reduced

Other forms of reduced

comparative

reducedder·

superlative

reduceddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reduced

What does reduced mean?

reduced means "made less in size or amount or degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reduced?

reduced has 2 syllables: redu-ced. The stress falls on "ced". In IPA it is /ɹəˈdust/.

What is another word for reduced?

Close synonyms include decreased, rock-bottom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reduced a common word?

reduced is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reduced?

1 word rhymes with reduced. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.