Synonyms for Lessen:

• n.

  •
  • mute,
  • shrivel.
  •cut back (noun)
  • cut.

• v.

  •abridge (verb)
  • putting nutshell,
  • blue pencilled,
  • blue penciled,
  • blue penciling,
  • puts nutshell,
  • putting in nutshell,
  • re strict,
  • re-strict,
  • put nutshell,
  • puts in nutshell,
  • blue pencilling,
  • blue pencils.
  •allay (verb)
  • play to,
  • taking sting out,
  • made nice,
  • took the sting out,
  • cooled out,
  • playing to,
  • played to,
  • taking bite out,
  • take bite out,
  • taking the bite out,
  • cools out,
  • took bite out,
  • pouring oil on,
  • playing up to,
  • taking the sting out,
  • plays to,
  • pours oil on,
  • takes sting out,
  • takes bite out,
  • making nice,
  • took sting out,
  • played up to,
  • takes the bite out,
  • cooling out,
  • took the bite out,
  • takes the sting out,
  • poured oil on,
  • plays up to.
  •alleviate (verb)
  • alleviate,
  • relieve.
  •appease (verb)
  • makes matters up,
  • met halfway,
  • being enough,
  • sub due,
  • sub-dues,
  • patches things up,
  • sub-due,
  • making matters up,
  • patched things up,
  • wast enough,
  • made matters up,
  • are enough,
  • am enough,
  • sub dues,
  • wert enough,
  • is enough,
  • patching things up,
  • was enough.
  •assuage (verb)
  • takes the edge off,
  • took the edge off,
  • taking edge off,
  • taking the edge off,
  • took edge off,
  • take edge off,
  • takes edge off.
  •attenuate (verb)
  • under mining,
  • under-mined,
  • under-mining,
  • under mined.
  •commercialize (verb)
  • made pay,
  • making saleable,
  • develops as business,
  • makes pay,
  • making profitable,
  • makes bring returns,
  • making pay,
  • made profitable,
  • made saleable,
  • making bring returns,
  • made marketable,
  • developing as business,
  • developed as business,
  • makes saleable,
  • making marketable,
  • made bring returns,
  • makes marketable,
  • makes profitable.
  •compose (verb)
  • re collected,
  • re-strained,
  • eases up,
  • re lax,
  • be calming,
  • simmers down,
  • re-collects,
  • re pressed,
  • re solve,
  • re-lax,
  • re-strains,
  • re-solved,
  • re-solving,
  • re-collecting,
  • re strained,
  • re-pressing,
  • be-calm,
  • re-collected,
  • re collect,
  • re strain,
  • re-straining,
  • simmered down,
  • re pressing,
  • re-solves,
  • re solves,
  • re-press,
  • re press,
  • re-solve,
  • re-presses,
  • re collecting,
  • tuning down,
  • be calm,
  • simmering down,
  • be-calming,
  • be-calms,
  • re-strain,
  • be calmed,
  • balming,
  • holds in,
  • easing up,
  • re strains,
  • re collects,
  • re presses,
  • be calms,
  • tuned down,
  • tunes down,
  • be-calmed,
  • re straining.
  •consume (verb)
  • finishes up,
  • pre-occupies,
  • ex-pended,
  • pre occupy,
  • frivolling away,
  • ex pends,
  • availed oneself of,
  • pre-occupy,
  • frivols away,
  • hadst recourse to,
  • ex-pends,
  • pre occupied,
  • washes up,
  • putting to use,
  • frivoled away,
  • ex pend,
  • ex-pend,
  • puts use,
  • hast recourse to,
  • availed of,
  • profited by,
  • frivoling away,
  • runs through,
  • avails of,
  • running out of,
  • has recourse to,
  • had recourse to,
  • frivolled away,
  • washing up,
  • profiting by,
  • pre-occupying,
  • profits by,
  • runs out of,
  • ex pending,
  • ex-pending,
  • put use,
  • ran out of,
  • pre-occupied,
  • availing oneself of,
  • hath recourse to,
  • haddest recourse to,
  • putting use,
  • puts to use,
  • having recourse to,
  • pre occupies,
  • ex pended,
  • pre occupying,
  • availing of,
  • finishing up.
  •contract (verb)
  • sub-sides,
  • syncopates,
  • sub-side,
  • growing less,
  • sub-sided,
  • grew less,
  • de-clines,
  • draws in,
  • de-cline,
  • sub side,
  • Syncopating,
  • de clines,
  • sub sides,
  • de cline,
  • sub-siding,
  • sub sided,
  • sub siding,
  • becoming smaller,
  • drawing in,
  • fell away,
  • becomes smaller.
