Entry Word: subtract

Function: verb

Meaning: to take away (an amount or number) from a total <if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13> <you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time>

Synonyms deduct, take off

Related Words decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, lessen, lower, reduce; abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle

Near Antonyms adjoin, annex, append, tack (on); add (to), complement, supplement; enhance, heighten, intensify; aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise

Antonyms add