Antonyms for minimize
ˈmɪn əˌmaɪzmin·i·mize

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1. minimize, minimiseverb

   make small or insignificant

   "Let's minimize the risk"

   Antonyms:
   maximise, maximize

   Synonyms:
   downplay, derogate, belittle, minimise, understate, denigrate

2. understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb

   represent as less significant or important

   Antonyms:
   maximise, maximize

   Synonyms:
   belittle, denigrate, play down, understate, minimise, downplay, derogate, background

3. minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogateverb

   cause to seem less serious; play down

   "Don't belittle his influence"

   Antonyms:
   maximize, maximise

   Synonyms:
   calumniate, smear, asperse, diminish, denigrate, besmirch, disparage, slander, pick at, sully, minimise, downplay, smirch, defame, belittle, understate, derogate

How to use minimize in a sentence?

1. Fred Wertheimer:

   There has never been anything like this at the presidential level because no President has insisted on owning a commercial enterprise at the same time they have existed as President, everyone in America is financially struggling, and he has this fail-safe method to minimize any struggling by his commercial properties by channeling other people's money to it.

2. Sandy Ageloff:

   We have heard initial reservations and disagreement, but have yet to see definitive action from employers on how to ... avoid or minimize the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on their benefits and corporate philosophy.

3. Jessica Ellis:

   I hope to bring people closer to nature ... to pass on a message that we all must strive to minimize our impact on the earth.

4. Charly Salonius-Pasternak:

   It's always been bonkers, the idea that a Western country would invade Russia, but we have tried to minimize those concerns by boosting trade and cooperating in other areas.

5. Brendan Buck:

   They're going to stick with the process arguments for as long as possible because most members still can't stomach a defense of the substance, there is a real sense of inevitability to the impeachment in the White House, and so the focus is on shoring up the base to minimize any House Republican losses in the Senate.

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