Diminish синонимы

  • abate
  • curtail
  • decline
  • decrease
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • lessen
  • lower
  • recede
  • reduce
  • shrink
  • slacken
  • subside
  • temper
  • wane
  • weaken
  • abbreviate
  • attenuate
  • close
  • contract
  • cut
  • depreciate
  • drain
  • extenuate
  • minify
  • moderate
  • retrench
  • shrivel
  • taper
  • become smaller
  • die out
  • fade away
  • peter out
  • detract from
  • minimize
  • abuse
  • cheapen
  • decry
  • demean
  • depreciate
  • derogate
  • devalue
  • pan
  • bad-mouth
  • cut down to size
  • dispraise
  • dump on
  • give comeuppance
  • knock off high horse
  • poormouth
  • put away
  • put down
  • run down
  • tear down

On this page you’ll find 208 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diminish, such as: abate, curtail, decline, decrease, dwindle, and ebb.

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  • compliment
  • enhance
  • exalt
  • increase
  • laud
  • praise
  • raise
  • upgrade
  • develop
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • extend
  • flatter
  • grow
  • lengthen
  • prolong

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WORDS RELATED TO DIMINISH

  • belittle
  • debase
  • degrade
  • demean
  • diminish
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • humble
  • humiliate
  • lower
  • mortify
  • reduce
  • shame
  • allay
  • chill out
  • coast
  • cool
  • cool it
  • decline
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • go with the flow
  • hang easy
  • hang loose
  • lay back
  • let go
  • let it all hang out
  • let up
  • mellow out
  • moderate
  • quell
  • recede
  • reduce
  • slacken
  • slow
  • subdue
  • subside
  • take it easy
  • taper
  • taper off
  • unlax
  • wane
  • abbreviate
  • abstract
  • blue pencil
  • chop
  • clip
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • decrease
  • digest
  • diminish
  • downsize
  • lessen
  • limit
  • narrow
  • put in nutshell
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • slash
  • snip
  • summarize
  • trim
  • truncate
  • debase
  • denature
  • devalue
  • diminish
  • impair
  • reduce
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • assuage
  • be enough
  • blunt
  • calm
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • content
  • diminish
  • do
  • ease
  • gratify
  • lessen
  • lull
  • make matters up
  • meet halfway
  • mitigate
  • mollify
  • patch things up
  • placate
  • propitiate
  • quell
  • quench
  • quiet
  • serve
  • soften
  • soothe
  • subdue
  • sweeten
  • tranquilize
  • allays
  • alleviates
  • assuages
  • blunts
  • calms
  • composes
  • conciliates
  • contents
  • diminishes
  • does
  • eases
  • gratifies
  • is enough
  • lessens
  • lulls
  • makes matters up
  • meets halfway
  • mitigates
  • mollifies
  • patches things up
  • placates
  • propitiates
  • quells
  • quenches
  • quiets
  • serves
  • softens
  • soothes
  • subdues
  • sweetens
  • tranquilizes

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2105 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ dɪmˈɪnɪʃ], [ dɪmˈɪnɪʃ], [ d_ɪ_m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_ʃ]

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  • n.

    • dip.

    • overshadow,
    • eclipse,
    • trivialize,
    • understate,
    • downplay.

    allay (noun)

    • allay.

    belittle (noun)

    • belittle.

    Other relevant words: (noun)

    • quantity.
  • v.

    abase (verb)

    • de-means,
    • de-based,
    • de base,
    • dis-honors,
    • dis-honoring,
    • dis graced,
    • dis graces,
    • dis-graces,
    • de meaning,
    • dis honored,
    • de basing,
    • de-meaning,
    • dis honors,
    • de mean,
    • dis-grace,
    • de-basing,
    • dis grace,
    • dis-gracing,
    • dis honoring,
    • de means,
    • de-mean,
    • dis-honor,
    • dis honor,
    • de-base,
    • dis-graced,
    • dis gracing,
    • de based,
    • dis-honored.

    abate (verb)

    • lets hang out,
    • hangs loose,
    • hanged easy,
    • took easy,
    • let hang out,
    • un lax,
    • letted it all hang out,
    • took it easy,
    • mellowed out,
    • unlaxes,
    • went with flow,
    • cooled it,
    • hung easy,
    • lets all hang out,
    • cools it,
    • mellows out,
    • cooling it,
    • goes with flow,
    • letted all hang out,
    • let it hang out,
    • go with flow,
    • mellowing out,
    • letted hang out,
    • taking easy,
    • unlaxed,
    • hangs easy,
    • hung loose,
    • lets it all hang out,
    • takes easy,
    • hanged loose,
    • letting all hang out,
    • lays back,
    • hanging easy,
    • letting it all hang out,
    • unlaxing,
    • letting hang out,
    • laying back,
    • going with flow,
    • let all hang out,
    • sub dues,
    • letting it hang out,
    • goes with the flow,
    • sub due,
    • take easy,
    • letted go,
    • un-lax,
    • sub-due,
    • went with the flow,
    • sub-dues,
    • lets it hang out,
    • letted it hang out.

    abridge (verb)

    • put nutshell,
    • blue pencilling,
    • puts in nutshell,
    • blue pencilled,
    • blue penciling,
    • putting nutshell,
    • putting in nutshell,
    • blue pencils,
    • blue penciled,
    • puts nutshell.

    alloy (verb)

    • de valued,
    • de-valuing,
    • de-natures,
    • de natures,
    • de values,
    • de value,
    • de-values,
    • de-nature,
    • de-valued,
    • de valuing,
    • de-natured,
    • de-value,
    • de natured,
    • de nature.

    appease (verb)

    • made matters up,
    • met halfway,
    • patching things up,
    • being enough,
    • makes matters up,
    • is enough,
    • wert enough,
    • patched things up,
    • wast enough,
    • making matters up,
    • patches things up,
    • was enough,
    • are enough,
    • am enough.

    become or cause to be less (verb)

    • cut,
    • temper,
    • recede,
    • close,
    • fade away,
    • contract,
    • taper,
    • minify,
    • shrivel,
    • lower,
    • peter out,
    • retrench,
    • attenuate,
    • abbreviate.

    belittle (verb)

    • devalue,
    • give comeuppance,
    • tear down,
    • derogate,
    • demean,
    • pan,
    • put away,
    • run down,
    • knock off high horse,
    • bad-mouth,
    • cheapen,
    • abuse.

    blunt (verb)

    • deaden,
    • dull,
    • blunt,
    • desensitize.

    change (verb)

    • diminish.

    cheapen (verb)

    • slash,
    • debase.

    curtail (verb)

    • fragment,
    • discontinue.

    cut short (verb)

