undercut

The word “undercut” has 3 syllables: un-der-cut

It's pronounced as /ˈʌn.dɚ.kʌt/


What is synonym and antonym for undercut?

In the thesaurus, “undercut” has 51 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for undercut along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for undercut

Antonyms for undercut

  • add
  • build up
  • empower
  • energize
  • enlarge
  • extend
  • fill
  • fortify
  • freshen
  • galvanize
  • increase
  • invigorate
  • refresh
  • refreshen
  • regenerate
  • reinforce
  • rejuvenate
  • restore
  • revitalize
  • revive
  • strengthen
  • vitalize

Meanings of undercut

  • noun
    1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
    2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
    3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
    4. A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
    5. A blow dealt upward.
  • verb
    1. To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
    2. To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
    3. To undermine.
    4. To strike a heavy blow upward.
  • adjective
    1. Produced by undercutting.
    2. Designed so as to cut from the underside.
    3. Having the parts in relief cut under.

Example Sentences

  • The competitor tried to undercut our prices to gain market share.
  • His comments unintentionally undercut the credibility of the entire project.
  • They decided to undercut their rivals by offering a better deal.
  • The cliff was slowly undercut by the constant force of ocean waves.
  • She felt her authority was undercut by her supervisor’s public criticism.

On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to undercut, such as: add, attenuate, build up, burrow, cheapen, chip, cripple.

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hack

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  • tolerate
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  • treat
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  • trifler
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  • tyro
  • undercut
  • undramatic
  • unimaginative
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  • vehicle
  • wallop
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  • welt
  • whack
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kerf

  • carving
  • chip
  • chop
  • cleavage
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  • dissection
  • fissure
  • furrow
  • gash
  • graze
  • groove
  • hack
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  • section
  • shave
  • slash
  • slit
  • slot
  • snip
  • stab
  • stroke
  • trench
  • trim
  • undercut
  • wound

hamstring

hamstrung

  • abortive
  • attenuated
  • bedridden
  • bootless
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • counterproductive
  • crippled
  • debilitated
  • disabled
  • disconnected
  • down
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • faulty
  • feckless
  • feeble
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  • fruitless
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  • game
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  • high and dry
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  • immobilized
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  • impotent
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  • in disrepair
  • incapable
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  • tired
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  • unavailing
  • undercut
  • undermined
  • unfit
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • unsuccessful
  • useless
  • weak
  • weakened
  • worthless
  • wrecked

sandbag

  • anchor
  • apply
  • arrest
  • attenuate
  • avert
  • badger
  • balance
  • ballast
  • bamboozle
  • bar
  • barricade
  • bear down
  • bear hard on
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  • bend the rules
  • bilk
  • bind
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  • blackmail
  • bleed
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  • brace
  • bracket
  • bridle
  • bring pressure to bear upon
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
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  • bunco
  • burden
  • burn
  • caboodle
  • cause
  • charge
  • cheat
  • check
  • chisel
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  • close
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • con
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  • conscript
  • constrain
  • contract
  • corrode
  • counterbalance
  • counterpoise
  • counterweight
  • cow
  • cozen
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crib
  • cripple
  • cross
  • curb
  • cut off
  • dead-end
  • debilitate
  • deceive
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  • delude
  • demand
  • diddle
  • dig
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  • disable
  • discourage
  • do
  • do a number on
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • draft
  • drag
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • dupe
  • eat away
  • enfeeble
  • enforce
  • enjoin
  • equilibrium
  • erode
  • exact
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  • fast talk
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  • fill
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  • fleece
  • flimflam
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  • gouge
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  • hamper
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  • hang up
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  • hide
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  • hinder
  • hit below the belt
  • hog-tie
  • hold back
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  • hollow out
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  • inhibit
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  • intimidate
  • jerk around
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  • knock the bottom out of
  • limit
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  • mask
  • mass
  • menace
  • milk
  • mine
  • mislead
  • monkey with
  • move
  • muscle
  • necessitate
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  • obscure
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  • occasion
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  • order
  • outlaw
  • overcharge
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  • pendulum
  • pin down
  • pluck
  • plug
  • plumb bob
  • poke full of holes
  • poundage
  • press
  • pressure
  • pressurize
  • prohibit
  • pull a fast one
  • pull something funny
  • put on brakes
  • put one over on
  • put screws to
  • put squeeze on
  • ream
  • repress
  • require
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • retard
  • rip off
  • rock
  • rook
  • rope in
  • ruin
  • run a game on
  • sabotage
  • sap
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • set up
  • shaft
  • shame
  • shield
  • short
  • shortweight
  • shotgun
  • shuck
  • shut off
  • sinker
  • skin
  • slow down
  • snow
  • soften
  • stability
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  • stack the cards
  • stall
  • steal
  • stiff
  • sting
  • stone
  • stonewall
  • stop
  • stopper
  • stretch the rules
  • strong-arm
  • stymie
  • subvert
  • sucker
  • support
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  • swindle
  • taboo
  • take
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  • take in
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  • take to the cleaners
  • terminate
  • terrorize
  • threaten
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  • trammel
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  • tunnel
  • two-time
  • undercut
  • urge
  • victimize
  • ward
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weigh down
  • weight
  • whittle away
  • withhold
  • wreck
  • wrest
  • wring

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