Synonyms for Retrenchments:

• n.

  •depression (noun)
  • dislocation,
  • downturn,
  • crisis,
  • recession,
  • crash,
  • inactivity,
  • bankruptcy,
  • stagflation,
  • inflation,
  • big trouble,
  • slide,
  • panic,
  • slump,
  • slowness,
  • overproduction,
  • paralysis,
  • stagnation,
  • failure,
  • drop,
  • retrenchment,
  • unemployment,
  • bottom out,
  • bear market,
  • hard times,
  • bust,
  • rainy days,
  • bad times,
  • deflation,
  • sag.
  •diminishment (noun)
  • attenuation,
  • diminuendo,
  • declination,
  • diminution,
  • extenuation,
  • depreciation.
  •diminution (noun)
  • cut,
  • abatement,
  • decrease,
  • deduction,
  • weakening,
  • curtailment,
  • contraction,
  • alleviation,
  • decay,
  • decline,
  • cutback.
  •economy (noun)
  • husbandry,
  • layoff,
  • direction,
  • regulation,
  • caution,
  • niggardliness,
  • abridgement,
  • thrift,
  • parsimony,
  • Scrimping,
  • shrinkage,
  • prudence,
  • supervision,
  • stinginess,
  • providence,
  • reduction,
  • thriftiness,
  • miserliness,
  • meanness,
  • restraint,
  • Parcity,
  • care,
  • austerity,
  • moratorium,
  • carefulness,
  • sparingness,
  • Skimping,
  • discretion,
  • rollback.
  •lack (noun)
  • distress,
  • shortcoming,
  • defect,
  • necessity,
  • poverty,
  • destitution,
  • miss,
  • loss,
  • want,
  • inferiority,
  • exigency,
  • dearth,
  • meagerness,
  • depletion,
  • privation,
  • shortage,
  • shortfall,
  • paucity,
  • slightness,
  • deficit,
  • Insufficience,
  • inadequacy,
  • stint,
  • deprivation,
  • shrinking,
  • absence,
  • shortness,
  • insufficiency,
  • exiguity,
  • scantiness,
  • default,
  • scarcity.
  •reaction (noun)
  • obscurantism,
  • withdrawal,
  • relapse,
  • retreat,
  • regression,
  • backlash,
  • counterrevolution,
  • status quo,
  • backsliding,
  • right,
  • Toryism,
  • retrogression,
  • right wing.
  •shortening (noun)
  • abbreviation.
  •thriftiness (noun)
  • frugality.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • deductions,
  • skimp,
  • spareness,
  • debase,
  • relieve,
  • curtail,
  • suppressions,
  • lessen,
  • cutbacks,
  • abridgments,
  • abbreviate,
  • restrain,
  • economize,
  • deliver,
  • bound,
  • Austerities,
  • abate,
  • abatements,
  • restrict,
  • confine,
  • pare,
  • curb,
  • save,
  • mascot,
  • curtailments,
  • saver,
  • retrench,
  • reductions,
  • decreases,
  • savings,
  • diminish,
  • Economies,
  • bind,
  • hold,
  • reactions,
  • cuts,
  • reduce,
  • cares,
  • contractions,
  • scrimp,
  • lacks,
  • thrifts,
  • contain,
  • Depressions,
  • entrenchments,
  • economizer,
  • govern,
  • qualifications,
  • cut back,
  • economise,
  • prevent,
  • repress.

Paraphrases for Retrenchments:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    cut-backs.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    reduction, reductions, cuts.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    reducing, shortfalls, cuttings, trimmings, dismissals, clippings, scraps, snips, parings, cut-offs, employees.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    redundancies, cutbacks, lay-offs, layoffs, haircuts, cutouts, shrink.

Antonyms for Retrenchments:

• n.

  • depression
    convexity, hope, happiness, encouragement, cheerfulness, hopefulness, bulge, increase, recovery, protuberance, surge, calm, success, rise.
  • diminution
    development, enlargement, growth, addition, raise, improvement, expansion.
  • economy
    extravagance, negligence, spending, carelessness, indiscretion, disregard, thoughtlessness, neglect, imprudence, squandering.
  • lack
    enough, profusion, extra, lot, excess, abundance, affluence, plethora, advantage, plenty, sufficiency, perfection, surplus.
  • reaction
    cause, question.
  • shortening
    extension.
  • thriftiness
    generosity.

Homophones for Retrenchments:

• retransmit.