Synonyms for reduction

noun

1. The process of making smaller

   decrease, contraction, diminution, lowering, lessening, shortening, abatement, discount, reducing, conversion, deoxidation, refinement, attenuation, atrophy, condensation, loss, decline, compression, depression, subtraction, retrenchment, downsizing, cutback, shrinkage, miniaturization, concision, constriction, modification, minimization, curtailment, abbreviation, abridgment, decrescence, syncope, ellipsis, elision, assuagement, modulation, moderation, mitigation, remission, decrement.

   Antonyms increase*, increasing, enlargement.

2. An amount that constitutes reduction, sense 1

   decrease, rebate, cut; see discount.