Synonyms of whittled (down)

whittled (down)

verb

past tense of whittle (down)

as in cut down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cut down
• cut back
• turned down
• knocked down
• shortened
• curtailed
• truncated
• reduced
• pared
• clipped
• pruned
• abbreviated
• cropped
• abridged
• decreased
• retrenched
• slashed
• trimmed
• cut
• docked
• nicked
• disapproved
• lessened
• spurned
• depleted
• refused
• downsized
• dented
• dwindled
• repudiated
• lowered
• rejected
• eased
• negatived
• threw away
• compressed
• condensed
• discarded
• declined
• threw out
• abated
• contracted
• constricted
• downscaled
• culled
• jettisoned
• minimized
• dropped
• winnowed
• de-escalated
• modified
• shrank
• shrunk
• deflated
• modulated
• qualified
• moderated
• sieved
• sifted
• screened
• bolted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• singled (out)
• selected
• elected
• preferred
• opted (for)
• named
• took
• chose
• picked
• set
• added (to)
• designated
• settled (on or upon)
• appointed
• marked
• culled
• fixed
• tagged
• adopted
• accepted
• tapped
• preselected
• nominated
• espoused
• embraced
• prolonged
• extended
• handpicked
• blew up
• inflated
• swelled
• dilated
• elongated
• supplemented
• cherry-picked
• lengthened
• distended
• increased
• tabbed
• protracted
• enhanced
• heightened
• intensified
• complemented
• expanded
• raised
• augmented
• amplified
• enlarged
• redoubled
• escalated
• boosted
• aggrandized