subtract

Other forms of subtract

past tense

subtracted·

present participle

subtracting·

third person

subtracts·

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 subtract

What does subtract mean?

subtract means "make a subtraction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subtract?

subtract has 2 syllables: sub-tract. The stress falls on "tract". In IPA it is /səbˈtɹækt/.

What is another word for subtract?

Close synonyms include deduct, take off. 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.

What is the opposite of subtract?

The recorded antonyms are add.

Is subtract a common word?

subtract is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 subtract?

8 words rhyme with subtract. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.