    • brought end; leave unfinished,
    • bringing to end; leave unfinished,
    • bring an end; leave unfinished,
    • post-pones,
    • brought to an end; leave unfinished,
    • brought an end; leave unfinished,
    • brings to end; leave unfinished,
    • post pones,
    • post pone,
    • stops short,
    • brake short,
    • puts a stop to,
    • puts stop to,
    • brings an end; leave unfinished,
    • inter cept,
    • stopt cold,
    • breaking short,
    • stops cold,
    • stopped dead,
    • broke short,
    • brings to an end; leave unfinished,
    • inter-cept,
    • putting a stop to,
    • stopt dead,
    • stopping short,
    • stopping dead,
    • bringing an end; leave unfinished,
    • stops dead,
    • stopped cold,
    • post-pone,
    • bringing to an end; leave unfinished,
    • bringing end; leave unfinished,
    • stopt short,
    • putting stop to,
    • breaks short,
    • brought to end; leave unfinished,
    • bring end; leave unfinished,
    • bring to end; leave unfinished,
    • brings end; leave unfinished,
    • stopped short,
    • stopping cold.

    dampen (verb)

    • dis-mays,
    • re-strain,
    • dis mayed,
    • de-aden,
    • dis maying,
    • dis-mayed,
    • re strained,
    • dis may,
    • re-strains,
    • dis-courage,
    • re-straining,
    • de adens,
    • dis courage,
    • re strains,
    • re straining,
    • dis mays,
    • dis-may,
    • dis-courages,
    • re strain,
    • dis-maying,
    • re-strained,
    • de aden,
    • dis courages,
    • de-adens.

    decline (verb)

    • going pot,
    • dis integrating,
    • hits skids,
    • goes the dogs,
    • dis-improves,
    • go the dogs,
    • hits the skids,
    • dis improve,
    • dis improved,
    • disimproved,
    • re-turns,
    • dis integrated,
    • dis integrate,
    • going to pot,
    • de generate,
    • went pot,
    • dis-integrates,
    • went to the dogs,
    • re lapses,
    • dis-integrate,
    • dis-improve,
    • re lapsing,
    • going the dogs,
    • goes dogs,
    • go pot,
    • re turn,
    • retro-grade,
    • de cline,
    • de-cline,
    • dis-improving,
    • go dogs,
    • retro-grades,
    • de-cays,
    • de generating,
    • dis-improved,
    • retro graded,
    • goes to pot,
    • went the dogs,
    • hitting skids,
    • dis-integrated,
    • de cay,
    • de generates,
    • goes to the dogs,
    • re turns,
    • de-generates,
    • going dogs,
    • going to dogs,
    • went dogs,
    • going to the dogs,
    • hit skids,
    • de-cay,
    • disimproves,
    • re-lapsed,
    • re-turning,
    • dis integrates,
    • went to dogs,
    • de generated,
    • re lapsed,
    • retro-graded,
    • de-clines,
    • retro grades,
    • re-lapsing,
    • de-generating,
    • dis improves,
    • hitting the skids,
    • dis improving,
    • retro grade,
    • re lapse,
    • de cays,
    • Re-turn,
    • de-generated,
    • de clines,
    • loses value,
    • re-lapse,
    • re-turned,
    • goes pot,
    • losing value,
    • retro-grading,
    • lost value,
    • dis-integrating,
    • disimproving,
    • retro grading,
    • re turning,
    • de-generate,
    • re-lapses,
    • went to pot,
    • go to dogs,
    • goes to dogs.

    decrease (verb)

    • concentrate,
    • shorten,
    • die down,
    • compress,
    • compact,
    • truncate,
    • erode,
    • abridge,
    • decrement.

    decry (verb)

    • didst a number on,
    • de-cries,
    • de cry,
    • de fames,
    • de cried,
    • threw stones at,
    • does number on,
    • doeth a number on,
    • poor-mouthed,
    • de famed,
    • did a number on,
    • does a number on,
    • poor-mouthing,
    • re-probate,
    • poormouthed,
    • de cries,
    • de-famed,
    • didst number on,
    • re probating,
    • doest a number on,
    • takes away,
    • de fame,
    • dost number on,
    • de-fames,
    • re-probating,
    • re-probates,
    • doeth number on,
    • poor-mouths,
    • doth number on,
    • doth a number on,
    • poormouthing,
    • re-probated,
    • opprobriates,
    • doing number on,
    • re probates,
    • opprobriating,
    • poormouths,
    • de-cried,
    • opprobriated,
    • de-crying,
    • throws stones at,
    • crying down,
    • cried down,
    • doing a number on,
    • cries down,
    • doest number on,
    • de crying,
    • de faming,
    • did number on,
    • de-cry,
    • re probated,
    • re probate,
    • dost a number on,
    • de-faming,
    • throwing stones at,
    • de-fame.

    deduct (verb)

    • re bates,
    • de-ducts,
    • de ducted,
    • re-bated,
    • re move,
    • re-move,
    • de-ducted,
    • de ducts,
    • with-draw,
    • with drawn,
    • all owed,
    • taking from,
    • re bated,
    • re bating,
    • all-owing,
    • de duct,
    • with drew,
    • decreases by,
    • re-bate,
    • re-moving,
    • re moving,
    • with draws,
    • decreasing by,
    • all owing,
    • re-bates,
    • de-ducting,
    • takes from,
    • re-moves,
    • with drawing,
    • de-duct,
    • re bate,
    • re-bating,
    • with-drawing,
    • with-drew,
    • with draw,
    • took from,
    • re moved,
    • with-drawn,
    • all-owed,
    • de ducting.

    defuse (verb)

    • de-activates,
    • de-militarize,
    • de fused,
    • de activate,
    • de fuses,
    • de militarizing,
    • de-fused,
    • de fuse,
    • de-militarizing,
    • de militarize,
    • de-militarizes,
    • demilitarizes,
    • de activates,
    • de-fusing,
    • de-fuses,
    • de fusing,
    • de militarizes,
    • de militarized,
    • de-fuse,
    • de-activate,
    • de-militarized,
    • demilitarizing,
    • de activating,
    • de activated.

    degrade (verb)

    • de mote,
    • be mean,
    • de motes,
    • dis-bar,
    • de posed,
    • de-moting,
    • be-means,
    • de grades,
    • mudslinged,
    • de classing,
    • dis-barring,
    • dis bars,
    • dis bar,
    • de-grade,
    • de-class,
    • bemeaning,
    • declasses,
    • de classes,
    • de pose,
    • de graded,
    • de moting,
    • de-classing,
    • dis barring,
    • de-mote,
    • de-posing,
    • de-motes,
    • dis barred,
    • de-classed,
    • Declassing,
    • bemeans,
    • de-pose,
    • de-grades,
    • de grading,
    • be-mean,
    • be meaning,
    • de posing,
    • casts down,
    • dis-bars,
    • dis-barred,
    • de classed,
    • de-grading,
    • be means,
    • de-classes,
    • de-graded,
    • de-posed,
    • de class,
    • mudslings,
    • be-meaning,
    • de grade.

    deplete (verb)

