ABRIDGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ABRIDGE?

Need another word that means the same as “abridge”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “abridge” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Abridge” are: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, cut down, cut short, curtail, truncate, lessen, trim, crop, clip, pare down, prune

Abridge as a Verb

Definitions of "Abridge" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “abridge” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Curtail (a right or privilege.
• Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
• Lessen, diminish, or curtail.
• Shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.

Synonyms of "Abridge" as a verb (16 Words)

abbreviate	Shorten (a word, phrase, or text. Network is often abbreviated to net.
clip	Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips. Clip the papers together.
contract	Enter into a contractual arrangement. The heart contracts about seventy times a minute.
crop	Yield crops. She wanted her hair cropped short.
curtail	Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. Civil liberties were further curtailed.
cut	Form or shape by cutting or incising. If the pump develops a fault the electrical supply is immediately cut.
cut down	Cut down on make a reduction in.
cut short	Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.
foreshorten	Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth. Our experience is that it is usually a mistake to try to foreshorten the process.
lessen	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The years have lessened the gap in age between us.
pare down	Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.
prune	Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. The sauce should reduce to one cup.
shorten	Make (a vowel or syllable) short. The preceding vowels are shortened.
trim	Adjust the balance of a ship or aircraft by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. The airplane trimmed.
truncate	Replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces. The torso has been truncated just below the neck line.

Usage Examples of "Abridge" as a verb

• Even the right to free speech can be abridged.
• The new law might abridge our freedom of expression.
• The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.

Associations of "Abridge" (30 Words)

abbreviate	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge.
abbreviated	Shortened; cut short. An abbreviated version of the earlier work.
abbreviation	Shortening something by omitting parts of it. SKU is the abbreviation for Stock Keeping Unit.
bowdlerize	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized.
brief	Instruct a barrister by brief. Covered the matter in a brief statement.
briefly	In a concise manner; in a few words. Briefly we have a problem.
concisely	In a concise manner; in a few words. His main objections to it can be concisely summarized.
condensation	The conversion of a vapour or gas to a liquid. A readable condensation of the recent literature.
contraction	A shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber. Neurons control the contraction of muscles.
curtail	Deprive someone of (something. Curtail drinking in school.
decrement	A reduction or diminution. Relaxation produces a decrement in sympathetic nervous activity.
diminish	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The trial has aged and diminished him.
elision	Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next. The movie s elisions and distortions have been carefully thought out.
encapsulate	Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule. The company would encapsulate the asbestos waste in concrete pellets.
expurgate	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
haircut	The style in which a person’s hair is cut. He s always very particular about his haircut.
outline	Draw up an outline or sketch for something. Her eyes were darkly outlined with kohl.
precis	Make a precis of a text or speech.
profile	Represent in profile by drawing or painting. A profile of a Texas tycoon.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. Reduce the influx of foreigners.
resume	Take up or begin anew. The judge resumed his seat.
retrench	(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty. If there are excess staff they should be retrenched.
rundown	An analysis or summary of something by a knowledgeable person. A rundown in the business would be a devastating blow to the local economy.
short	Of a vowel categorized as short with regard to quality and length e g in standard British English the vowel in good is short as distinct from the long vowel u in food. He is short and tubby.
shorten	Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration. In winter the days shorten.
shrink	Become withdrawn. You should see a shrink.
shrinkage	The amount by which something shrinks. Give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage.
summarize	Give a brief statement of the main points of (something. To summarize there are three main categories.
summary	A brief statement or account of the main points of something. Summary justice.
synopsis	An outline of the plot of a play, film, or book. A synopsis of the insurance cover provided is set out below.