Synonyms for attenuate
əˈtɛn yuˌeɪt; -ɪt, -ˌeɪtat·ten·u·ate

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1. attenuateverb

   Antonyms:
   amplify

2. attenuateverb

   Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.

   Antonyms:
   amplify

3. attenuateverb

   Antonyms:
   amplify

4. attenuateverb

   Antonyms:
   amplify

5. attenuateverb

   Antonyms:
   amplify

6. attenuateverb

   Antonyms:
   amplify

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1. attenuate

   Synonyms:
   educe, elongate, reduce, fine-drawn, narrow, contract, diminish, compress

   Antonyms:
   broaden, increase, expand, dilate, swell, enlarge, develop, amplify

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakenedverb

   reduced in strength

   "the faded tones of an old recording"

   Synonyms:
   hurt, bleached, thinned, washy, lessened, faded, cut, diminished, weakened, vitiated, attenuated, washed-out

   Antonyms:
   increased

2. rarefy, attenuateverb

   weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, subtilize, sublimate

   Antonyms:
   increased

3. attenuateverb

   become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

   Synonyms:
   rarefy

   Antonyms:
   increased

Matched Categories

1. • Chemistry
   • Weaken

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. noise-reducing

   noise levels are reduced

   the sound wall attenuated the traffic noise

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attenuateverb

   Synonyms:
   dilute, thin, rarefy, make thin, make less dense

2. attenuateverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, contract, reduce

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1. List of paraphrases for "attenuate":

   mitigate, alleviate, dim, mitigating, lessen

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How to use attenuate in a sentence?

1. Bruce Walker:

   On the other hand, if some viruses sneak through and infect a cell ; then the body is dependent upon T cells to eliminate the virus, and therein lies the opportunity for us to rethink what we're doing in terms of vaccination -- because those T cells, at least theoretically, could be highly potent and could attenuate the disease. In other words, they wouldn't protect against infection, but they might make infections so asymptomatic that you would not notice it yourself and, in fact, you would never have enough virus in your body to transmit it to somebody else. That's the hypothesis.