English

Detailed Synonyms for diminish in English

diminish:

to diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)

  1. to diminish
    to decrease; to diminish; to reduce; to curtail; to lessen; to scale down; to dwindle; shrink away; to mark down
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • mark down verb (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  2. to diminish
    to diminish; to shrink; to decrease; to reduce
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  3. to diminish
    to diminish; to shrink; to dwindle
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
  4. to diminish
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • drop verb (drops, dropped, dropping)
  5. to diminish
    to diminish; to shrivel; to shrink; to shrink back; to dwindle; to subside; to wizen; to shrivel up
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • subside verb (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • wizen verb (wizens, wizened, wizening)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
  6. to diminish
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    to decrease; to diminish; to fall; to lessen
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester1
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • fall verb (falls, fell, falling)
      • The cabin pressure fell dramatically1
      • her weight fell to under a hundred pounds1
      • his voice fell to a whisper1
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  7. to diminish
    – lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of 1
    to diminish; to belittle
    – lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of 1
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • belittle verb (belittles, belittled, belittling)
      • don't belittle your colleagues1

Conjugations for diminish:

present
  1. diminish
  2. diminish
  3. diminishs
  4. diminish
  5. diminish
  6. diminish
simple past
  1. diminished
  2. diminished
  3. diminished
  4. diminished
  5. diminished
  6. diminished
present perfect
  1. have diminished
  2. have diminished
  3. has diminished
  4. have diminished
  5. have diminished
  6. have diminished
past continuous
  1. was diminishing
  2. were diminishing
  3. was diminishing
  4. were diminishing
  5. were diminishing
  6. were diminishing
future
  1. shall diminish
  2. will diminish
  3. will diminish
  4. shall diminish
  5. will diminish
  6. will diminish
continuous present
  1. am diminishing
  2. are diminishing
  3. is diminishing
  4. are diminishing
  5. are diminishing
  6. are diminishing
subjunctive
  1. be diminished
  2. be diminished
  3. be diminished
  4. be diminished
  5. be diminished
  6. be diminished
diverse
  1. diminish!
  2. let's diminish!
  3. diminished
  4. diminishing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "diminish":

  1. decrease in size, extent, or range1
  2. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of1