reducing

/ɹədˈusɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
2. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer
   “a doctor supervised her reducing”

Synonyms for reducing

• reduction

Words that rhyme with reducing

• inducing
• sluicing
• buesing
• duesing
• dusing
• introducing
• loosing
• overproducing
• producing
• reintroducing
• reproducing
• seducing
• sprucing
• tusing