Synonyms of cutting back

cutting back 1 of 2

noun

as in ungenerosity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ungenerosity
• selfishness
• tightness
• pinching
• cheapness
• economy
• meanness
• saving
• thrift
• stinginess
• miserliness
• parsimony
• conserving
• frugality
• husbandry
• conservation
• economizing
• managing
• providence
• closeness
• skimping
• penuriousness
• scrimping
• scraping
• husbanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generosity
• bounty
• liberality
• philanthropy
• unselfishness
• munificence
• largess
• largesse
• openhandedness
• charity
• selflessness
• bigheartedness
• beneficence
• kindliness
• kindness
• bountifulness
• openheartedness
• generousness

cutting back

2 of 2

verb

present participle of cut back

1

as in shaving

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaving
• cutting
• trimming
• clipping
• lopping (off)
• mowing
• pruning
• cropping
• shearing
• paring
• bobbing
• snipping
• polling
• docking
• nipping
• whittling
• shortening
• pinching
• curtailing
• skiving
• manicuring
• stumping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• elongating

2

as in shortening

to make less in extent or duration

cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortening
• reducing
• summing up
• curtailing
• cutting down
• abridging
• truncating
• docking
• abbreviating
• eliding
• trimming
• syncopating
• subtracting (from)
• decreasing
• summarizing
• compressing
• encapsulating
• digesting
• recapitulating
• abstracting
• modifying
• pruning
• cutting
• epitomizing
• paring
• tapering
• contracting
• slashing
• diminishing
• downsizing
• constricting
• moderating
• lowering
• shrinking
• dwindling
• lessening
• retrenching
• abating
• deflating
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• prolonging
• expanding
• increasing
• supplementing
• enlarging
• adding
• maximizing
• raising
• elongating
• escalating
• blowing up
• augmenting
• boosting
• protracting
• amplifying
• swelling
• pumping up
• heightening
• dilating
• inflating
• ballooning
• aggrandizing
• distending