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Synonyms and Antonyms of winnowed
- 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.
culled, discarded, jettisoned, threw away, threw out
declined, refused, rejected, turned down
disapproved, negatived, repudiated, spurned
abbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittled (down)
abated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, lowered, reduced
compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted
moderated, modified, modulated, qualified
bolted, screened, sieved, sifted
clarified, cleared, distilled, filtered, fined, garbled, purified
cherry-picked, chose, culled, elected, handpicked, named, opted (for), picked, preferred, selected, singled (out), tagged, took
appointed, designated, fixed, marked, nominated, set, tabbed, tapped
accepted, adopted, embraced, espoused
blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelled
elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protracted
added (to), complemented, supplemented
enhanced, heightened, intensified
aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised
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