Trim Synonyms and Antonyms

trĭm
To make neat and trim; make presentable
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clean
  2. freshen
  3. groom
  4. neaten
  5. slick up
  6. spruce
  7. tidy
  8. trig
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clip
  2. crop
  3. lop
  4. cut back
  5. prune
  6. chop
  7. cut
  8. cut down
  9. snip
  10. lower
  11. pare
  12. shear
  13. slash
  14. truncate
  15. dress
To cut off excess
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shave
  2. cut
  3. prune
  4. shade
  5. lop
  6. crop
  7. clip
  8. shear
  9. pare-down
  10. even-up
  11. mow
  12. snip
  13. reduce
  14. plane
  15. slice off
  16. cut down
  17. scrape
  18. whittle down
  19. cut back
  20. carve down
  21. trim down
  22. trim back
  23. bring down
Antonyms:
  1. increase
  2. let grow
  3. develop
  4. lengthen
  5. extend
  6. oppose
  7. antagonize
  8. be a partisan of
*To defeat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defeat
  2. whip
  3. lick
  4. beat
  5. best
  6. conquer
  7. master
  8. overcome
  9. prevail against
  10. rout
  11. subdue
  12. subjugate
  13. surmount
  14. triumph over
  15. vanquish
  16. worst
  17. trounce
  18. ace
Antonyms:
  1. lose
To prepare for sailing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ballast
  2. beat
  3. rig
  4. flog
  5. hide
  6. outfit
  7. lash
  8. thrash
  9. hoist the sails
  10. whip
  11. lay into
  12. touch her up
  13. lick
To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bilk
  2. cheat
  3. cozen
  4. defraud
  5. gull
  6. mulct
  7. rook
  8. swindle
  9. victimize
  10. chisel
  11. flimflam
  12. take
  13. diddle
  14. do
  15. gyp
  16. stick
  17. sting
A state of sound readiness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. condition
  2. fettle
  3. fitness
  4. form
  5. trimness
  6. kilter
  7. order
  8. shape
To refuse to take a stand
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hedge
  2. temporize
  3. equivocate
  4. dodge
  5. vacillate
  6. remain neutral
  7. stand between
  8. compromise
  9. sit on a fence
  10. shilly-shally
  11. hem-and-haw
Antonyms:
  1. oppose
  2. antagonize
  3. be a partisan of

Words Related to Trim

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Trim Sentence Examples

  • She placed the roast in a pan and reached for a knife to trim the fat off of it.

  • The halter top she wore exposed her trim midriff.

  • She helped Destiny into a frilly white dress with yellow trim and they both finished up with white sandals.

  • By that time Cecil had begun to trim his sails to a different breeze.

  • You hire a man to trim their hooves, why is having a handler any different?

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