cut - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

verb

To penetrate with a sharp edge: gash, incise, pierce, slash, slit. See enter, help
To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cleave ¹, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split. See assemble
To bring down, as with a saw or ax. Also used with down: chop down, fell ¹, hew. See rise
To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop ², sheer ¹, skew, slue ¹, swerve, veer. Nautical: yaw. See change
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop ¹, clip ¹, crop, cut back, cut down, lop ¹, lower ², pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase
To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture: attenuate, dilute, thin, water (down), weaken. See strong
To slight (someone) deliberately: rebuff, shun, snub, spurn. Informal: coldshoulder. Idioms: close (or shut) the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on. See accept
To fail to attend on purpose: truant. Informal: skip. Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky (or truant). See seek

phrasal verb

cut across

To pass through or over: crisscross, cross, crosscut, decussate, intersect. See meet

phrasal verb

cut back

To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop ¹, clip ¹, crop, cut, cut down, lop ¹, lower ², pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase

phrasal verb

cut down

To cause the death of: carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill ¹, slay. Slang: waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See help
To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, down, drop, fell ¹, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang: deck ¹. Idiom: lay low. See rise
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop ¹, clip ¹, crop, cut, cut back, lop ¹, lower ², pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase

phrasal verb

cut in

To force or come in as an improper or unwanted element: horn in, intrude, obtrude. See enter
To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse: break in, chime in, chip in, interrupt. See continue

phrasal verb

cut off

To set apart from a group: close off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester. See include
To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill ¹, slay. Slang: waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See help
To block the progress of and force to change direction: head off, intercept. See allow

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cut out

To take the place of (another) against the other's will: displace, supplant. See substitute
To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, give up, leave off, stop. Slang: kick. See continue
Informal. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave ¹, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: push off, shove off. Slang: blow ¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach

phrasal verb

cut up

Informal. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion: act up, carry on, misbehave. Informal: horse around. See good
Informal. To find fault with: blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap ¹. Informal: pan. Slang: knock. See praise

noun

Thesaurus: cut