Synonyms of winnowed

winnowed

verb

past tense of winnow

as in culled

to remove less desirable choices from a group or list

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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