Antonyms for bants
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bant |
| Phonetic Transcription : bænt |
Definition of bants
- As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
- In their marriage ceremonies, they closely imitate the Bants.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- Their social position is said to be somewhat inferior to that of the Bants.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- On one occasion, a dispute arose between two Bants in connection with the question of precedence.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The headman among the Bants is generally called Guttinayya, meaning person of the guttu or site.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- Further details in connection with bhūtha worship will be found in the articles on Bants, Nalkes, and Paravas.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- In the final death ceremony (bojja), the Bilimaggas closely follow the Bants, except as regards the funeral car.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The Billavas, like the Bants, have a number of exogamous septs (balis) running in the female line.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- It is performed once in ten, fifteen, or twenty years by well-to-do Billavas or Bants.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The caste has numerous balis (septs), which are evidently borrowed from the Bants and Billavas.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The Kudiyas who have settled on the plains have adopted the ceremonial observances of the Bants and other castes.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
Synonyms for bants
- abate
- abridge
- bankrupt
- bant
- break
- cheapen
- chop
- clip
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- debase
- deflate
- depreciate
- depress
- diet
- dilute
- diminish
- discount
- drain
- dwindle
- go on a diet
- impair
- impoverish
- lessen
- lose weight
- lower
- mark down
- moderate
- nutshell
- pare
- pauperize
- rebate
- recede
- roll back
- ruin
- scale down
- shave
- shorten
- slash
- slim
- slow down
- step down
- take off weight
- taper
- taper off
- tone down
- trim
- truncate
- turn down
- weaken
- wind down
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