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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How to use diminish in a sentence?

1. Mahatma Gandhi:

   To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.

2. Douglas Sellers:

   And brands designing social distancing logos have the potential to diminish the severity of what we are going through. The creativity, passion, and thought that goes into wanting to help, educate, and be part of the physical distancing movement is a worthy note.

3. Stephen Patton:

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

4. Jackie Speier:

   We have a problem with a system that is really there to protect the accused, and to diminish the victim, and to the victims, I’ve talked to who have current cases before the Office of Compliance, it’s a nightmare what they have gone through.

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.