reduces
Makes it smaller
Reduces is the third-person singular of reduce, meaning to make smaller in amount, size, or degree: The company reduces costs by outsourcing.
It can mean to bring to a particular state: The news reduced her to tears.
In cooking, to reduce a sauce is to thicken it by boiling off liquid.
To make smaller
- lowerReduce or move downward
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- curtailTo cut short
- lessenReduce in degree
cut · slash · trim · pare · shrink · contract · downscale · taper
Lessen pain or burden
assuage · palliate · lighten · quell · calm · soften · temper · moderate
Remove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- distillPurify through vaporization
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- decodeConvert from cipher
disentangle · refine · condense · boil down · pare down · optimize · consolidate · declutter
Enforceable written agreement
- compressReduce volume by force
- condenseMake more compact
- constrictTo squeeze tightly
- deflateRelease air from
shrivel · wither · pucker · tighten · dehydrate · desiccate · wane · recede
Destroy through chemical action
- rustIron oxide coating
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
rot · decompose · disintegrate · wear down · break down · atrophy · wilt · tarnish
Mass job eliminations
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- rightsizingOptimizing employee numbers
consolidation · redundancies · belt-tightening · budget cuts · attrition · outsourcing · retrenchment · cutbacks
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
conservation · eco-friendly · renewable · green · solar · insulation · composting · carbon footprint
diminish
To make smaller
lessen · cut · slash · trim · pare · shrink · contract · downscale · taper · abate
relieve
Lessen pain or burden
allay · assuage · palliate · lighten · quell · calm · soften · temper · moderate · remedy
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- distillPurify through vaporization
- demystifyExplain something confusing
decode · disentangle · refine · condense · boil down · pare down · optimize · consolidate · declutter · unclutter
contract
Enforceable written agreement
deflate · shrivel · wither · pucker · tighten · dehydrate · desiccate · wane · recede · retract
corrode
Destroy through chemical action
- rustIron oxide coating
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
erode · rot · decompose · disintegrate · wear down · break down · atrophy · wilt · tarnish · oxidize
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
rightsizing · consolidation · redundancies · belt-tightening · budget cuts · attrition · outsourcing · retrenchment · cutbacks · reorganization
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
stewardship · conservation · eco-friendly · renewable · green · solar · insulation · composting · carbon footprint · consumption
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- oversimplificationgeneralizes, stereotypes, essentializes, homogenizes, broad-brush
- modifiestransforms, converts, enhances, activates, conjugates
- summarizessummarizes, recaps, condenses, abridges, digests
- erodeserodes, corrodes, abrades, wears down, wears out
- comes downfalls, drops, descends, plummets, sinks
reduceselaborates
Adds detail and complexity
expands · complicates · develops · builds · constructs
- noise reductionDecreasing auditory interference
- reduced to rubbleTotally destroyed, only fragments
- reduced priceLowered cost for purchase
- stress reductionLessening mental tension
- reduce reuse recycleWaste minimization principles
- reduced to ashesBurned until nothing remains
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