What are the opposite words for intensify?
Intensify is a word that refers to amplifying or increasing the degree of something. Antonyms for intensify, therefore, would be words that represent the opposite meaning or the reduction of the level of something. Some examples of antonyms for intensify could be weak, diminish, reduce, lessen, downplay, or mitigate. These words all convey the idea of decrease or softening the intensity of a situation, emotion, or phenomenon. When we use the antonyms for intensify, we are describing a situation where something is becoming less extreme, powerful, or significant than it was before.
- decrease
- moderate
-
relieve
- take load chest,
- take load mind,
- take load off chest,
- take load off one chest,
- take load off one mind,
- take load off one's mind,
- take load off ones mind,
- take load one chest,
- take load one mind,
- take load one's chest,
- take load one's mind,
- take load ones chest,
- take load ones mind,
- takes load chest,
- takes load mind,
- takes load off one chest,
- takes load off one mind,
- takes load off one's chest,
- takes load off one's mind,
- takes load off ones chest,
- takes load off ones mind,
- takes load one chest,
- takes load one's chest,
- takes load one's mind,
- taking load chest,
- taking load mind,
- taking load off chest,
- taking load off mind,
- taking load off one chest,
- taking load off one mind,
- taking load off one's chest,
- taking load off one's mind,
- taking load off ones chest,
- taking load off ones mind,
- taking load one chest,
- taking load one mind,
- taking load one's chest,
- taking load ones chest,
- taking load ones mind,
- took load chest,
- took load mind,
- took load off chest,
- took load off mind,
- took load off one chest,
- took load off one's chest,
- took load off ones mind,
- took load one chest,
- took load one mind,
- took load one's chest,
- took load ones chest,
- took load ones mind.
-
remedy
- clean up,
- make for,
- re-formed,
- square up,
- straighten out,
- Re-forming,
- shape up,
- make up for,
- set right,
- set to rights,
- clean act,
- clean one act,
- clean one's act,
- clean ones act,
- clean up act,
- clean up one act,
- clean up one's act,
- clean up ones act,
- cleaned act,
- cleaned one act,
- cleaned one's act,
- cleaned ones act,
- cleaned up,
- cleaned up act,
- cleaned up one act,
- cleaned up one's act,
- cleaned up ones act,
- cleaning act,
- cleaning one act,
- cleaning one's act,
- cleaning ones act,
- cleaning up,
- cleaning up act,
- cleaning up one act,
- cleaning up one's act,
- cleaning up ones act,
- cleans act,
- cleans one act,
- cleans one's act,
- cleans ones act,
- cleans up,
- cleans up act,
- cleans up one act,
- cleans up one's act,
- cleans up ones act,
- de bug,
- de bugged,
- de bugging,
- de bugs,
- de-bug,
- de-bugged,
- de-bugging,
- de-bugs,
- fiddled with,
- fiddles with,
- made up for,
- makes for,
- makes up for,
- making for,
- puts right,
- putting right,
- re calibrate,
- re calibrated,
- re calibrates,
- re dress,
- re dresses,
- re dressing,
- re form,
- re formed,
- re forming,
- re forms,
- re new,
- re news,
- re pair,
- re paired,
- re pairing,
- re pairs,
- re store,
- re stored,
- re stores,
- re storing,
- re vise,
- re vised,
- re vising,
- re-calibrate,
- re-calibrates,
- re-dress,
- re-dressed,
- re-dresses,
- re-dressing,
- re-forms,
- re-new,
- re-news,
- re-pair,
- re-paired,
- re-pairing,
- re-pairs,
- re-stored,
- re-stores,
- re-storing,
- re-vise,
- re-vised,
- re-vising,
- recalibrate,
- recalibrated,
- recalibrating,
- set rights,
- sets rights,
- setting right,
- setting rights,
- shapes up,
- shaping up,
- squares up,
- squaring up,
- straightened out,
- straightens out.
- alleviate
- calm
-
pacify
- smooth over,
- make peace,
- put the lid on,
- buried hatchet,
- buried the hatchet,
- buries hatchet,
- buries the hatchet,
- bury hatchet,
- burying hatchet,
- burying the hatchet,
- kiss and make up,
- kiss make up,
- kissed and make up,
- kissed make up,
- kisses and make up,
- kisses make up,
- kissing and make up,
- makes peace,
- pacificate,
- pacificated,
- pacificates,
- pacificating,
- puts the lid on,
- smoothing over,
- smooths over.
