Synonyms for reduction
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1. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   increase, promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidation

2. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   oxidation, promotion, increase, expansion, elevation

3. reductionnoun

   A 5% reduction in robberies

   Antonyms:
   expansion, elevation, promotion, oxidation, increase

4. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, elevation, oxidation, expansion, increase

5. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   elevation, oxidation, increase, promotion, expansion

6. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, elevation, increase, expansion, oxidation

7. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidation, increase

8. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   expansion, oxidation, promotion, elevation, increase

9. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   increase, oxidation, elevation, promotion, expansion

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1. reduction

   Synonyms:
   diminution, contraction, decrease, abatement

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1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downnoun

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

   Synonyms:
   reducing, lessening, simplification, decrease, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminution

2. reduction, reducingnoun

   any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

   Synonyms:
   simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminution

3. reduction, simplificationnoun

   the act of reducing complexity

   Synonyms:
   simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminution

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemical Reaction

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1. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   conversion, resolution, transmutation

2. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, contraction, decrease, abridgment, lessening, retrenchment, abatement, decrement, curtailment, lowering

3. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, detrusion, abasement, lowering

4. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquest, mastery, subdual, victory over

5. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) resolution, solution

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1. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, abatement, minimization, decrement, debasement, subjugation, subjection, conquest, subdual, overthrow

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1. List of paraphrases for "reduction":

   reduce, reducing, decrease, reduced, reductions, alleviation, abatement, decline, cut, downsizing, mitigation, drawdown, lowering, fight, réduction, drop, cutting, curtailment, struggle, narrowing, minimization, diminution, cuts, shortening, fall, lower, relief, decreased, decreasing, shrinking, reduces, markdown, rundown, cutback, control, lessening, attenuation, limitation, minimizing, discount

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1. Jerome Valcke:

   We are talking about a reduction of the competition in terms of the number of competition days. We are talking about 28 days and not anymore 32 days, it is a very special World Cup to organise because we would describe Qatar 2022 as a compact World Cup.

2. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou:

   I call for (a) reduction of hostility, and for the resolution of disputes with peaceful measures.

3. Trevor Sikorski:

   Any increase in free allocation would result in a reduction in auction volumes - so the impact would be less industrial buying and potentially more (industrial) selling but that would be offset with the reduction in (auctioning) volumes.

4. Hope Cronin:

   Milestone B is currently projected for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. This represents the completion of technology maturation and risk reduction activities and initiates the engineering and manufacturing development phase.

5. Bunge CEO Soren Schroder:

   It could be anywhere from 5 to 10 million tonnes of reduction and that comes straight out of exports and will therefore have to be supplied by the U.S. and/or the Black Sea, Ukraine in particular.