Synonyms for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·min·ish

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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.

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1. diminish

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

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

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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

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1. • Lessen

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  

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1. diminishverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, make smaller

2. diminishverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, lessen, abate, subside, grow or become less, be reduced

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1. diminishverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, reduce, abate, lessen, contract, curtail

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

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1. Maria Montessori:

   An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That is to say, his training must be such as shall help him to diminish as much as possible the social bonds which limit his activity.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   The security issue is really having a major negative impact on the ability to respond in an appropriate way, in the classic way that you respond to an Ebola outbreak, to be able to essentially get to the point where you diminish it, diminish it, diminish it, and then it's gone.

3. Derek Jeter:

   In my mind, he got his contract, so you’re trying to diminish what I’m doing, maybe to justify why you got paid. When you talk about statistics, mine never compared to Alex’s. I’m not blind. I understand that. But, we won! You can say whatever you want about me as a player. That’s fine, but then it goes back to the trust, the loyalty. This is how the guy feels. He’s not a true friend, is how I felt. Because I wouldn’t do it to a friend.

4. James Mattis:

   For the first time since World War II, Russia has been the nation that has redrawn international borders by force in Georgia and Ukraine while pursuing veto authority over their neighbors' diplomatic, economic and security decisions, president Putin seeks to shatter NATO. President Putin aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, President Putin actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals.

5. Anomymous:

   As we become spiritually enlightened and technologically advanced, the role of sex and gender can only diminish. Sex will be a thing of dark ages