-
lighten
- unburdened,
- unburdens,
- unburdening,
- pouring out,
- poured out,
- dis encumber,
- dis encumbered,
- dis encumbering,
- dis encumbers,
- dis-encumber,
- dis-encumbered,
- dis-encumbering,
- dis-encumbers,
- made lighter,
- make less,
- make lighter,
- makes less,
- makes lighter,
- making less,
- making lighter,
- pours out,
- re move,
- re moved,
- re moving,
- re-move,
- re-moves,
- re-moving,
- take a load off,
- take load off,
- takes a load off,
- takes load off,
- taking a load off,
- taking load off,
- took a load off,
- took load off,
- un burden,
- un burdened,
- un burdening,
- un burdens,
- un load,
- un loaded,
- un loading,
- un loads,
- un-burden,
- un-burdened,
- un-burdening,
- un-burdens,
- un-load,
- un-loads,
- up light,
- up lighted,
- up lighting,
- up lights,
- up-light,
- up-lighted,
- up-lighting,
- up-lights,
- uplight,
- uplighted,
- uplighting,
- uplights.
- soothe
- smooth
-
compose
- ease up,
- hold in,
- Re-collect,
- held in,
- eased up,
- eases up,
- easing up,
- holding in,
- holds in,
- re collect,
- re collected,
- re collecting,
- re collects,
- re press,
- re pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re solve,
- re solves,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- re-collected,
- re-collecting,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- re-solve,
- re-solved,
- re-solves,
- re-solving,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re-strains,
- tuned down,
- tuning down.
- weaken
-
lessen
- de-escalate,
- die down,
- downed,
- downing,
- slow down,
- Minified,
- Minifying,
- died down,
- dies down,
- dying down,
- deescalate,
- Downs,
- deescalated,
- deescalating,
- roll back,
- wind down,
- grow less,
- slowed down,
- slowing down,
- became smaller,
- become smaller,
- becomes smaller,
- becoming smaller,
- de escalate,
- de escalated,
- de escalates,
- de escalating,
- de grade,
- de graded,
- de grades,
- de grading,
- de-escalated,
- de-escalates,
- de-escalating,
- de-grade,
- de-graded,
- de-grades,
- de-grading,
- deescalates,
- dieing down,
- grew less,
- growing less,
- grows less,
- minifies,
- rolled back,
- rolling back,
- rolls back,
- slacked up,
- slacks up,
- slows down,
- winded down,
- winding down,
- winds down,
- wound down.
-
relax
- laxes,
- laxing,
- lose speed,
- loses speed,
- re lax,
- re-lax.
-
soften
- tenderize,
- tenderized,
- tenderizing,
- tenderizes,
- became tender,
- become tender,
- becomes tender,
- becoming tender,
- dis integrate,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrates,
- dis integrating,
- dis solve,
- dis solved,
- dis solves,
- dis solving,
- dis-integrate,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrates,
- dis-integrating,
- dis-solve,
- dis-solved,
- dis-solves,
- dis-solving.
- ameliorate
- appease
-
comfort
- Succoring,
- make well,
- made well,
- makes well,
- making well,
- commiserate with,
- commiserated with,
- commiserates with,
- commiserating with,
- de light,
- de lighted,
- de lighting,
- de lights,
- de-light,
- de-lighted,
- de-lighting,
- de-lights,
- granting respite,
- in spirit,
- in spirited,
- in spiriting,
- in spirits,
- in-spirit,
- in-spirited,
- in-spiriting,
- in-spirits,
- lighten burden,
- lightened burden,
- lightening burden,
- lightens burden,
- put at ease,
- put ease,
- puts at ease,
- puts ease,
- putting ease,
- quiet fears,
- quieted fears,
- quieting fears,
- quiets fears,
- re animate,
- re animated,
- re animates,
- re animating,
- re assure,
- re assured,
- re freshes,
- re vitalize,
- re vitalized,
- re vitalizes,
- re vitalizing,
- re-animate,
- re-animated,
- re-animates,
- re-animating,
- re-assure,
- re-assured,
- re-assures,
- re-assuring,
- re-fresh,
- re-freshes,
- re-vitalized,
- re-vitalizes,
- re-vitalizing,
- up held,
- up hold,
- up holding,
- up holds,
- up raise,
- up raised,
- up raising,
- up-held,
- up-hold,
- up-holding,
- up-holds,
- up-raise,
- up-raised,
- up-raises,
- up-raising.
