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Detailed Synonyms for diminish in English

diminish:

to diminish verbe (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 verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verbe (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • shrink away verbe
    • mark down verbe (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  2. to diminish
    to diminish; to shrink; to decrease; to reduce
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  3. to diminish
    to diminish; to shrink; to dwindle
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • dwindle verbe (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 verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verbe (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verbe (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verbe (goes down, went down, going down)
    • shrink away verbe
    • drop verbe (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 verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • shrink back verbe (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • subside verbe (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • wizen verbe (wizens, wizened, wizening)
    • shrivel up verbe (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 verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester1
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • fall verbe (falls, fell, falling)
      • The cabin pressure fell dramatically1
      • her weight fell to under a hundred pounds1
      • his voice fell to a whisper1
    • lessen verbe (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 verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • belittle verbe (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