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scale down

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  • verb To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion
  • verb To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb make smaller
  • verb reduce proportionally

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synonyms (28)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abridge
  2. compress
  3. contract
  4. curtail
  5. cut
  6. cut back
  7. cut down
  8. damp
  9. dampen
  10. decrease
  11. deduct
  12. deflate
  13. depreciate
  14. depress
  15. diminish
  16. downgrade
  17. lessen
  18. lower
  19. minify
  20. pare
  21. reduce
  22. retrench
  23. roll back
  24. shorten
  25. simplify
  26. step down
  27. take from
  28. tune down

antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. scale up

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. proportion
  2. reduce
  3. rescale
  4. shrink

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