SUBTRACTING (FROM) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

subtracting (from)

verb

present participle of subtract (from)

as in cutting down

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The answer may be different if the goal is reducing overall homelessness, helping people into the job market, spending as little taxpayer money as possible, improving health outcomes — or just keeping people alive.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Like morphine and fentanyl, cychlorphine locks onto the brain’s mu-opioid receptors, reducing pain and increasing euphoria.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reducing

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Adjustable mattresses were meant to make some of that guesswork easier, but the category has long been associated with airbeds that change firmness by increasing or decreasing pressure inside the mattress.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Standard gas pressure spreads out across the rock formations, homogenizing subterranean forces and actually decreasing the risk of the fault slipping over time.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of decreasing

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Energy companies might save substantial capital by tapping naturally occurring subterranean structures rather than excavating artificial caverns or modifying depleted reservoirs.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
An agent might be permitted to read a database but prohibited from modifying it, generate a purchase order but not approve one, or access public websites while being blocked from transmitting sensitive corporate information.

— Ed Fox, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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The steadiest rain is tapering, but the umbrella is definitely the more useful accessory than the sunglasses today.

— Bill Kelly, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026
The bed is flared out inside the van, tapering to a 39-in (100-cm) width to fit inside the Happy Dreamer pod, so campers will be most comfortable sleeping with their feet in the pod, heads in the van.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of tapering

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Between terrorism and global warming and diminishing natural resources, the world is out of balance.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Basic tasks like summarization, translation and drafting offer diminishing differentiation as tools become widespread.

— Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of diminishing

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Partly because of the notion that artificial intelligence was likely to contribute to downsizing, the memo ended up being widely shared across the company.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
In a world where everyone is downsizing, including car manufacturers making their engines smaller, GM has gone the opposite way.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of downsizing

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But Milei is trying to recast Argentina as a destination for foreign wealth, slashing public spending, dismantling regulations and courting investment in the country's vast oil and mineral resources.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
States have already started slashing caregivers’ pay and other critical disability services in anticipation of Medicaid cuts that will roll out next year.

— STAT, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of slashing

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