Synonyms for Subtraction

Synonyms for "subtraction" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(5 words)

deduction borrowingcolumn methodconsiderably differentcounting back

abatement ablation abrasion abridgment absence abstraction addition alienation alleviation approximation attenuation awayness blank contraction dampening damping decrease

Adjective(1 words)

arithmetic operation

Strong matches (35)

Related words (57)

extrapolationfade outfade-out incoherence integration interpolation inversion involution isolation lack languishment lessening letup lowering luxation miniaturization mitigation multiplication neverness nonexistence

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Noun(9 words)

inverse operationminusmissing addendregrouping remotionsignify a differencesubtraction checktakeaway withholding

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

algorithmarithmetic operationbinary operationdecrease diminution method operation procedure reduction relation step-down

More specific

9 entries

borrowing methodcolumn subtractionequation solvingfact familymental subtractionmissing addendmulti digit subtractionsubtraction factssubtraction with regrouping

Collocations

6 entries

column subtractionmental subtractionsubtraction algorithmsubtraction factssubtraction sentencesubtraction with regrouping

Inflections

1 entries

subtractions

Derivations

5 entries

minuend subtract subtractive subtractor subtrahend

Antonyms

1 entries

addition

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I like addition but not subtraction.

Source: tatoeba (259238)

Addition and subtraction are functions of mathematics.

Source: tatoeba (681438)

The addition is correct, but there is an error in your subtraction.

Source: tatoeba (2264370)

"Which science does the operation subtraction belong to?" "Subtraction belongs to arithmetic."

Source: tatoeba (2772583)

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Subtraction