Antonyms for magnify
ˈmæg nəˌfaɪmag·ni·fy

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1. magnify

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

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

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1. magnify

   Antonyms:
   diminish, contract, curtail, palliate, extenuate, decry

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, amplify, increase, augment, exaggerate, laud, extol

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. magnify, amplifyverb

   increase in size, volume or significance

   "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, hyperbolize, inflate, overstate

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, overstate

3. blow up, enlarge, magnifyverb

   make large

   "blow up an image"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, lucubrate, expatiate, puff out, exposit, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, expound, flesh out, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, combust, flip one's lid, expand, dilate, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, overstate, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, exaggerate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, elaborate, inflate, aggrandize, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, dramatize, blow one's stack

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1. magnifyverb

   Synonyms:
   augment, amplify, enlarge, overstate, exaggerate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. micrify

   verb (used with object): to make small or insignificant

   for further capacity expansion of magnetic tape storage media, it is necessary to micrify the particle size and increase the recording density.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

How to use magnify in a sentence?

1. Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald:

   And in the bush, magnify that by 10-20 times. Forget it.

2. Greg Mourad:

   This is another example of Biden throwing workers under the bus just to magnify the power of his big labor buddies, something we can sadly expect more of as Biden and his allies increasingly depend on forced-dues-backed union political muscle to push through their increasingly unpopular agenda.

3. Samuel Beckett:

   How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.

4. Utah Jazz:

   Connection and community have never been more important than it is today. Millions of people have been forced to leave behind their entire lives in Ukraine, the Utah Jazz Foundation is honored to partner with Airbnb.org to fund stays for refugees who have fled Ukraine – enough to fill every seat right here in our own house—Vivint Arena—nearly two times over. And we can’t stop there. I encourage every organization to support Airbnb.org’s important initiative, to magnify their impact and house enough refugees to fill their arenas or workplaces.

5. Gavin Heffernan:

   The 25-30 second exposures reveal more stars and planets up above, they also magnify the lights on the ground, so even cities 100 miles away were blasting out our photos with floods of light.

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