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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “curtail” as a verb can have the following definitions:
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shrink | Become withdrawn.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. |
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. |
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