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

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. Joe Votel:

   I think the vast majority of U.S. military officers and soldiers served honorably and nobly, answered the nation's call in a time of need. And I think we should take pride in that. And I think they attempted to do that. That this did not turn out the way that we all hoped it would be, I think doesn't diminish that. But certainly, the - you know, there will be a level of accountability that we'll have to accept with this.

2. Hal Gavzie:

   Right now is probably when you'll get the best deals you're going to find, once we are able to show apartments in New York, the inventory will diminish and there will be more competition.

3. Stendhal:

   To describe happiness is to diminish it.

4. Stephen Patton:

   (Chicago's law) doesn't diminish and impair pensions, it saves pensions, that argument has not been addressed.

5. 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.