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.

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

1. diminish

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

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. Phoenix Fire Department:

   Yes. We make that difference because we look different than other people – but I never want to diminish the value of the time we’ve put in to our craft. The continuous training, the continuous studying. I think the connection to the community is that it’s sometimes easier to approach me because I look like your mom or someone in the community. So, I think the approachability factor is different and, I think, an added benefit. when you’re riding on big red and you’re going on calls, being a woman on the call you bring a whole different element.

2. 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.

3. Ben Carson:

   It doesn't diminish anything that he's done. I think he's done a fantastic job.

4. 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

5. E. M. Cioran:

   Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.