Synonyms for truncate

Synonyms for (verb) truncate

Synonyms: truncate, cut short

Definition: make shorter as if by cutting off

Usage: truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

Similar words: shorten

Definition: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

Usage: He shortened his trip due to illness


Synonyms: truncate

Definition: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

Usage: truncate a series

Similar words: judge, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess

Definition: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

Usage: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds


Synonyms: truncate

Definition: replace a corner by a plane

Similar words: exchange, replace, interchange, substitute

Definition: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

Usage: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt; substitute regular milk with fat-free milk; synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning


Synonyms for (adj) truncate

Synonyms: truncate, truncated

Definition: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

Usage: a truncate leaf; truncated volcanic mountains; a truncated pyramid

Similar words: short

Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

Usage: short skirts; short hair; the board was a foot short; a short toss


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