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diminish

Diminish means to make smaller or lesser. If you cover a lightbulb with a dark lamp shade, the light from the lamp will diminish.

It can also mean become less important. Once the light has been dimmed, its role in lighting the room is diminished. If you look at diminish, you see 'minis' which comes from the Latin word minus, as in subtraction. Other words that share this root are miniature and minuscule, all of which mean something that is small, or at least smallish.

DEFINITIONS OF: diminish

v decrease in size, extent, or range

Synonyms:: decrease, fall, lessen

Antonyms:: increase
become bigger or greater in amount

Types:: show 48 types...; hide 48 types...; break
diminish or discontinue abruptly; shrink, shrivel
decrease in size, range, or extent; taper
diminish gradually; drop off
fall or diminish; fly, vanish, vaporize
decrease rapidly and disappear; break
fall sharply; ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off
become less intense; weaken
become weaker; boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce
be cooked until very little liquid is left; contract, shrink
become smaller or draw together; shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture; abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off
become less in amount or intensity; deflate
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
become smaller or lose substance; remit
diminish or abate; de-escalate
diminish in size, scope, or intensity; depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue
lose in value; shorten
become short or shorter; thin out
become sparser; decline, go down, wane
grow smaller; wane
decrease in phase; wane
become smaller; decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up
lose velocity; move more slowly; decrescendo
grow quieter; atrophy
undergo atrophy; attenuate
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude; disappear, evaporate, melt
become less intense and fade away gradually; die down
become progressively weaker; collapse
lose significance, effectiveness, or value; fade, melt
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; lessen, subside
wear off or die down; blast
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly; die back, die down
suffer from a disease that kills shoots; dry up, mummify
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct; languish, pine away, waste
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; dull
make less lively or vigorous; pall
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); loose, loosen, relax
become loose or looser or less tight; slacken
become looser or slack; dip
go down momentarily; wear on
pass slowly (of time); drop
go down in value; slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up
become slow or slower; slow, slow down, slow up
cause to proceed more slowly; delay, detain, hold up
cause to be slowed down or delayed; wilt
lose strength; flex
contract

Type of:: change magnitude
change in size or magnitude

v lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

Synonyms:: belittle

Type of:: decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller

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