • sag,
  • special,
  • dive,
  • slide,
  • model.
  •
  • plunge.
  •
  • dip.
  •
  • off.
  •reduction
  • extenuation.

Paraphrases for Reduction:

• Equivalence

  • Foreign word
    drawdown.
  • Adjective
    reducing, reduce, decline, drawdown, scaled-down.
  • Proper noun, singular
    reducing, reduce, decreases, mitigation, decline, drawdown.
  • Noun, plural
    declines, reducing, decreases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    diminution, downsizing, reducing, reduce, Diminishment, shrinkage, draw-down, mitigation, decline, drawdown, scaling-down.
  • Verb, past tense
    Declined, reducing, reduce, reductions.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reducing, decreasing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Declined.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    declines, reducing, decreases, reductions.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    cutbacks, alleviation, abatement, minimization, cutting, cut, cuts.
  • Noun, plural
    retrenchments, cutbacks, cuts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contraction, cutback, alleviation, depletion, minimisation, devaluation, abatement, minimization, cutting, cut, moderation, trimming.
  • Verb, past tense
    cut.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    cutting.
  • Verb, past participle
    cut.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    mitigation, cuts.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    diminished, decreasing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    breaks, dive, decreasing, eradication, limitation, limitations.
  • Noun, plural
    setbacks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retrenchment, shortening, narrowing, lessening, compression, dive, downturn, commutation, downgrading, erosion, markdown, slowdown, regression, loss, deletion, decreasing, downscaling, lightening, degradation, eradication, removal, resorption, constraint, amelioration, shortfall, scaling, depression, abolition, dismantling, cutout, limitation, weakening, abbreviation, decrement, retreat, underexpenditure, discontinuation, rollback, saving, drop-off, Halving, emission, dwindling, slowing, restraint, Bridging, abridgement, simplification, extraction, softening, phasing-out.
  • Verb, past tense
    increased, Eliminated, reported, Dwindled, Shrank, slashed, Struggled, contracted, Waned, Provided, Dampened, diminished, Fought.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    minimising, Reining, ameliorating, moderating, eroding, constraining, disappearing, offsetting, slashing, diverting, derating, waning, Abolishing, creeping, Depleting, squeezing, clearing, Stemming, downsizing, shortening, narrowing, lessening, scaling, dismantling, saving, dwindling, slowing, Bridging.
  • Verb, past participle
    Eliminated, Receded, Curtailed, relieved, Discounted, shortened, shrunk, alleviated, lessened, narrowed, mitigated, projected, slashed, Subsided, Targeted, subtracted, fallen, Abated, depleted, Languished, diminished.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    diminishes, lessens, Measures, struggles, strives, works.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    dropped.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dropping.
  • Verb, past participle
    dropped.

Antonyms for Reduction:

• n.

  • act
    increase.
  • decline
    enlargement.
  • Other antonyms:
    uptick, accession, uptrend, appreciation, boost, extension, upturn, upswing, continuation.

Reduction Sentence Examples:

• October 7th, 1809. Should the Austrians make their peace, which I am convinced they must, the next object of Bonaparte will be Turkey, and probably the Austrians be engaged to assist him in the reduction of it.

• I have made a reduction, too, upon what he drew from his place of prime minister, and that of the post.

Homophones for Reduction:

• rededication, reed section, root system, radio station, ratchet down, redaction, rhytidectomy.

Hypernym for Reduction:

• n.

  • act
    discount, depletion, devitalisation, easement, amortization, shelter, mitigation, devitalization, depreciation, deduction, palliation, minimization, minimisation, relief, contraction, easing, amortisation, declassification, reverse split, subtraction, shortening, de-escalation, reverse stock split, deflation, devaluation, cutback, weakening, price reduction, split down, tax credit, cut, tax shelter, rollback, shrinking, moderation, extenuation, schematisation, lowering, schematization, alleviation.

Hyponym for Reduction:

• n.

  • act
    change of magnitude, change.