Cutting

//ˈkʌtɪŋ//

Synonyms for "cutting" (458 found)

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Closest matches (92)

Strong matches (137)

crisp crop crumb curtailment cutting the pie cuttings debasement deciduous plant declension decrease decrement deep structure depletion depreciation derivation derogation detraction dichotomy dicot dicotyledon

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difference of form diluent dilution diminution dip direct object disparagement dissolvent dividing division divvy doctoring dollop double edged double-edged drastic driving edged effective elision ellipsis enclitic end enucleation ephemeral escharotic evergreen excerpta excerpts excessive excision exorbitant exotic extract extraction extracts extravagant extreme featheredged fierce filler film editing fine fission florilegium flowering plant flowers forceful forcible form-function unit formative fortifying fragment fragments free form freezing freezing cold frigid function fungus furious gametophyte gathering gelid glacial gleaning gleanings gob gobbet great gruff gutsy gymnosperm harsh harvest harvesting hibernal hiemal hunk hurtful hydrophyte hyperborean ic analysis ice cold ice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immediate constituent analysis immoderate impairment imperative impressive incisive inclement indirect object infix infixation inflection ingoing intemperate intense invidious ironic irritating keen keen-edged

Noun(8 words)

crumb crumbling cutting off film editing flake fleak fragment hunk

Adjective(2 words)

edged keen

Related words (229)

knifelike laceration lacing lancinating lessening level levels lump malevolent malicious miscellanea miscellany modicum modifier moiety monocot monocotyl mordacious mordant morph

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morpheme morphemic analysis morphemics morphology morphophonemics morsel mutilation nervous nipping nippy nose tickling nose-tickling numbing nutting object outrageous paradigm parceling paring particle partition partitioning penetrating perennial phrase structure piece piercing pinching piquant plant poignant pointed pollution polycot polycotyl polycotyledon portioning powerful predicate prefix prefixation probing proclitic pruning punchy pungent qualifier radical rank ranks rasher rationing raw razor-edged reaping reduction remission rending repartition resection resolutive resolvent retraction retrenchment rigorous ripping root rough sarcastic sardonic scathing scion scission scoop scorching scornful scrap section seed plant seedling sensational set severance severe shallow structure shard sharing sharing out sharp shaving shiver shortening shred shrinkage siberian sinewed sinewy slashing sleety slice slicing slip sliver slot slot and filler slushy smithereen snack snappy snatch sneering snip snippet solvent sour spermatophyte spiking splinter splitting sporophyte stabbing stem stern stitch stone cold stone-cold strata strident striking stringent strong structure stump subject subzero suffix suffixation supercooled surface structure surgery syncope syneresis syntactic analysis syntactic structure syntactics syntax tagmeme tart tatter tearing telling thallophyte theme thinning tough trenchant triennial truncation two-edged unconscionable underlying structure vascular plant vegetable vehement venomous vicious vigorous violent virulent vital vitriolic watering weed winterbound winterlike wintery wintry withering word arrangement word formation word order word-formation wounding

Adjective(7 words)

knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing raw stabbing stinging

Noun(18 words)

lump mammock newspaper clipping ort piece piecemeal portion press clipping press cutting scrap scraplet secting slice slip snead snippet steck thinning

Adjective(1 words)

razory

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

13 entries

creating by removal dilution division excerpt excerption extract opening part piece selection shortening stalk stem

More specific

1 entries

cross-cutting

Synonyms

6 entries

carving clipping cut film editing lancinating stinging

derived

31 entries

clearcutting cord-cutting cost cutting cost-cutting cutting torch cuttingly cuttingness darkcutting die cutting downcutting fair-cake cutting genital cutting glasscutting grasscutting haircutting heartcutting

Showing 16 of 31 words.

form of

1 entries

cut

has context

2 entries

india machining

is a

10 entries

action on object biological growth creation event dilution hitting movement part separating stalk use of devices

related to

23 entries

abridge beverage branch canal clipping cultivated cut dig half hurtful leaf passage performance potentially railway road

