CUTS Synonyms: 384 Similar and Opposite Words

cuts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cut

as in slits

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass

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as in skips

to fail to attend a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses

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as in rejects

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing

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as in shaves

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet

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as in mows

to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle

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as in dilutes

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink

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as in veers

to depart abruptly from a straight line or course cut towards the goal, eluding a defender

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straightens

as in intersects

to divide by passing through or across a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half

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as in analyzes

to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years

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cuts

2 of 2

noun

plural of cut

as in slices

a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat

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as in stages

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence

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as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group received my cut of the profits from the garage sale

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as in haircuts

a style or arrangement of hair she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years

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as in insults

an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all

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Recent Examples of cuts

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That cuts a contrast to Nepal, where authorities and other sources have provided more frequent updates. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Miranda Hope says in a scene as the trailer cuts to a shot of Paul sobbing and being hugged by Neeley, Mikayla Matthews and Jessi Draper. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 That anecdote cuts against the reassuring half of a new survey WalkMe is releasing Tuesday. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 The computer is missing a fingerprint reader (there’s also no face-scanning camera, which means the Unibook has no biometric login option at all), but this is a corner that the MacBook Neo’s base model also cuts. — ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 Opposition also cuts across every major demographic, including party affiliation, the survey found, but with Democrats at 56% strongly opposed versus Republicans at 39%. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Removing humans from the equation, even in a small way, cuts against the fundamental value of their journalism in the AI era. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Uptown food cart sees ‘tremendous drop’ in sales after city cuts late-night hours. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026 But from Ossoff, who cuts a more wholesome figure and doesn’t imitate the president, the attacks are more surprising—and therefore perhaps more effective. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

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By the end of the round, Hrgović was nursing a cut above his right eyebrow — a worrying sign for a man whose June 2024 fight against Daniel Dubois was stopped because of cuts above both his eyebrows. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are not required to make cuts for now but could voluntarily reduce water. — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Pack a tube of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in your first aid kit instead of antibiotic ointment and remember to flush all scrapes and cuts with copious amounts of clean water before covering them with the jelly. — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 The looming cuts The Chiefs have to trim their roster to 53 players on Sunday evening. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 Kirigami showed how cuts can unlock motion and functionality. — New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026 Facing a massive crisis, VW needs drastic restructuring, including 100,000 potential job cuts and factory closures. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The enrollment decline has been pegged as the primary cause for recent budget cuts. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 Price cuts alone may no longer be enough to compel a reticent shopper. — Juveria Tabassum, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts

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That line slices the plane into two halves, one of which will contain two corners of the outer triangle (the bottom half in the figure below).

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

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So when Alex rejects the author of a romantasy novel entitled The Goblin Seed that turns out to be a bestseller, all hell breaks loose.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
Manjari Sihare-Sutin, who heads Sotheby’s South Asian Modern and Contemporary department, said her team rejects an average of two works ahead of every sale because of authenticity concerns.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of rejects

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Most surprising, Just Us is marked by a lack of intellectual rigor that often veers close to bad faith.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
The performance is daringly weird, perverse and outlandish, seductively charming, and, for all the flamboyance, Curry never veers out of control, never takes it too far.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026