Synonyms for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·minish

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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, diminish, 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, diminish, lessen, decrease, minimize, derogate

Matched Categories

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "diminish":

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

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1. Amy Coney Barrett:

   Showing that we can disagree on the issues and the merits without being nasty is one of the tributes to the way we do our business, our disagreement on political issues and important constitutional issues doesn't diminish the value of who Justice Amy Barrett is in my mind or to me.

2. Scott Walker:

   Despite all the hype and hysteria out there, these bills do nothing to fundamentally diminish executive authority, the bottom line is the new governor will continue to be one of the most powerful chief executives in the country.

3. President Barack Obama:

   You don’t diminish your office by taking a selfie. You do it by sending a poorly written letter to Iran.

4. 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.

5. Jean Asselborn:

   We have to try to create conditions to reassure our citizens that all we are doing in these negotiations will not diminish or dilute the competencies of the parliaments, or the governments and that we will stick to high standards on both sides concerning he rights of the consumers ... labor standards and environmental standards, it's a bumpy road ahead, but ... I think there is on both sides the political will to find the best outcome.