-
deaden
- anesthetize,
- anesthetized,
- etherize,
- gassing,
- ko'd,
- kos,
- put to sleep,
- Chloroformed,
- Chloroforming,
- Damped,
- Damping,
- Etherized,
- Etherizing,
- Gassed,
- anesthetizes,
- anesthetizing,
- puts to sleep,
- putting to sleep,
- DAMPS,
- be numb,
- be numbed,
- be numbing,
- be numbs,
- be-numb,
- be-numbed,
- be-numbing,
- be-numbs,
- de aden,
- de adens,
- de press,
- de pressed,
- de presses,
- de pressing,
- de sensitize,
- de sensitized,
- de sensitizes,
- de sensitizing,
- de stroy,
- de stroyed,
- de stroying,
- de stroys,
- de vitalize,
- de vitalized,
- de vitalizes,
- de vitalizing,
- de-aden,
- de-adens,
- de-press,
- de-pressed,
- de-presses,
- de-pressing,
- de-sensitize,
- de-sensitized,
- de-sensitizes,
- de-sensitizing,
- de-stroy,
- de-stroyed,
- de-stroying,
- de-stroys,
- de-vitalize,
- de-vitalized,
- de-vitalizes,
- de-vitalizing,
- in capacitate,
- in capacitated,
- in capacitates,
- in capacitating,
- in-capacitate,
- in-capacitated,
- in-capacitating,
- ko'ing,
- koing,
- put out order,
- put sleep,
- puts out of order,
- puts out order,
- puts sleep,
- putting out of order,
- putting out order,
- un nerve,
- un nerved,
- un nerves,
- un nerving,
- un-nerve,
- un-nerving.
-
ease
- attend to,
- speed up,
- speeded up,
- attended to,
- attending to,
- attends to,
- make easier,
- clear the way,
- clear way,
- cleared the way,
- cleared way,
- clearing the way,
- clearing way,
- clears the way,
- clears way,
- dis burden,
- dis burdened,
- dis burdening,
- dis burdens,
- dis engage,
- dis engaged,
- dis engages,
- dis engaging,
- dis-burden,
- dis-burdened,
- dis-burdening,
- dis-burdens,
- dis-engage,
- dis-engaged,
- dis-engages,
- dis-engaging,
- let up on,
- let upon,
- lets up on,
- lets upon,
- letted up on,
- letted upon,
- letting up on,
- letting upon,
- made easier,
- makes easier,
- making easier,
- open the door,
- opening door,
- opening the door,
- opens door,
- opens the door,
- pro moting,
- pro-mote,
- pro-motes,
- pro-moting,
- ran interference for,
- re lease,
- re leases,
- re-lease,
- re-leased,
- re-leases,
- run interference for,
- running interference for,
- runs interference for,
- sped up,
- speeding up,
- speeds up,
- un tighten,
- un tightened,
- un tightens,
- un-tighten,
- un-tightened,
- un-tightening,
- un-tightens.
- lay
- make peace
-
reprieve
- grant a stay,
- granted a stay,
- granted stay,
- granting a stay,
- grants a stay,
- grants stay,
- let hook,
- let off hook,
- let off this time,
- let off time,
- let the hook,
- let this time,
- let time,
- lets hook,
- lets off hook,
- lets off the hook,
- lets off time,
- lets the hook,
- lets this time,
- letted hook,
- letted off hook,
- letted off the hook,
- letted off this time,
- letted off time,
- letted the hook,
- letted this time,
- letted time,
- letting off hook,
- letting off the hook,
- letting off this time,
- letting off time,
- letting the hook,
- letting this time,
- letting time,
- post pone,
- post pones,
- post-pones.
- still
-
temper
- made reasonable,
- makes reasonable,
- making reasonable,
- monkey around with,
- monkeyed around with,
- monkeying around with,
- monkeys around with,
- re vamped,
- re vamps,
- re-vamp,
- re-vamped,
- re-vamping,
- re-vamps,
- take bite out of,
- take sting out of,
- take the bite out of,
- take the sting out of,
- takes bite out of,
- takes sting out of,
- takes the sting out of,
- taking bite out of,
- taking sting out of,
- taking the sting out of,
- took bite out of,
- took sting out of,
- took the bite out of,
- took the sting out of.
-
abate
- cool it,
- let go,
- mellow out,
- quell,
- recede,
- take it easy,
- taper off,
- unlax,
- waning,
- Dulling,
- Slackened,
- Waned,
- letting go,
- lets go,
- tapers,
- dulls,
- slackens,
- cooled it,
- cooling it,
- cools it,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- go with flow,
- go with the flow,
- goes with flow,
- goes with the flow,
- going with flow,
- going with the flow,
- hang easy,
- hang loose,
- hanged easy,
- hanged loose,
- hanging easy,
- hanging loose,
- hangs easy,
- hangs loose,
- hung easy,
- hung loose,
- laid back,
- lay back,
- laying back,
- lays back,
- let all hang out,
- let hang out,
- let it all hang out,
- let it hang out,
- lets all hang out,
- lets hang out,
- lets it all hang out,
- lets it hang out,
- letted all hang out,
- letted go,
- letted hang out,
- letted it all hang out,
- letted it hang out,
- letting all hang out,
- letting hang out,
- letting it all hang out,
- letting it hang out,
- mellowed out,
- mellowing out,
- mellows out,
- re cede,
- re ceded,
- re cedes,
- re ceding,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re-cede,
- re-ceded,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceding,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub side,
- sub sided,
- sub sides,
- sub siding,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- sub-side,
- sub-sided,
- sub-sides,
- sub-siding,
- take easy,
- takes easy,
- takes it easy,
- taking easy,
- taking it easy,
- tapers off,
- took easy,
- took it easy,
- un lax,
- un-lax,
- unlaxed,
- unlaxes,
- unlaxing,
- went with flow,
- went with the flow.