    • ex-pending,
    • under-mining,
    • dug in to,
    • digged into,
    • dug into,
    • ex-pend,
    • under mined,
    • digs into,
    • washing up,
    • ex pended,
    • washes up,
    • digged in to,
    • digging into,
    • under-mined,
    • under mining,
    • ex pend,
    • ex pends,
    • ex pending,
    • ex-pends,
    • ex-pended,
    • uses up,
    • dig in to,
    • digs in to,
    • digging in to.

    depreciate (verb)

    • de-valorize,
    • wrote down,
    • devalorizes,
    • de valorizes,
    • de-valorized,
    • de valorizing,
    • writes down,
    • de-valorizing,
    • writ down,
    • de-valorizes,
    • devalorized,
    • devalorizing,
    • de valorized,
    • de valorize.

    depress (verb)

    • de-pressing,
    • de pressed,
    • de-presses,
    • de-pressed,
    • de-press,
    • de press,
    • de pressing,
    • de presses.

    detract (verb)

    • disparage,
    • defame,
    • malign,
    • cast aspersion,
    • abrade.

    devaluate (verb)

    • de-valuating,
    • de valuated,
    • de-valuates,
    • de-valuated,
    • de-valuate,
    • de valuate,
    • de valuating,
    • de valuates.

    die (verb)

    • eased off,
    • dis-appear,
    • brake down,
    • went bad,
    • melts away,
    • ex pire,
    • ex-pire,
    • loses power,
    • dis appeared,
    • fades out,
    • broke down,
    • dis-appears,
    • fizzles out,
    • dis appear,
    • fizzling out,
    • dis-appeared,
    • eases off,
    • losing power,
    • fizzled out,
    • dis appearing,
    • dis-appearing,
    • melted away,
    • faded out,
    • dis appears,
    • going bad,
    • faded away,
    • breaks down,
    • melting away.

    dilute (verb)

    • doctoring up,
    • co-oking,
    • doctors up,
    • co-oked,
    • co oking,
    • phonying up,
    • phonies up,
    • doctored up,
    • co oked,
    • phonied up.

    diminish (verb)

    • downgrade,
    • clip,
    • trim,
    • weed,
    • pare,
    • crop,
    • prune,
    • bob,
    • shave,
    • shear,
    • cull,
    • condense,
    • nip.

    discount (verb)

    • undersell.

    downsize (verb)

    • scaled back,
    • scales back,
    • trimming away,
    • phases down,
    • tuning down,
    • phased down,
    • rolled down,
    • scales down,
    • trims away,
    • phasing down,
    • tuned down,
    • trimmed away,
    • scaling back,
    • rolling down,
    • tunes down,
    • rolls down.

    drain (verb)

    • drew off,
    • freed from,
    • bleeds dry,
    • Osmoses,
    • left dry,
    • drunk up,
    • filtering off,
    • gulps down,
    • de-vitalize,
    • de-vitalizes,
    • got last drop,
    • filtered off,
    • drinks up,
    • filters off,
    • de-vitalized,
    • bleeding dry,
    • de vitalizing,
    • gotten last drop,
    • drank up,
    • gat last drop,
    • de-vitalizing,
    • gulping down,
    • drinking up,
    • leaving dry,
    • osmosing,
    • gulped down,
    • de vitalized,
    • osmosed,
    • bled dry,
    • flows out,
    • freeing from,
    • leaved dry,
    • de vitalizes,
    • getting last drop,
    • gets last drop,
    • draws off,
    • de vitalize,
    • leaves dry,
    • flowed out.

    drop off (verb)

    • fell away.

    dwarf (verb)

    • looks down upon,
    • over shadowed,
    • over shadowing,
    • looking down up on,
    • micrifying,
    • rose above,
    • detracting from,
    • towered over,
    • pre dominated,
    • look down up on,
    • looked down up on,
    • pre-dominate,
    • detracts from,
    • pre-dominated,
    • micrified,
    • pre-dominating,
    • pre dominate,
    • over shadows,
    • over shadow,
    • over-shadowing,
    • pre dominates,
    • looks down up on,
    • makes small,
    • made small,
    • over-shadowed,
    • over-shadow,
    • micrifies,
    • looked down upon,
    • pre dominating,
    • looking down upon,
    • making small,
    • rises above,
    • detracted from,
    • over-shadows,
    • pre-dominates.

    dwindle (verb)

    • died away,
    • grew less,
    • dies away,
    • becoming smaller,
    • becomes smaller,
    • dieing away,
    • dieing out,
    • dies out,
    • growing less,
    • dying out,
    • awaying,
    • dying away.

    ebb (verb)

    • re tiring,
    • re-treats,
    • re-tiring,
    • re tired,
    • re treating,
    • re tires,
    • re-treating,
    • re-tire,
    • re-treated,
    • re treats,
    • re-tires,
    • re-treat,
    • re tire,
    • flowed back.

    enfeeble (verb)

    • un hinged,
    • in capacitated,
    • in capacitating,
    • in-capacitating,
    • un-hinges,
    • un-nerve,
    • un-hinging,
    • un nerving,
    • un hinge,
    • un hinges,
    • in-capacitate,
    • un-hinge,
    • un-nerving,
    • un nerved,
    • un nerves,
    • in capacitates,
    • un-hinged,
    • in-capacitated,
    • un-nerves,
    • in capacitate,
    • in-capacitates,
    • un hinging,
    • un nerve.

    etiolate (verb)

    • wanning,
    • Wanned.

    extenuate (verb)

    • making allowances,
    • makes allowances,
    • made allowances.

    fade (verb)

    • dis solving,
    • dis perse,
    • die vine,
    • wastes away,
    • tuckers out,
    • dis-solve,
    • dis-solved,
    • fagging out,
    • dieing vine,
    • dying on vine,
    • died vine,
    • dis solves,
    • evanished,
    • dieing on vine,
    • evanishes,
    • dis solve,
    • dis-perse,
    • fags out,
    • dying vine,
    • dies on vine,
    • dis solved,
    • on vine,
    • dis-solving,
    • dies vine,
    • evanishing,
    • dis-solves,
    • died on vine,
    • tuckering out.

    fall (verb)

    • hitting the dirt,
    • folds up,
    • dropped down,
    • nose-dove,
    • nose dived,
    • nosedove,
    • folded up,
    • drops down,
    • top-pled,
    • took a header,
    • am precipitated,
    • taking a header,
    • hitting dirt,
    • is precipitated,
    • being precipitated,
    • caved in,
    • top pled,
    • hit dirt,
    • nose dove,
    • takes a header,
    • nose diving,
    • took header,
    • hits dirt,
    • are precipitated,
    • wert precipitated,
    • folding up,
    • takes header,
    • take header,
    • tips over,
    • dropt down,
    • hits the dirt,
    • nosediving,
    • was precipitated,
    • were precipitated,
    • tipping over,
    • taking header,
    • nose dives,
    • wast precipitated,
    • art precipitated,
    • dropping down.

    impair (verb)

