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

Need another word that means the same as “curtail”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “curtail” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Curtail” are: clip, cut short, curb, cut back, restrict, reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, diminish, slim down, tighten up, retrench, pare down, trim, dock, lop, shrink

Curtail as a Verb

Definitions of "Curtail" as a verb

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

• Deprive someone of (something.
• Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
• Place restrictions on.
• Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Synonyms of "Curtail" as a verb (19 Words)

clip	Attach with a clip. She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings.
curb	Keep to the curb. She promised she would curb her temper.
cut	Cut and assemble the components of. The car cut to the left at the intersection.
cut back	Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.
cut down	Cut down on make a reduction in.
cut short	Move (one’s fist.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. The aisles were decreased in height.
diminish	Cause to seem less impressive or valuable. The pain will gradually diminish.
dock	Bring a ship or boat into a dock. The ship docked at Southampton.
lessen	Make smaller. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
lop	Cut off from a whole. They lopped off more branches to save the tree.
pare down	Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. He reduced his grandees to due obedience.
restrict	Place under restrictions limit access to by law. Some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors.
retrench	(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty. As a result of the recession the company retrenched.
shrink	Become withdrawn. Can you shrink this image.
slim down	Take off weight.
tighten up	Narrow or limit.
trim	Adjust the balance of a ship or aircraft by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. He was trimming the fat off some pork chops.

Usage Examples of "Curtail" as a verb

• I that am curtailed of this fair proportion.
• Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries.
• Civil liberties were further curtailed.
• Curtail drinking in school.

Associations of "Curtail" (30 Words)

abate	Make (something) less intense. Nothing abated his crusading zeal.
abbreviate	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. Network is often abbreviated to net.
abridge	Shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense. Even the right to free speech can be abridged.
bowdlerize	Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective. Every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. He decreased his staff.
decrement	The ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation. The instruction decrements the accumulator by one.
depletion	The state of being depleted. The depletion of the ozone layer.
dilute	Make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it. A dilute solution.
diminish	Make or become less. The new law is expected to diminish the government s chances.
diminution	A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. The disease shows no signs of diminution.
downgrade	A downward gradient on a railway or road. A steep downgrade for which he had to put the car in second.
dwindle	Become smaller or lose substance. Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
encapsulate	Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume. The conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence.
expurgate	Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
extenuate	Make (someone) thin. Drawings of extenuated figures.
flinch	An act of flinching. She flinched at the acidity in his voice.
haircut	The style in which hair has been cut. He s always very particular about his haircut.
lower	Move something or somebody to a lower position. The lower levels of the building.
minimize	Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree. The aim is to minimize costs.
palliate	Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions. Pharmaceutical drugs palliate they do not cure.
reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. The number of priority homeless cases has reduced slightly.
retrench	Make (an employee) redundant. Right wing parties which seek to retrench the welfare state.
rundown	A reduction in the productivity or activities of a company or institution. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition.
shorten	(with reference to gambling odds) make or become shorter; decrease. Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan s odds from 2 1 to 7 4.
shrink	Move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. Can you shrink this image.
shrinkage	An allowance made for reduction in the takings of a business due to wastage or theft. The material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage.
shrinking	The act of becoming less. The shrinking market has provoked a massive price war.
understate	Represent as less significant or important. The press have understated the extent of the problem.
wane	Grow smaller. Interest in the project waned.
weaken	Become weaker. Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks.