Synonyms of curtailed

curtailed 1 of 2

adjective

as in abridged

Related Words

• abridged
• abbreviated
• shortened
• condensed
• syncopated
• cut-back
• brief
• sudden
• short
• shortish
• short-lived
• compact
• fleeting
• little
• transient
• momentary
• abrupt
• transitory
• ephemeral
• summary
• terse
• epigrammatic
• fast
• short-term
• pithy
• succinct
• laconic
• concise
• impermanent
• short-range
• compendious
• crisp

Dissimilar Words

• long
• extended
• lengthy
• far
• great
• endless
• prolonged
• persistent
• interminable
• protracted
• unending
• everlasting
• permanent
• long-drawn-out
• enlarged
• long-lived
• overlong
• longish
• supplemented
• long-term
• expanded
• long-range

curtailed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of curtail

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration

curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortened
• reduced
• truncated
• abridged
• abbreviated
• elided
• docked
• cut back
• decreased
• syncopated
• trimmed
• summarized
• constricted
• compressed
• recapitulated
• modified
• diminished
• digested
• encapsulated
• pruned
• pared
• epitomized
• summed up
• abstracted
• lessened
• contracted
• slashed
• cut down
• abated
• dwindled
• cut
• downsized
• moderated
• shrank
• retrenched
• tapered
• lowered
• subtracted (from)
• deflated
• de-escalated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extended
• prolonged
• lengthened
• supplemented
• expanded
• protracted
• elongated
• increased
• enlarged
• added
• augmented
• heightened
• amplified
• escalated
• maximized
• boosted
• raised
• dilated
• swelled
• inflated
• ballooned
• distended
• aggrandized
• pumped up
• blew up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curtailed

Verb

So swimming, a life-enhancing, healthy activity, indoors and especially outdoors in nature, has been vastly curtailed. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Iran’s economy has already taken a significant hit from the war, with much of its industrial capacity destroyed and crude exports severely curtailed by the US blockade. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Several Georgia counties and cities have curtailed data center projects in the face of backlash, including Atlanta. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The high court’s 6-3 conservative-majority ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from terminating TPS designations. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026

The administration also slashed funding for mRNA vaccine research and curtailed access to the COVID vaccines. — Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

That award upended 60 years of precedent in the city’s police discipline apparatus and severely curtailed the work of the Chicago Police Board, which, in the meantime, has continued to meet and decide a small sliver of cases. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

But so, too, was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sharply curtailed the Democratic nominating fight. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

The administration closed some of New Delhi’s rail transit lines and curtailed cellular connectivity. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026