'Subtract' definitions:
Definition of 'subtract'
From: WordNet
verb
Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together]
verb
Take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
Definition of 'Subtract'
From: GCIDE
- Subtract \Sub*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtracting.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Substract.] To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subtract'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abrade,
- abrupt,
- abstract,
- add,
- algebraize,
- alienate,
- bate,
- calculate,
- cast,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cipher,
- compute,
- curtail,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- delete,
- depart,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disarticulate,
- disconnect,
- discount,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- disparage,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dope out,
- drain,
- draw back,
- eat away,
- eject,
- erode,
- estimate,
- estrange,
- expel,
- extract,
- extract roots,
- figure,
- figure in,
- figure out,
- file away,
- impair,
- isolate,
- knock,
- leach,
- leave,
- lessen,
- measure,
- multiply,
- part,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- purify,
- reckon,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- score,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shorten,
- shut off,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- subduct,
- take account of,
- take away,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take off,
- take out,
- tally,
- thin,
- thin out,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- uncouple,
- unyoke,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- work out