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Synonyms for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·min·ish

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.4 / 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.

    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 Antonyms4.5 / 4 votes

  1. diminish

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

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 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

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Editors Contribution1.0 / 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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diminishverb

    Synonyms:
    lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, make smaller

  2. diminishverb

    Synonyms:
    decrease, lessen, abate, subside, grow or become less, be reduced

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. diminishverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 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. Kevin Byrne:

    One of the hallmark benefits of being an American citizen is the right to vote, do not diminish that voting power of American citizens by expanding it to noncitizens. If you want to vote in this country, especially in New York, you should become an American citizen.

  2. Stanley Weiss:

    We expect that at some time it will help diminish the spread of COVID-19, based on the assumptions that persons who are infected and recover will have protective immunity, however, with SARS, data suggested protective immunity was of limited duration. Thus, the precise temporal dynamics may prove very important. For example, there could be recurrent waves. We hope with COVID-19, but do not yet know that they wont become re-infected.

  3. John Conyers:

    Our hearts go out to her family, but as we think about the proper way to respond to the situation, we must make sure we do not adopt policies that would diminish public safety and undermine our commitment to the Constitution and civil liberties.

  4. Ben Carson:

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

  5. The Biden adviser:

    We're in this next phase of the presidency and the midterms, we want no one to have complaints. But if that is the complaint, we will diminish that complaint, because that's exactly what President Joe Biden's going to be doing.


Translations for diminish

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  • خسArabic
  • отслабвам, заострям, намалявамBulgarian
  • zmenšitCzech
  • vermindern, verringern, abschwächen, verkleinern, schrumpfen, reduzieren, schmällernGerman
  • maldikiĝi, malgrandiĝi, plimalgrandiĝi, mallarĝiĝiEsperanto
  • disminuir, diminuirSpanish
  • pienentää, pienentyä, kaventuaFinnish
  • diminuer, amincir, rapetisser, rétrécir, réduireFrench
  • घटानाHindi
  • պակասելArmenian
  • diminutarIdo
  • ridurre, diminuireItalian
  • 減少するJapanese
  • dēdūcō, diminuo, minuoLatin
  • sumažintiLithuanian
  • samazinātLatvian
  • whakamimitiMāori
  • verlagen, verkleinen, afnemen, verminderenDutch
  • diminuirPortuguese
  • huch'uiyay, chikachay, huch'uiyachiy, asllayachiyQuechua
  • уме́ньшиться, уменьша́ться, уме́ньшить, уменьша́тьRussian
  • minskaSwedish
  • azaltmakTurkish

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