  •cool (verb)
  • air-cooling,
  • aircools,
  • air cooled,
  • aircooled,
  • air conditioned,
  • loses heat,
  • infrigidating,
  • air condition,
  • airconditions,
  • aircondition,
  • lost heat,
  • air cool,
  • air-conditions,
  • infrigidated,
  • airconditioned,
  • air cools,
  • air-cools,
  • aircool,
  • aircooling,
  • losing heat,
  • infrigidates,
  • airconditioning.
  •curtail (verb)
  • gets meat,
  • rolls back,
  • gat meat,
  • got to meat,
  • minifies,
  • getting to meat,
  • gotten to meat,
  • gets to meat,
  • getting meat,
  • rolled back,
  • get meat,
  • boiling down,
  • boiled down,
  • gotten meat,
  • rolling back,
  • gat to meat,
  • got meat,
  • pares down.
  •cut back (verb)
  • marks off.
  •deaden (verb)
  • de aden,
  • be numbs,
  • in-capacitated,
  • put out order,
  • be-numbing,
  • be-numbed,
  • de stroy,
  • de-vitalize,
  • de vitalizes,
  • de sensitized,
  • putting sleep,
  • lays out,
  • de-sensitizes,
  • be numbed,
  • puts out order,
  • de vitalize,
  • in capacitates,
  • Etherized,
  • in capacitating,
  • de adens,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • de-sensitize,
  • de-sensitizing,
  • de vitalizing,
  • un-nerves,
  • de sensitizing,
  • ko'ing,
  • de stroying,
  • de-sensitized,
  • un nerving,
  • ko'd,
  • in capacitate,
  • be-numb,
  • koing,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • de-stroyed,
  • un-nerve,
  • un-nerving,
  • etherizes,
  • de vitalized,
  • de-adens,
  • de-stroying,
  • de stroys,
  • in capacitated,
  • put sleep,
  • un nerve,
  • de-vitalized,
  • Etherizing,
  • KOD,
  • de-stroys,
  • un nerves,
  • in-capacitate,
  • putting out order,
  • de-aden,
  • de sensitizes,
  • in-capacitating,
  • be numb,
  • puts sleep,
  • be-numbs,
  • un nerved,
  • putting out of order,
  • be numbing,
  • de stroyed,
  • in-capacitates,
  • de sensitize,
  • puts out of order.
  •decay (verb)
  • dis colors,
  • dis-solved,
  • hitting the skids,
  • de filed,
  • dis integrates,
  • dis-coloring,
  • de filing,
  • being impaired,
  • de-files,
  • dis-colored,
  • de cay,
  • became contaminated,
  • de-filed,
  • dis colored,
  • dis-solves,
  • going to dogs,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dry rotting,
  • putresced,
  • hitting skids,
  • went to seed,
  • dis color,
  • reaching depths,
  • becomes contaminated,
  • dis-colors,
  • dis-integrating,
  • art impaired,
  • dry-rots,
  • dry-rotted,
  • am impaired,
  • dis-integrates,
  • de-composed,
  • gat worse,
  • disco-loring,
  • goes seed,
  • pejorates,
  • go the dogs,
  • hits the skids,
  • becoming contaminated,
  • dis-integrate,
  • goes to the dogs,
  • are impaired,
  • was impaired,
  • dryrotting,
  • de compose,
  • go dogs,
  • reached depths,
  • going the dogs,
  • de-cay,
  • dry-rotting,
  • dis integrating,
  • wast impaired,
  • going bad,
  • pejorated,
  • went to dogs,
  • dryrots,
  • go seed,
  • going to seed,
  • is impaired,
  • de-compose,
  • de composes,
  • goes to dogs,
  • were impaired,
  • pejorating,
  • went bad,
  • putresces,
  • going dogs,
  • de-filing,
  • dryrotted,
  • hits skids,
  • went dogs,
  • dis-solve,
  • went to the dogs,
  • de-cays,
  • went seed,
  • reaches depths,
  • dis solving,
  • de composed,
  • going to the dogs,
  • dis integrated,
  • goes dogs,
  • de composing,
  • hit skids,
  • hitting rock bottom,
  • going seed,
  • dis solves,
  • de-composes,
  • de-composing,
  • de-file,
  • de cays,
  • dry rots,
  • de files,
  • dryrot,
  • dis solved,
  • wore away,
  • wastes away,
  • de file,
  • wert impaired,
  • disco loring,
  • dis solve,
  • dis coloring,
  • goes the dogs,
  • go to dogs,
  • hits rock bottom,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis integrate,
  • dry rotted,
  • went the dogs,
  • dis-color.
