Synonyms of foreshorten
18 similar words
Another word for foreshorten is reduce. Other synonyms of foreshorten are minimize, mince and belittle.
Synonyms and similar words for foreshorten
verbTo abridge, reduce, contract.
- abate
- belittleTo make small.
- bring downTo reduce.
- cut
- decrease
- decrementTo decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.
- diminish
- lessen
- lilliputianizeTo make small or petty.
- lower
- minceTo lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- minimizeTo make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
- reduceTo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- shrink
- smallifyTo make small or less significant.
- abase archaicTo lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- besmall rareTo make small; (figurative) to make as though small.
- embase obsolete
Meaning of foreshorten
- verb To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.
- verb To abridge, reduce, contract.
- verb To make shorter.
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