Downsize

//ˈdaʊnsaɪz//

Synonyms for "downsize" (32 found)

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Related word relations

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Related terms

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derived

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

29 translations across 10 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 裁員 /裁员 verb (to reduce the workforce of)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afdanken verb (to terminate the employment of)
  • afslanken verb (to reduce in size or number)
  • afslanken verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • afvloeien verb (to terminate the employment of)

Finnish

3 entries
  • pienentää verb (to reduce in size or number)
  • saada potkut verb (to terminate the employment of)
  • vähentää työvoimaa verb (to reduce the workforce of)

French

4 entries
  • diminuer verb (to reduce in size or number)
  • revoir à la baisse verb (to reduce in size or number)
  • réajuster verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • réduire verb (to reduce in size or number)

Greek

2 entries
  • μειώνω verb (to reduce in size or number)
  • μειώνω verb (to reduce the workforce of)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • elbocsát verb (to terminate the employment of)
  • leépít verb (to reduce the workforce of)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ダウンサイジングする verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • リストラする verb (to reduce the workforce of)

Russian

4 entries
  • сократи́ть verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • сокраща́ть verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • сокращать verb (to terminate the employment of)
  • увольнять verb (to terminate the employment of)

Spanish

3 entries
  • hacer recortes de personal verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • hacer recortes de plantilla verb (to reduce the workforce of)
  • reajustar la plantilla verb (to reduce the workforce of)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skära ned verb (to reduce in size or number)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died.

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Sami helped companies downsize.

Source: tatoeba (6593282)

You may downsize to a smaller house.

Source: tatoeba (11886686)

You should downsize the house.

Source: tatoeba (11892330)

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