What are some alternative words for lessen?
Synonyms for lessen
ˈlɛs ən
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Princeton's WordNet
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall(verb)
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, diminish, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, come down, subside, pass, descend, come, fall, return, light, belittle, hang, decrease, minify, fall downdecrease, lessen, minify(verb)
make smaller
"He decreased his staff"
subside, lessen(verb)
wear off or die down
"The pain subsided"
Synonyms:
fall, settle, minify, diminish, sink, decrease, subside
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lessen
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, diminish, ebb, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subsideAntonyms:
aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revivePreposition:
Abate in fury; abated by law.
Editors Contribution
deleveraging
because deleveraging means to reduce, bring down or pay off something.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#357 | return | |
#504 | come | |
#613 | light | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1767 | flow | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4576 | reducing | |
#4819 | ease | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5712 | hang | |
#7229 | sink | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#8623 | settle | |
#9051 | shine | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#19755 | alleviate | |
#21475 | diminish | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25148 | descend | |
#25429 | mitigating | |
#27427 | accrue | |
#30671 | ebb | |
#31814 | lighten | |
#40873 | abate | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#55573 | subside | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#75186 | attenuate | |
#83252 | devolve |
How to use lessen in a sentence?
My fervent hope is that Judge Kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions in The Supreme Court so we have far fewer 5-4 decisions and so that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
After intensive negotiations and painful compromises, we all agreed to an extensive reform package, my advice is that it (the package) is implemented with determination and on the other hand, Europe should not lessen the help that Greece still needs.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
These symptoms tend to lessen or go away over treatment time, seizure during treatment is the most serious known risk of TMS, and only a very few cases of seizure have been reported. There is little evidence of risk of seizures using TMS the way it is used for depression.
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Translations for lessen
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- смалявам, намалявам, смалявам сеBulgarian
- zmenšit, zmenšit seCzech
- lleihauWelsh
- disminuir, reducir, menguar, minuir, aminorar, menoscabarSpanish
- csökken, csökkent, kisebbít, kisebbedikHungarian
- պակասեցնել, պակասելArmenian
- diminutarIdo
- whakamimiti, whakaiti, whakaharahara, māwheMāori
- [[reduzir]]-[[se]], diminuir, reduzirPortuguese
- уменьшать, уменьшить, уменьшаться, уменьшитьсяRussian
- minskaSwedish
- зменшитиUkrainian
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