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cut has 64 distinct synonyms spread across 34 of its 70 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is uncut.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
discharge from a group
“The coach cut two players from the team”
hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
“cut a Ping-Pong ball”
give the appearance or impression of
“cut a nice figure”
move (one's fist)
“his opponent cut upward toward his chin”
pass directly and often in haste
“We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner”
pass through or across
“The boat cut the water”
record a performance on (a medium)
“cut a record”
form or shape by cutting or incising
“cut paper dolls”
function as a cutting instrument
“This knife cuts well”
allow incision or separation
“This bread cuts easily”
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
“Wayne cut”
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
“Turn off the stereo, please”
fell by sawing; hew
“The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia”
penetrate injuriously
“The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead”
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
“We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet”
dissolve by breaking down the fat of
“soap cuts grease”
have a reducing effect
“This cuts into my earnings”
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
“The manuscript must be shortened”
have grow through the gums
“The baby cut a tooth”
grow through the gums
“The new tooth is cutting”
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
“the vet gelded the young horse”
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
“the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt”
a step on some scale
“he is a cut above the rest”
the style in which a garment is cut
“a dress of traditional cut”
a refusal to recognize someone you know
“the snub was clearly intentional”
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
“he took a vicious cut at the ball”
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
“the barber gave him a good cut”
the act of reducing the amount or number
“the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget”
an unexcused absence from class
“he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class”
separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
“the cut surface was mottled”
fashioned or shaped by cutting
“a well-cut suit”
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
“the smell of newly mown hay”
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
“the cut pages of the book”
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
“the slashed prices attracted buyers”
1 of the 70 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for cut.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for cut come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.