What is another word for shortening?
259 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ], [ ʃˈɔːtənɪŋ], [ ʃ_ˈɔː_t_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for shortening:- abridgment (noun)
- act (noun)
- butter (noun)
- lard (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reducing (noun)
- trimming (noun)
- curtailing (verb)
- decreasing (verb)
- diminishing (verb)
- lowering (verb)
- shortening (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shortening:
n.
•abridgment (noun) •act (noun) •butter (noun) •lard (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun)- shaving off,
- oleo,
- marking down,
- decreasings,
- paring down,
- reducing,
- prunings,
- cutting away,
- margarines,
- margarine,
- trimming,
- trimmings,
- croppings,
- butter,
- tallow,
- lard,
- ghee.
v.
•curtailing (verb) •decreasing (verb)- Curtailing,
- lessening,
- compressing,
- subsiding,
- Compacting,
- dying down,
- contracting,
- Depleting,
- dwindling,
- Abbreviating,
- receding,
- decreasing,
- Truncating,
- shrinking,
- Concentrating,
- abating,
- Abridging,
- deflating,
- Deducting,
- eroding,
- diminishing,
- lowering,
- draining,
- decrementing.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):- curtail,
- cooking fat,
- foreshorten,
- reduce,
- disregarding,
- encapsulation,
- hourglass,
- slewing,
- editing,
- shrinkage,
- condensation,
- initialism,
- remission,
- lessen,
- strangulation,
- commuting,
- shorten,
- ellipsis,
- issuing,
- briefing,
- compendium,
- neck,
- Sheering,
- condense,
- dip,
- diminution,
- repress,
- recapitulate,
- decrease,
- constriction,
- quell,
- abbreviate,
- solidification,
- conspectus,
- summarize,
- quash,
- bottleneck,
- Quashing,
- impairment,
- Puckering,
- synopsis,
- pare,
- Epitomizing,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- retraction,
- subjugate,
- summarizing,
- effacement,
- abridged,
- slimming,
- rationalizing,
- astringency,
- knitting,
- cutting,
- summation,
- slashing,
- Skipping,
- digest,
- veering,
- disparagement,
- suppress,
- extraction,
- derogation,
- signing,
- minify,
- isthmus,
- abridge,
- repressing,
- cervix,
- subtraction,
- Expurgating,
- cut down,
- Restraining,
- abridgement,
- Feeing,
- epitome,
- summary,
- squeezing,
- limiting,
- swerving,
- consolidation,
- Ignoring,
- acronym,
- elision,
- narrowing,
- Castrating,
- Abbreviature,
- concision,
- Retrenching,
- coarctation,
- constricting,
- docking,
- restriction,
- cut short,
- rationalising,
- curving,
- shortener,
- Diminishment,
- outline,
- edible fat,
- alter,
- Trending,
- modify,
- subdue,
- abridgment,
- fall,
- precis,
- thinning,
- shortcut,
- circumscription,
- systole,
- Styling,
- tailoring,
- extenuation,
- cut,
- oil,
- Foreshortening,
- Decurtation,
- distillate,
- recapitulation,
- abstract,
- restricting,
- concentration,
- abate,
- limitation,
- decrement,
- stopping,
- Minifying,
- Subduing,
- pressing,
- trim,
- shorting,
- curbing,
- abatement,
- cutback,
- qualify,
- stricture,
- recap,
- brief,
- truncation,
- summarization,
- Ceasing,
- commute,
- cutting off,
- review,
- Diluting,
- declension,
- adapt,
- Subjugating,
- Abstracting,
- tightening,
- Snubbing,
- Abbreviatory,
- syncope,
- diminish,
- confining,
- compression,
- Hacking,
- debase,
- attrition.
Paraphrases for Shortening:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
reduce.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
cutting, contraction.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
reduction, reducing, cut, downsizing, decline, improvement, reduced, alleviation.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
hastening, minimising, streamlining, restricting, Restoring, accelerating, constraining, ameliorating, offsetting, hindering, Expediting, Relieving, Alleviating, eroding, Simplifying, Mitigating, Reversing, receding, retreating, slashing, limiting, Depleting, quickening, Truncating, Addressing, squeezing, Stemming, defusing, creeping, waning, curbing, slowing, trimming, Collapsing, abating, reduction, Diluting, declining, sinking, bring, bringing, closing, dropping, Cropping, falling, keeping, cutting, reducing, cut, downsizing, lessening, reduced.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
narrowing, shrinkage, shrinking, curtailment, lowering, stricture, decrease, abridgement, lessening.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Shortening:
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n.
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abridgment
enlargement, extension, increase, expansion.
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abridgment
Homophones for Shortening:
- sardonic, sacredness, scrutinise, sword dance, skywriting, skirting, sorting, scardinius, sordidness, squirting, sardonyx, shortness, seaworthiness, sure thing, shirting, swarthiness, shrewdness, square dance, scrutinize.
Hypernym for Shortening:
n.
Hyponym for Shortening:
n.
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act
decrease, reduction, step-down, diminution.
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food
edible fat.
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act