Antonyms for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·min·ish

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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

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

1. diminish

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

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

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1. • Lessen

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. diminishverb

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. augment

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

2. evolve

   cause to seem less impressive or valuable.

   the trial has aged and diminished him.

   Submitted by acronimous on October 18, 2015  

How to use diminish in a sentence?

1. Vladimir Putin:

   Vladimir Putin seeks to shatter NATO. Vladimir Putin aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority.

2. 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

3. Jacqueline Choi:

   I had second thoughts about running it, as well as third and fourth and fifth thoughts, not only was I unsure whether my body would heal quickly enough from an unplanned C-section, butI was also worried that training and racing would diminish my already-meager milk supply. Fortunately, I was able to pump around the clock for a couple of months to trick my body into making more milk, and I actually had an amazing oversupply by the time I needed to race.

4. Taro Aso:

   I told my counterparts that Japan is very concerned about the 'safe harbor' proposal, it would extremely diminish the regulatory effect of what we're trying to do. That is a view expressed by various countries.

5. Precious:

   When we look upon others for happiness we diminish our very existance as individuals.

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