    • dis-qualifying,
    • makes useless,
    • un-fitted,
    • lost strength,
    • losing strength,
    • de stroy,
    • dis qualify,
    • in validating,
    • dis qualifying,
    • in validates,
    • in-validating,
    • un fits,
    • un-fits,
    • de stroyed,
    • un-fitting,
    • made useless,
    • loses strength,
    • dis-qualified,
    • de-stroying,
    • de-stroys,
    • dis qualifies,
    • dis qualified,
    • in validated,
    • un fitting,
    • making useless,
    • dis-qualify,
    • de-stroy,
    • un fitted,
    • in validate,
    • in-validates,
    • dis-qualifies,
    • un-fit,
    • in-validate,
    • de stroying,
    • de stroys,
    • de-stroyed,
    • in-validated.

    lag (verb)

    • drags feet,
    • wert behind,
    • slowing up,
    • are behind,
    • gets no place fast,
    • was behind,
    • gat no place fast,
    • drags one feet,
    • drag ones feet,
    • drag one feet,
    • is behind,
    • gotten no place fast,
    • were behind,
    • dragged one’s feet,
    • am behind,
    • drags ones feet,
    • slows up,
    • dragged ones feet,
    • dragging one feet,
    • inching along,
    • dragging ones feet,
    • dragging feet,
    • drags one’s feet,
    • inches along,
    • dragged feet,
    • wast behind,
    • got no place fast,
    • art behind,
    • getting no place fast,
    • dragging one’s feet,
    • dragged one feet,
    • inched along.

    lessen (verb)

    • subordinate.

    let up (verb)

    • eases up,
    • re leases,
    • re-lease,
    • re-leases,
    • easing up,
    • re lease,
    • re-leased.

    lull (verb)

    • took edge,
    • be calm,
    • lullabying,
    • be-calming,
    • be-calm,
    • puts a lid on,
    • be-calms,
    • take edge,
    • taking the edge,
    • putting lid on,
    • takes edge,
    • balming,
    • taking edge,
    • took the edge,
    • be calming,
    • takes the edge,
    • lullabied,
    • be-calmed,
    • be calmed,
    • be calms,
    • quiets down,
    • putting a lid on,
    • cools off,
    • cooled off,
    • quieting down.

    minimize (verb)

    • poohpooh,
    • miniaturizing,
    • under-playing,
    • under played,
    • making light of,
    • under-play,
    • under playing,
    • makes little of,
    • under plays,
    • under-played,
    • under play,
    • makes light of,
    • making little of,
    • made little of,
    • under-plays.

    moderate (verb)

    • re press,
    • re-presses,
    • re presses,
    • cools out,
    • cooling out,
    • re-pressing,
    • re pressing,
    • cooled out,
    • re pressed.

    pale (verb)

    • grows dull,
    • lost luster,
    • losing color,
    • growing dull,
    • grew dull,
    • loses color,
    • loses luster,
    • losing luster,
    • went white,
    • lost color,
    • going white,
    • goes white.

    palliate (verb)

    • put on a bandaid,
    • dis-guising,
    • dis guising,
    • putting on a band aid,
    • put band-aid,
    • putting on a bandaid,
    • puts a bandaid,
    • putting on a band-aid,
    • puts on a bandaid,
    • putting on bandaid,
    • quick fixing,
    • Glozed,
    • glozes,
    • put on a band aid,
    • apologizes for,
    • puts on band-aid,
    • apologized for,
    • dis guise,
    • put on bandaid,
    • put bandaid,
    • apologizing for,
    • puts on band aid,
    • puts a band-aid,
    • putting bandaid,
    • putting on band-aid,
    • dis-guises,
    • put a band aid,
    • put on band aid,
    • putting band-aid,
    • dis-guise,
    • puts band-aid,
    • put a bandaid,
    • dis-guised,
    • puts on a band aid,
    • quick fixed,
    • puts bandaid,
    • put a band-aid,
    • dis guises,
    • put band aid,
    • putting a band aid,
    • puts on a band-aid,
    • dis guised,
    • puts on bandaid,
    • putting band aid,
    • puts a band aid,
    • putting on band aid,
    • putting a band-aid,
    • quick fixt,
    • putting a bandaid,
    • put on band-aid,
    • puts band aid.

    peter (verb)

    • tails away,
    • tailing away,
    • tailed away.

    peter out (verb)

    • coming nothing,
    • comes nothing,
    • coming to nothing,
    • come nothing,
    • came to nothing,
    • runs dry,
    • running dry,
    • comes to nothing,
    • came nothing,
    • ran dry.

    reduce (verb)

    • losing weight,
    • went on a diet,
    • went on diet,
    • bants,
    • re duces,
    • took weight,
    • re duce,
    • lost weight,
    • go on diet,
    • go diet,
    • taking weight,
    • take weight,
    • went diet,
    • goes on a diet,
    • banted,
    • nutshelling,
    • took off weight,
    • goes on diet,
    • going diet,
    • taking off weight,
    • going on diet,
    • going a diet,
    • nutshelled,
    • takes weight,
    • goes a diet,
    • went a diet,
    • re-duces,
    • go a diet,
    • re-duce,
    • going on a diet,
    • goes diet,
    • takes off weight.

    relieve (verb)

    • takes load off ones chest,
    • taking load chest,
    • took load off mind,
    • re lieve,
    • takes load off chest,
    • re-lax,
    • takes load one’s chest,
    • taking load one chest,
    • taking load off chest,
    • took load off ones chest,
    • takes load ones chest,
    • taking load mind,
    • taking load off one chest,
    • takes load one mind,
    • takes load off one’s chest,
    • took load off one chest,
    • took load one mind,
    • taking load one’s chest,
    • took load ones chest,
    • take load off chest,
    • taking load ones mind,
    • took load off chest,
    • takes load ones mind,
    • take load ones mind,
    • take load off ones mind,
    • takes load chest,
    • takes load mind,
    • takes load one chest,
    • taking load off ones chest,
    • takes load off ones mind,
    • takes load off one chest,
    • takes load off one’s mind,
    • re-lieve,
    • taking load off one mind,
    • took load one’s chest,
    • took load off one mind,
    • took load chest,
    • take load off one chest,
    • takes load off one mind,
    • took load off one’s mind,
    • taking load one’s mind,
    • took load ones mind,
    • taking load ones chest,
    • takes load one’s mind,
    • take load one’s mind,
    • take load off mind,
    • took load off ones mind,
    • take load one chest,
    • take load chest,
    • taking load off one’s mind,
    • took load one chest,
    • taking load off mind,
    • took load one’s mind,
    • takes load off mind,
    • took load off one’s chest,
    • take load off one mind,
    • take load ones chest,
    • took load mind,
    • take load one’s chest,
    • take load off ones chest,
    • taking load off one’s chest,
    • taking load off ones mind,
    • take load one mind,
    • re lax,
    • take load mind,
    • taking load one mind.

