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winnow
Synonyms and Antonyms of winnow
- They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.
- I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price.
cull, discard, jettison, throw away, throw out
decline, refuse, reject, turn down
disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn
abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle (down)
abate, decrease, de-escalate, dent, deplete, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce
compress, condense, constrict, contract
moderate, modify, modulate, qualify
clarify, clear, distill (also distil), fine, filter, garble, purify
cherry-pick, choose, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take
appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap
accept, adopt, embrace, espouse
blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell
elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract
add (to), complement, supplement
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise
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