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Synonyms for abbreviate
əˈbri viˌeɪtab·bre·vi·ate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. abbreviate

    Synonyms:
    abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

    Antonyms:
    amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. abbreviate

    Synonyms:
    shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune, compress

    Antonyms:
    lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

    Synonyms:
    sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

  2. abbreviateverb

    shorten

    "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

    Synonyms:
    contract, shorten, cut, reduce, abridge, foreshorten

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abbreviateverb

    Synonyms:
    shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "abbreviate":

    shorten, abridge

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How to use abbreviate in a sentence?

  1. Dick Cavett:

    I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense.


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