    remit (verb)

    • pro-rogued,
    • pro rogue,
    • intermits,
    • pro rogued,
    • re-spiting,
    • pro-roguing,
    • re peal,
    • re-pealed,
    • de-lay,
    • re peals,
    • de laying,
    • pro-rogue,
    • re spited,
    • de lays,
    • re spites,
    • pro rogues,
    • pro-rogues,
    • re-peals,
    • re spite,
    • de-laying,
    • pro roguing,
    • re-spited,
    • re pealing,
    • de-lays,
    • re spiting,
    • re pealed,
    • de lay,
    • re-spites.

    restrict (verb)

    • de-fine,
    • de limiting,
    • pre-limit,
    • de marked,
    • in-closes,
    • hanged up,
    • puts ice,
    • pre limit,
    • de-limited,
    • demarking,
    • cools down,
    • shuts in,
    • de-limit,
    • de-fines,
    • de limit,
    • sur-rounding,
    • de mark,
    • in-close,
    • de fining,
    • sur rounding,
    • pre limiting,
    • de limits,
    • holds down,
    • prelimits,
    • shutting in,
    • de fine,
    • pre limits,
    • in close,
    • de marks,
    • de fined,
    • in closes,
    • re-strict,
    • sur-rounded,
    • putting ice,
    • sending up,
    • in-closed,
    • de-marks,
    • keeping within bounds,
    • keeping within limits,
    • de-mark,
    • in closing,
    • put ice,
    • re strict,
    • keeps within limits,
    • kept within limits,
    • de fines,
    • keeps within bounds,
    • holding down,
    • putting on ice,
    • de-marked,
    • demarked,
    • puts on ice,
    • in-closing,
    • de-limits,
    • prelimited,
    • de-fined,
    • prelimiting,
    • de marking,
    • de-fining,
    • hanging up,
    • de-limiting,
    • pre-limited,
    • pre limited,
    • kept within bounds,
    • pre-limiting,
    • de-marking,
    • pinned down,
    • in closed,
    • sur rounded,
    • pre-limits,
    • de limited,
    • demarks.

    retrench (verb)

    • re-trenching,
    • re trenched,
    • re-trenches,
    • re-trenched,
    • re-trench,
    • re trench,
    • re trenching,
    • re trenches.

    retrocede (verb)

    • retro-ceded,
    • retro cedes,
    • retro-cede,
    • retro ceded,
    • retro-ceding,
    • retro cede,
    • retro-cedes,
    • retro ceding.

    run down (verb)

    • re vile,
    • speaks ill of,
    • spake ill of,
    • downcrying,
    • downcries,
    • spoke ill of,
    • speaking ill of,
    • downcried,
    • re-vile.

    shrink (verb)

    • grew smaller,
    • fell short,
    • growing smaller,
    • grows smaller,
    • falls short.

    sink (verb)

    • de-scends,
    • de scended,
    • de-scending,
    • de-scended,
    • de-scend,
    • de scend,
    • de scends,
    • de scending.

    slack/slacken (verb)

    • un tightens,
    • lies down job,
    • lied down on job,
    • lied down job,
    • lay down on job,
    • un tightened,
    • un-tightened,
    • un tightening,
    • un-tightens,
    • lay down job,
    • un-tighten,
    • lying down job,
    • lying down on job,
    • lies down on job,
    • lie down job,
    • un tighten,
    • un-tightening.

    slow (verb)

    • back waters,
    • reduces speed,
    • backwatered,
    • reining in,
    • kept waiting,
    • de tains,
    • hitting brakes,
    • hit brakes,
    • anchoring it,
    • de-tains,
    • lost steam,
    • lost speed,
    • back-watering,
    • back watered,
    • loses steam,
    • hitting the brakes,
    • keeping waiting,
    • letting down flaps,
    • retardating,
    • letted down flaps,
    • loses speed,
    • de-tain,
    • anchors it,
    • hits the brakes,
    • back water,
    • de tain,
    • embogs,
    • losing speed,
    • losing steam,
    • back-waters,
    • embogging,
    • embogged,
    • back watering,
    • reduced speed,
    • retardated,
    • back-watered,
    • backwatering,
    • anchored it,
    • keeps waiting,
    • hits brakes,
    • lets down flaps,
    • reducing speed.

    soften (verb)

    • becoming tender,
    • becomes tender,
    • became tender.

    subside (verb)

    • sub side,
    • sub-sides,
    • sub siding,
    • levels off,
    • levelled off,
    • sub sided,
    • sub sides,
    • sub-side,
    • sub-siding,
    • sub-sided,
    • leveling off,
    • leveled off.

    subtract (verb)

    • elide,
    • dock,
    • delete.

    taper/taper off (verb)

    • coming a point,
    • come point,
    • come a point,
    • came to point,
    • came point,
    • comes to point,
    • coming to a point,
    • thins out,
    • thinned out,
    • came a point,
    • coming point,
    • comes a point,
    • comes point,
    • come to point,
    • came to a point,
    • comes to a point,
    • coming to point.

    thin (verb)

    • weeds out,
    • re fined,
    • weeded out,
    • re-fining,
    • re-fines,
    • re fine,
    • re-fine,
    • re fines.

    undercut (verb)

    • de-stabilize,
    • under-cutting,
    • under cuts,
    • de stabilizes,
    • de-stabilized,
    • de stabilizing,
    • under-cuts,
    • de-stabilizing,
    • under-cut,
    • de-stabilizes,
    • under cut,
    • under cutting,
    • de stabilized,
    • de stabilize.

    weaken (verb)

    • lost spirit,
    • loses spirit,
    • losing spirit.

    wear (verb)

    • is worthless,
    • becomes worn,
    • going to seed,
    • becoming worn,
    • washes away,
    • over used,
    • going seed,
    • am worthless,
    • scraped off,
    • over using,
    • was worthless,
    • scraping off,
    • are worthless,
    • wert worthless,
    • scrapes off,
    • went to seed,
    • wears thin,
    • over-used,
    • goes seed,
    • becoming threadbare,
    • over works,
    • over-worked,
    • being worthless,
    • wast worthless,
    • became worn,
    • over-works,
    • becomes threadbare,
    • were worthless,
    • over-using,
    • go seed,
    • over worked,
    • over working,
    • art worthless,
    • went seed.

    whittle (verb)

    • ate away.

    wilt (verb)

    • becomes limp,
    • became limp,
    • becoming limp,
    • wizens,
    • wizening.
  • v.n.

    Other relevant words: (v.n.)

    • wane.
  • Other synonyms:

    • slide,
    • nosedive,
    • halve,
    • ease,
    • dive,
    • slacken,
    • spiral,
    • tail-off,
    • seep away,
    • crater,
    • slump,
    • plunge,
    • sag,
    • peter,
    • drop away,
    • slack off,
    • flatline.

    • drop.

