Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Nonaddition. Subtraction

Nouns
  • subtraction, subduction
  • deduction, retrenchment
  • removal, withdrawal
  • ablation, sublation
  • abstraction etc. (taking) Taking
  • garbling, c. v.. mutilation, detruncation
  • amputation
  • abscission, excision, recision
  • curtailment etc. Shortness
  • minuend, subtrahend
  • decrease etc. Nonincrease, Decrease
  • abrasion.
Verbs
  • subduct, subtract
  • deduct, deduce
  • bate, retrench
  • remove, withdraw, take from, take away
  • detract. garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate
  • cut off, cut away, cut out
  • abscind, excise
  • pare, thin, prune, decimate
  • abrade, scrape, file
  • geld, castrate
  • eliminate. diminish etc. Nonincrease, Decrease
  • curtail etc. (shorten) Shortness
  • deprive of etc. (take) Taking
  • weaken.
Adjectives
  • subtracted etc. v.
  • subtractive.
Adverbs
  • in deduction etc. n.
  • less
  • short of
  • minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation
  • not counting, if one doesn't count.