Showing 16 of 23 words.

similar

4 entries

cold sharp unkind

Translations

112 translations across 28 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

режещ adj (that is used for cutting)
изрезка noun (section removed from a larger whole)
изрезка noun (newspaper clipping)
монта́ж noun (editing of film or other recordings)

Catalan

3 entries

mordaç adj ((potentially) hurtful)
esqueix noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
estaca noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Czech

2 entries

zářez noun (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road)
řízek noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Danish

3 entries

beskæring noun (action of the verb to cut)
stikling noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
udklip noun (newspaper clipping)

Dutch

2 entries

knipsel noun (newspaper clipping)
stek noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Esperanto

1 entries

acerba adj ((potentially) hurtful)

Finnish

4 entries

katkelma noun (abridged selection of written work)
leike noun (section removed from a larger whole)
leike noun (newspaper clipping)
leikkaaminen noun (action of the verb to cut)

French

4 entries

bouture noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
coupure noun (newspaper clipping)
découpage noun (action of the verb to cut)
montage noun (editing of film or other recordings)

Galician

3 entries

tallante adj (that is used for cutting)
escallo noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
estaca noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

German

4 entries

Ableger noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
Schneiden noun (action of the verb to cut)
Senkreis noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
Steckling noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Greek

4 entries

απόκομμα noun (newspaper clipping)
κόψιμο noun (action of the verb to cut)
ξεμασκαλίδι noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)
όρυγμα noun (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road)

Hebrew

2 entries

חיתוך noun (action of the verb to cut)
מִבְתָּר noun (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road)

Hungarian

1 entries

dugvány noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Irish

1 entries

gearrthóireacht noun (action of the verb to cut)

Italian

4 entries

affilato adj ((potentially) hurtful)
graffiante adj ((potentially) hurtful)
pungente adj ((potentially) hurtful)
sferzante adj ((potentially) hurtful)

Latin

1 entries

virgulta noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Malayalam

3 entries

കഷണം noun (section removed from a larger whole)
മുറി noun (section removed from a larger whole)
മുറിക്കൽ noun (action of the verb to cut)

Norwegian

1 entries

skjæring noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Polish

4 entries

uszczypliwy adj ((potentially) hurtful)
cięcie noun (action of the verb to cut)
montaż noun (editing of film or other recordings)
odnóżka noun (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant)

Portuguese

4 entries

cortante adj ((potentially) hurtful)
corte noun (action of the verb to cut)
corte noun (section removed from a larger whole)
corte noun (editing of film or other recordings)

Romanian

2 entries

decupare noun (action of the verb to cut)
tăiere noun (action of the verb to cut)

Russian

4 entries

ре́жущий adj ((potentially) hurtful)
вы́держка noun (newspaper clipping)
вы́резка noun (section removed from a larger whole)
вы́резка noun (newspaper clipping)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rezak adj ((potentially) hurtful)
rezni adj (that is used for cutting)
izrezak noun (newspaper clipping)
montaža noun (editing of film or other recordings)

Spanish

4 entries

cortante adj (that is used for cutting)
tajante adj ((potentially) hurtful)
cortamiento noun (action of the verb to cut)
corte noun (action of the verb to cut)

Swahili

1 entries

ukataji noun (action of the verb to cut)

Swedish

4 entries

avsnitt noun (section removed from a larger whole)
klippning noun (editing of film or other recordings)
pressklipp noun (newspaper clipping)
skärning noun (action of the verb to cut)

Taos

1 entries

tę̀ʼéne noun (action of the verb to cut)

Turkish

1 entries

kesim noun (action of the verb to cut)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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Your hair wants cutting.

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Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.

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I'm cutting down on sweets.

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Cutting school is the first stage of delinquency.

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Showing 4 of 42 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.