    • rebate.

    alloy

    • denatured,
    • denatures,
    • denature,
    • denaturing.

    change

    • Evolved,
    • metamorphose,
    • remake,
    • transformed,
    • restyle,
    • restyled,
    • made over,
    • tampers with,
    • warp,
    • Metamorphosed,
    • remaking,
    • tampering with,
    • make innovations,
    • tamper with,
    • tampered with,
    • re-formed,
    • remakes,
    • substitute,
    • restyling,
    • make over,
    • transfigure,
    • Re-form,
    • Revolutionizing.

    curtail

    • Minifying,
    • get to meat,
    • paring down,
    • Minified,
    • pare down,
    • pared down,
    • boils down,
    • boil down,
    • roll back.

    cut short

    • break short,
    • bring to an end; leave unfinished,
    • put stop to,
    • stop short,
    • stop dead,
    • put a stop to,
    • stop cold.

    decrease

    • wearing away,
    • downing,
    • drying up,
    • wear away,
    • lose edge,
    • tail off,
    • ran low,
    • slacking off,
    • wear down,
    • drop off,
    • narrow down,
    • slowed down,
    • wears away,
    • dying down,
    • Downs,
    • dry up,
    • dried up,
    • run low,
    • tailing off,
    • downed,
    • slow down,
    • died down,
    • dies down.

    detract

    • cut rate,
    • subtracting from,
    • misprized,
    • Vilipend,
    • Misprize,
    • laughed at,
    • misprizing,
    • draw away,
    • subtract from.

    die

    • melt away,
    • lost power,
    • fading out,
    • easing off,
    • fading away,
    • running out,
    • Dilapidating,
    • go bad,
    • fades away,
    • goes bad,
    • ease off,
    • breaking down,
    • lose power,
    • fizzle out,
    • dilapidate,
    • break down,
    • dilapidates,
    • fade out.

    dilute

    • doctor up,
    • diffusing,
    • diffuses,
    • phony up,
    • diffused.

    diminish

    • marginalize.

    discount

    • sell at discount,
    • Undersold,
    • hold a sale,
    • making allowance for,
    • make allowance for,
    • strike off,
    • underselling,
    • undersells.

    etiolate

    • WANS.

    extenuate

    • make allowances.

    go away

    • wear off.

    lessen

    • deescalate,
    • take the sting out,
    • wind down,
    • soft pedal,
    • slack up,
    • deescalated,
    • deescalating,
    • take the edge off,
    • winding down,
    • take the bite out,
    • lessening,
    • de-escalate.

    lower

    • lowered.

    moderate

    • cool out.

    Other relevant words:

