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subtract
Synonyms and Antonyms of subtract
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 abate, deduct, knock off, take off Related Words decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, dwindle, knock down, 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; complement, supplement; enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, multiply, raise Antonyms add, tack (on)
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