reduce: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of reduce
verb
- transitive
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
Example: to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
- intransitive
To lose weight.
- transitive
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
Example: to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
- transitive
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
Example: to reduce a province or a fort
Listed forms: reduces, reducing, reduced.
Source: Wiktionary — reduce.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for reduce.
verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
verb
be the essential element
- come down
- boil down
verb
reduce in size; reduce physically
verb
make smaller
- scale down
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is reduce in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of reduce
R(1) + E(1) + D(2) + U(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of reduce
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from reduce
40 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in reduce. Showing up to 24, longest first.