    • Respited,
    • casting down,
    • be behind,
    • shrink,
    • lull,
    • qualify,
    • miniaturize,
    • moderate,
    • unfits,
    • scrape off,
    • devaluate,
    • Benched,
    • delimitates,
    • Idled,
    • Reprobated,
    • suck dry,
    • degrade,
    • mollify,
    • make fun of,
    • tenderize,
    • over-wrought,
    • went downhill,
    • drag feet,
    • laid back,
    • Bankrupted,
    • weed out,
    • tire,
    • cool down,
    • dwindle,
    • fall away,
    • goof off,
    • getting rid of,
    • marking down,
    • take it easy,
    • Prelimit,
    • cut down to size,
    • depress,
    • featherbedding,
    • tenderized,
    • intermit,
    • drag one’s feet,
    • downsize,
    • hit the dirt,
    • extenuate,
    • break,
    • decrease by,
    • laxed,
    • apologize for,
    • thin,
    • retrogrades,
    • runs off,
    • deplete,
    • fall,
    • weaken,
    • queers,
    • Disbarring,
    • curtail,
    • wear,
    • lullaby,
    • Inched,
    • filter off,
    • pale,
    • cooled down,
    • rebated,
    • overuse,
    • Retrograding,
    • underplay,
    • go to the dogs,
    • maligned,
    • Squashing,
    • wilt,
    • waning,
    • eased up,
    • abase,
    • nose-dives,
    • washing away,
    • featherbed,
    • goes out,
    • soothe,
    • hang loose,
    • Bemean,
    • come to a point,
    • go on a diet,
    • Vilified,
    • put on ice,
    • underplayed,
    • demilitarized,
    • demilitarize,
    • incloses,
    • quieted down,
    • hanging loose,
    • depreciate,
    • plummet,
    • Loitered,
    • poormouth,
    • phase down,
    • bemeaned,
    • underplays,
    • let go,
    • delimitating,
    • undervalued,
    • Catheterized,
    • pumping out,
    • Glozing,
    • taking away,
    • drink up,
    • rarefy,
    • weeding out,
    • being behind,
    • miniaturized,
    • put lid on,
    • thin out,
    • make little of,
    • overuses,
    • knocks down,
    • Muddying,
    • rebating,
    • Prorogued,
    • whittle,
    • hang up,
    • snip,
    • send up,
    • balmed,
    • fade,
    • quell,
    • nose-dived,
    • be little,
    • pin down,
    • shoot down,
    • outed,
    • Catheterizing,
    • falling down,
    • ran off,
    • Sauntered,
    • impair,
    • mudsling,
    • dumped on,
    • shrinking,
    • sent up,
    • Inching,
    • ripping,
    • pinning down,
    • laxes,
    • Soothed,
    • overusing,
    • unfitting,
    • flowing out,
    • relapse,
    • Slackened,
    • take off weight,
    • put in nutshell,
    • Emaciating,
    • enfeeble,
    • bankrupts,
    • Inclosing,
    • reprobates,
    • sends up,
    • put a lid on,
    • torn down,
    • die on vine,
    • Voided,
    • downcry,
    • soften,
    • Inclosed,
    • dulls,
    • die away,
    • micrify,
    • took away,
    • leave dry,
    • quiet down,
    • de-activating,
    • were enough,
    • underrated,
    • rotted,
    • go out,
    • miniaturizes,
    • tooling,
    • let up,
    • lose value,
    • held down,
    • Amnestied,
    • slimming,
    • remit,
    • hem in,
    • laxing,
    • Respiting,
    • do a number on,
    • featherbedded,
    • cut short,
    • Reprobating,
    • go downhill,
    • Declass,
    • Dispraised,
    • Limped,
    • letting go,
    • cool off,
    • Retrograded,
    • goes to seed,
    • die,
    • flow out,
    • narrow,
    • tooled,
    • wore thin,
    • featherbeds,
    • get no place fast,
    • going downhill,
    • Whites,
    • dispraise,
    • detract from,
    • Evanish,
    • scaled down,
    • draw off,
    • take from,
    • decline,
    • Whited,
    • lie down on job,
    • tenderizes,
    • make small,
    • idles,
    • prettify,
    • tapers,
    • throw stones at,
    • queering,
    • demonize,
    • be enough,
    • cooling off,
    • droop,
    • knocked down,
    • emaciates,
    • use up,
    • dispraises,
    • towers over,
    • take down a peg,
    • muddied,
    • rail against,
    • cooling down,
    • taking it easy,
    • nose-diving,
    • pumped out,
    • subtract,
    • alloy,
    • falls down,
    • cool it,
    • prorogue,
    • grows less,
    • inch along,
    • pump out,
    • be worthless,
    • muddies,
    • running down,
    • placate,
    • cave in,
    • lay back,
    • sneer at,
    • tucker out,
    • decreased by,
    • became threadbare,
    • get last drop,
    • go to seed,
    • poor-mouth,
    • lose weight,
    • mince,
    • Bankrupting,
    • go to pot,
    • writing down,
    • nose-dive,
    • slow,
    • waste away,
    • takes it easy,
    • expend,
    • running off,
    • dump on,
    • trim away,
    • aways,
    • nose dive,
    • Shelving,
    • flowing back,
    • lose strength,
    • idling,
    • tenderizing,
    • queered,
    • drain,
    • levelling off,
    • wearing thin,
    • shut in,
    • subside,
    • become limp,
    • loses weight,
    • shoot full of holes,
    • lose color,
    • lag,
    • disbars,
    • tune down,
    • Intermitting,
    • flows back,
    • hit the skids,
    • Jellying,
    • go with the flow,
    • catheterizes,
    • going with the flow,
    • do number on,
    • de-activated,
    • dilute,
    • scaling down,
    • sink,
    • Disbarred,
    • gulp down,
    • sucking dry,
    • look down upon,
    • make matters up,
    • free from,
    • keep within limits,
    • emaciate,
    • washed up,
    • wear thin,
    • make light of,
    • mellow out,
    • appease,
    • frees from,
    • blistered,
    • OUTS,
    • grow less,
    • Waned,
    • falls away,
    • blue pencil,
    • fall down,
    • roll down,
    • unlax,
    • demark,
    • died out,
    • take the edge,
    • reduce,
    • gratify,
    • take a swipe at,
    • tuckered out,
    • restrict,
    • become tender,
    • badmouth,
    • scoffed at,
    • lean,
    • slowed up,
    • scale down,
    • let it all hang out,
    • fold up,
    • fall off,
    • Slammed,
    • drawing off,
    • knock down,
    • unfitted,
    • became smaller,
    • using up,
    • prorogues,
    • taper off,
    • detract,
    • tapers off,
    • Sank,
    • wizen,
    • abate,
    • used up,
    • deduct,
    • take away,
    • Osmose,
    • pins down,
    • ebb,
    • stunting,
    • drop down,
    • slackens,
    • die out,
    • nutshell,
    • rise above,
    • cut to the quick,
    • underplaying,
    • run off,
    • take swipe at,
    • lets go,
    • take sting out,
    • catheterize,
    • take a header,
    • fag out,
    • put down,
    • slackening,
    • wash up,
    • under-estimates,
    • rising above,
    • delimitate,
    • washed away,
    • caves in,
    • pumps out,
    • decry,
    • sucks dry,
    • scale back,
    • Oozed,
    • write down,
    • bant,
    • predominates,
    • become worn,
    • change,
    • mitigated,
    • prettifies,
    • caving in,
    • disbar,
    • minimize,
    • Remitted,
    • fell down,
    • took off,
    • dig into,
    • wash away,
    • nutshells,
    • nosedived,
    • hang easy,
    • Gloze,
    • patch things up,
    • relieve,
    • devalorize,
    • defuse,
    • Welling,
    • sucked dry,
    • Dulling,
    • towering over,
    • speak ill of,
    • tipped over,
    • falling short,
    • tower over,
    • reducing,
    • siphoning,
    • falling away,
    • made light of,
    • bleed dry,
    • Welled,
    • keep within bounds,
    • lessen,
    • cry down,
    • goes downhill,
    • shot down,
    • marked down,
    • delimitated,
    • hold down,
    • become threadbare,
    • Amnestying,
    • wasted away,
    • retreating,
    • grow smaller,
    • poor mouth,
    • goofing off,
    • prettifying,
    • scoff at,
    • ease up,
    • palliate,
    • roast,
    • become smaller,
    • Intermitted,
    • deflate,
    • fall short,
    • pacifies,
    • Dispraising,
    • fagged out,
    • banting,
    • siphoned,
    • grow dull,
    • jellied,
    • marks down,
    • make useless,
    • whiting,
    • lose luster,
    • mudslinging,
    • wasting away,
    • squash,
    • thinning out,
    • discount,
    • level off,
    • knocking down,
    • decrease,
    • Disimprove,
    • lighten,
    • falls,
    • opprobriate,
    • dampen,
    • be precipitated,
    • Benching,
    • inclose,
    • slow up,
    • go white,
    • flow back,
    • cast down,
    • mark down,
    • prettified,
    • tip over,
    • dwarf,
    • pooh pooh,
    • towering above,
    • fall back,
    • Proroguing.

    peter

    • tail away.

    peter out

    • run dry,
    • petering out,
    • give out,
    • come to nothing.

    recede

    • Retrocede,
    • go away,
    • offed,
    • went away,
    • drain away,
    • going away,
    • draining away,
    • die off,
    • dying off,
    • goes away,
    • offing,
    • go back,
    • OFFS.

    relieve

    • take load off one’s mind,
    • take load off one’s chest.

    slow

    • keep waiting,
    • Back-water,
    • retardates,
    • Reefing,
    • rein in,
    • hit the brakes,
    • lose speed,
    • reins in,
    • reduce speed,
    • backwater,
    • let down flaps,
    • retardate,
    • backwaters,
    • reined in,
    • Reefed,
    • embog,
    • lose steam.

    subtract

    • took out,
    • taking out.

    undercut

    • destabilizing,
    • destabilizes,
    • destabilize,
    • destabilized.

    weaken

    • undercut,
    • gave way,
    • lose spirit,
    • give way,
    • etiolate,
    • giving way.

    whittle

    • eat away,
    • sculpted,
    • sculpts,
    • eats away,
    • eating away,
    • sculpt,
    • sculpting.

How to use «Diminish» in context?

Diminish — verb To make smaller; to lessen in size, amount, intensity, etc.

Diminish is a Verb that means to make smaller. It is usually used to lessen in size, amount, intensity, etc. However, it can also be used to describe how somebody feels emotionally. For example, «I was diminishes by seeing my old photos.» diminishes describes how the speaker feels emotionally after seeing their old photos.

