Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize
Definition: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Usage: We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
Similar words: do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
Definition: terminate, end, or take out
Usage: Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts
Synonyms: rationalise, rationalize
Definition: remove irrational quantities from
Usage: This function can be rationalized
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: rationalise, rationalize
Definition: think rationally; employ logic or reason
Usage: When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize
Similar words: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Definition: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Usage: I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
Synonyms: rationalise, rationalize, justify, apologise, apologize, excuse
Definition: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
Usage: rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior; he rationalized his lack of success
Similar words: fend for, support, defend
Definition: argue or speak in defense of
Usage: She supported the motion to strike
Synonyms: rationalise, rationalize
Definition: structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
Usage: We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits
Similar words: organise, organize
Definition: cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea