Synonyms and Antonyms of cut
1
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
- I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass
crosscut, hacksaw, saw, scissor
cleave, rive, split
pierce, stab
bruise, butcher, hack, haggle, lacerate, mangle
rend, tear
carve, chip, chisel, notch
anatomize, dissect, section
chop, dice, mince
amputate, cut off, sever
2
to fail to attend
- a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses
3
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
- the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing
isolate, ostracize
brush (aside or off), disdain, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, scorn, spurn
disregard, forget, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, shrug off
4
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
- when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet
bob, clip, crop, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim
5
to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of
- you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle
clip, crop, curtail, cut back, dock, hack, lop, manicure, nip, pare, prune, trim
bob, shave, shear, snip
6
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
- the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink
load
befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, envenom, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, sully, taint
cheapen, debase, degrade
manipulate, misrepresent, tamper (with)
counterfeit, fake, falsify, fudge
doctor, spike
attenuate, moderate, qualify, temper
fertilize, lard
augment, reinforce (also reenforce), supplement
decontaminate, purify
clarify, clean, cleanse, distill (also distil), filter, flush, leach, pasteurize, purge, refine
better, enhance, improve
compact, concentrate, condense
7
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
- cut towards the goal, eluding a defender
skew, slew (also slue)
arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, hook, round, sweep, wheel
about-face, pivot
circle, coil, curl, loop, spiral
turn, twist, wind
weave, zigzag
deviate, stray, wander, waver
8
to divide by passing through or across
- a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half
9
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
- whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years
assess, diagnose, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, scrutinize
arrange, assort, catalog (or catalogue), categorize, classify, codify, diagram, enumerate, index, order, schematize, sort, tabulate
divide, reduce, segment, separate, subdivide