Paraphrases for Diminish:

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  • Independent

    • Verb, past tense
      dropped, fell, lessened, lowered, reduced, Declined.
    • Verb, base form
      abate, affect, allay, alter, ameliorate, attenuate, belittle, confine, constrain, curb, curtail, cushion, dampen, de-emphasize, de-escalate, decline, decrement, defuse, degrade, denigrate, deplete, depreciate, depress, detract, devalue, diffuse, dilute, dim, disappear, discourage, dismantle, dispel, disrupt, dissipate, downgrade, downplay, drop, dwindle, ease, eliminate, emasculate, encroach, endanger, erode, fade, fall, hamper, harm, hinder, impair, impede, impinge, infringe, inhibit, injure, interfere, jeopardise, jeopardize, lessen, lighten, limit, lose, lower, minimize, mitigate, narrow, offset, prejudice, reduce, reduced, reducing, relieve, restrain, restrict, shorten, slacken, slash, slow, soften, subside, subtract, trivialise, undercut, underestimate, undermine, violate, wane, Eliminating, Mitigating, downsize.
  • Other Related

    • Verb, base form
      alleviate, minimise, shrink, weaken.

Homophones for Diminish:

  • diatomic, dingo, Dayton Ax, demagog, dynamize, dingy, dowdiness, damning, dunk, ding, damask, dinge, death mask, dominance, dionysius, deadening, dyeing, dae-han-min-gook, dominick, dehumanize, dunce, dinghy, dimaggio, diatonic, dunnock, downy ash, doting, danseuse, dynamise, downing, demagogue, dong, dining, deaminize, domingo, downiness, demonise, dinka, demagogy, demonic, dying, demoniac, DMZ, damascus, dominos, demise, deionize, dynamics, doings, dumuzi, dmus, dionysia, Dayton Axe, danzig, donnish, donkey, dimness, danish, dung, demagogic, dense, demeaning, dionysus, dominic, dumas, dawning, deimos, dinkey, deadness, dinky, deinonychus, damage, dank, dieting, data mining, damages, dominoes, demonize, dynamic, dominica, danaus, dehumanise, dimash, Dominicus, dowding, denounce, dominique, dink, Den Haag, dance, dominus, dengue, de-iodinase, dating, downy chess.

Hyponym for Diminish:

  • v.

    • change
      minify, lessen, decrease.

All synonyms in one line

abate, abridge, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, en.synonym.one, appease, assuage, attenuate, belittle, blunt, brief, calm, cheapen, clip, commute, constrict, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damage, damp, deaden, en.synonym.one, debase, decay, decline, decrease, deduct, degrade, delay, depreciate, desensitise, desensitize, detain, devalue, dilute, disparage, dock, dominate, droop, dwarf, dwindle, ease, ebb, eclipse, enervate, enfeeble, erode, en.synonym.one, expand, fade, fall, impair, injure, languish, lessen, lighten, lower, mar, meliorate, mince, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, numb, outshine, overshadow, paralyse, pare, postpone, qualify, reduce, regulate, relax, relieve, remit, restrain, retard, ruin, shave, shorten, shrink, slacken, slow, soften, spoil, taper, taper off, thin, tone down, tower above, truncate, vitiate, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wilt, wither, withhold, worsen.

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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.4 / 11 votes

  1. diminish

    The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.

    Synonyms:
    abate, decline, decrease, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

    Antonyms:
    aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

    Preposition:
    Abate in fury; abated by law.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

  1. diminish

    Synonyms:
    lessen, reduce, contract, curtail, dwarf, decrease, subside, shorten, abate, retrench

    Antonyms:
    increase, enlarge, expand, extend, amplify, magnify

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

  1. decrease, diminish, lessen, fallverb

    decrease in size, extent, or range

    «The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester»; «The cabin pressure fell dramatically»; «her weight fell to under a hundred pounds»; «his voice fell to a whisper»

    Synonyms:
    shine, go down, accrue, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, subside, pass, descend, come, fall, return, light, belittle, hang, decrease, minify, fall down

  2. diminish, belittleverb

    lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

    «don’t belittle your colleagues»

    Synonyms:
    pick at, fall, belittle, denigrate, disparage, lessen, decrease, minimize, derogate

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

  1. shrinkinate

    the process of diminishing

    that man is being shrinkinated

    Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

  2. complete

    makes complete thought

    Submitted by anonymous on September 29, 2020  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for «diminish»:

    reduce, decrease, weaken, lessen, decline, mitigate, reducing, undermine, minimize, lower

How to pronounce diminish?

How to say diminish in sign language?

How to use diminish in a sentence?

  1. E. M. Cioran:

    Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.

  2. David Cicilline:

    If you look at the size of some of the large platforms, their ability to exclude people from the platform can result in closing the business, that’s sort of the most dangerous consequence of this kind of concentration is the ability to exclude rivals, put them out of business, diminish innovation, diminish entrepreneurship, diminish choices for consumers.

  3. Pat Toomey:

    The facts of the election in 2022 are just indisputable. The ultra, pro-Trump, handpicked by Trump, based on loyalty to Trump? Those candidates wildly underperformed, it’s pretty clear that he’s become a toxic force and that’s going to diminish his influence a lot.

  4. Dave Krepcho:

    My concern is that we will see food and funding dwindle, the level of service would diminish considerably. That means tens of thousands of people in our community will literally not have food to eat.

  5. Stephen Breyer:

    If the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts and in the rule of law can only diminish, diminishing the court’s power, including its power to act as a check on other branches, that authority, like the rule of law, depends on trust… that the court is guided by legal principle, not politics.


Translations for diminish

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  • خسArabic
  • отслабвам, заострям, намалявамBulgarian
  • zmenšitCzech
  • vermindern, verringern, abschwächen, verkleinern, schrumpfen, reduzieren, schmällernGerman
  • maldikiĝi, malgrandiĝi, plimalgrandiĝi, mallarĝiĝiEsperanto
  • disminuir, diminuirSpanish
  • pienentää, pienentyä, kaventuaFinnish
  • diminuer, amincir, rapetisser, rétrécir, réduireFrench
  • घटानाHindi
  • պակասելArmenian
  • diminutarIdo
  • ridurre, diminuireItalian
  • 減少するJapanese
  • dēdūcō, diminuo, minuoLatin
  • sumažintiLithuanian
  • samazinātLatvian
  • whakamimitiMāori
  • verlagen, verkleinen, afnemen, verminderenDutch
  • diminuirPortuguese
  • huch’uiyay, chikachay, huch’uiyachiy, asllayachiyQuechua
  • уме́ньшиться, уменьша́ться, уме́ньшить, уменьша́тьRussian
  • minskaSwedish
  • azaltmakTurkish

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1    abate, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, downsize, lessen, lower, reduce, retrench, shrink, taper, weaken  

2    decline, die out, dwindle, ebb, fade away, peter out, recede, shrivel, slacken, subside, wane  

3    belittle, cheapen, demean, depreciate, devalue  
  
Antonyms     
  

1 & 2    amplify, augment, enhance, enlarge, expand, grow, heighten, increase  

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diminish

     ( diminishes    3rd person present)   ( diminishing    present participle)   ( diminished    past tense & past participle  )

1       verb   When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.,   (Antonym: increase)
  
The threat of nuclear war has diminished…      V  
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state…      V n  
Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources…      V-ing  
This could mean diminished public support for the war.      V-ed  

2       verb   If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.  
He never put her down or diminished her…      V n  

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