- attenuate
-
lull
- cool off,
- quiet down,
- lullabied,
- cooled off,
- cooling off,
- cools off,
- lullabying,
- put a lid on,
- put lid on,
- puts a lid on,
- putting a lid on,
- putting lid on,
- quieted down,
- quieting down,
- quiets down,
- take edge,
- take the edge,
- takes edge,
- takes the edge,
- taking edge,
- taking the edge,
- took edge,
- took the edge.
- mitigate
- mollify
-
palliate
- prettify,
- whiting,
- Glozed,
- Glozing,
- Gloze,
- Whites,
- prettified,
- prettifying,
- prettifies,
- apologize for,
- make light of,
- apologized for,
- apologizes for,
- apologizing for,
- dis guise,
- dis guised,
- dis guises,
- dis guising,
- dis-guise,
- dis-guised,
- dis-guises,
- dis-guising,
- glozes,
- made light of,
- makes light of,
- making light of,
- put a band aid,
- put a band-aid,
- put a bandaid,
- put band aid,
- put bandaid,
- put on a band aid,
- put on a bandaid,
- put on band aid,
- put on band-aid,
- put on bandaid,
- puts a band aid,
- puts a band-aid,
- puts a bandaid,
- puts band aid,
- puts band-aid,
- puts bandaid,
- puts on a band-aid,
- puts on a bandaid,
- puts on band aid,
- puts on band-aid,
- puts on bandaid,
- putting a band aid,
- putting a band-aid,
- putting a bandaid,
- putting band aid,
- putting bandaid,
- putting on a band aid,
- putting on a band-aid,
- putting on a bandaid,
- putting on band aid,
- putting on band-aid,
- putting on bandaid,
- quick fixed,
- quick fixing,
- quick fixt.
-
remit
- intermit,
- prorogue,
- Amnestied,
- Amnestying,
- Intermitted,
- Intermitting,
- Prorogued,
- Proroguing,
- prorogues,
- intermits,
- de lay,
- de laying,
- de lays,
- de-lay,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- falls away,
- fell away,
- pro rogue,
- pro rogues,
- pro roguing,
- pro-rogued,
- pro-rogues,
- pro-roguing,
- re peal,
- re pealed,
- re pealing,
- re peals,
- re spite,
- re spited,
- re spites,
- re-pealed,
- re-peals,
- re-spites,
- re-spiting.
- slake
- solace
- lessen, grow or cause to grow less
- reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
- relieve; lessen
- satisfy, pacify
- soothe, relieve
- modify
-
make composed, quiet
- calm.
- make to feel better
- reduce punishment
- calm, bring under control
-
take a break; abate
- cool.
-
allay
- lighten,
- squared,
- pacifies,
- play up to,
- cool out,
- cooled out,
- cooling out,
- cools out,
- made nice,
- make nice,
- makes nice,
- making nice,
- play to,
- played to,
- played up to,
- playing to,
- playing up to,
- plays to,
- plays up to,
- pour oil on,
- poured oil on,
- pouring oil on,
- pours oil on,
- take bite out,
- take the bite out,
- take the sting out,
- takes bite out,
- takes sting out,
- takes the bite out,
- takes the sting out,
- taking bite out,
- taking sting out,
- taking the bite out,
- taking the sting out,
- took bite out,
- took sting out,
- took the bite out,
- took the sting out,
- allay.
- diminish, muffle, quiet
-
alleviate, help
- ease.
- make more forceful, severe
-
make smooth
- lay.
- lower, reduce
-
calm, ease off
- lull.
- check, diminish, lighten
- restrain, control
- lessen, reduce
- pacify, soothe
- reduce, simplify
- make peaceful; appease
- gloss over; cover up
- lessen, restrict
- satisfy, especially thirst
- diminish, lessen
- make less painful; let up on
- fix, cure
- stop, postpone
- relieve of blame, responsibility
- calm, soothe
- give comfort, peace
- calm, ease
- make quiet, motionless, calm
- calm, moderate
-
at ease
- ease.
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
inherence inherency
- Antonyms:
- acquired, alien.