  •decrease (verb)
  • concentrate,
  • truncate,
  • erode,
  • lower,
  • abridge,
  • compress,
  • recede,
  • decrement,
  • deflate,
  • compact,
  • abate,
  • abbreviate,
  • die down,
  • subside.
  •deduct (verb)
  • de ducted,
  • dis-counts,
  • re-bating,
  • all owing,
  • re move,
  • dis counts,
  • all-owed,
  • re bated,
  • re-moving,
  • sub tracts,
  • with-drawing,
  • de duct,
  • re-bates,
  • dis-counted,
  • dis-counting,
  • re moved,
  • all owed,
  • dis counted,
  • de ducting,
  • re-moves,
  • de-ducts,
  • sub-tracts,
  • took from,
  • de-duct,
  • with draw,
  • re bates,
  • with-drawn,
  • re-move,
  • sub-tract,
  • with draws,
  • with drawing,
  • re bate,
  • re bating,
  • re-bated,
  • re moving,
  • with-drew,
  • de ducts,
  • decreasing by,
  • de-ducting,
  • taking from,
  • with drawn,
  • re-bate,
  • with-draw,
  • dis counting,
  • decreases by,
  • with drew,
  • de-ducted,
  • all-owing,
  • takes from,
  • sub tract.
  •defuse (verb)
  • demilitarizing,
  • de fused,
  • de activated,
  • de-militarizes,
  • de-fused,
  • de fusing,
  • de activating,
  • de-activate,
  • de-fuse,
  • de fuse,
  • de-activates,
  • de-militarizing,
  • demilitarizes,
  • de militarized,
  • de militarizes,
  • de militarize,
  • de-militarized,
  • de-fuses,
  • de-militarize,
  • de activates,
  • de militarizing,
  • de-fusing,
  • de fuses,
  • de activate.
  •degenerate (verb)
  • dis improve,
  • re turns,
  • die vine,
  • died on vine,
  • re-turns,
  • de generating,
  • disimproved,
  • de-scended,
  • come apart seams,
  • disimproves,
  • de-generated,
  • disimproving,
  • dis-improved,
  • de-scends,
  • dis-improves,
  • dis-improve,
  • dis improving,
  • came apart seams,
  • comes apart at seams,
  • re-turning,
  • go pieces,
  • de scended,
  • de-generates,
  • dis improved,
  • coming apart seams,
  • re turn,
  • de-scend,
  • died vine,
  • dies on vine,
  • de scend,
  • de generate,
  • de scending,
  • comes apart seams,
  • de generated,
  • de generates,
  • Re-turn,
  • coming apart at seams,
  • de scends,
  • dieing on vine,
  • dying on vine,
  • re-turned,
  • dis improves,
  • dieing vine,
  • dis-improving,
  • on vine,
  • de-generating,
  • came apart at seams,
  • dies vine,
  • de-generate,
  • de-scending,
  • dying vine,
  • re turning.
  •degrade (verb)
  • de-grades,
  • de-classing,
  • de grade,
  • de-grading,
  • de-means,
  • de tracts,
  • dis-credit,
  • de classes,
  • cut down size,
  • de-graded,
  • Declassing,
  • de cried,
  • taking down a peg,
  • cutting down size,
  • declasses,
  • de mote,
  • de grading,
  • de base,
  • de-tract,
  • dis credit,
  • be-meaning,
  • takes down a peg,
  • dis honoring,
  • de-mote,
  • de-pose,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis-bars,
  • de-mean,
  • de-tracts,
  • de-crying,
  • de-grade,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-bar,
  • dis-honoring,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis bars,
  • took down a peg,
  • de-cried,
  • casts down,
  • de based,
  • be mean,
  • de-meaning,
  • dis credited,
  • be-little,
  • de means,
  • de-cries,
  • de-class,
  • dis credits,
  • de-posed,
  • de-based,
  • de posing,
  • bemeans,
  • dis barring,
  • dis-grace,
  • de cry,
  • shoots down,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis-graced,
  • de motes,
  • de-base,
  • shooting down,
  • dis gracing,
  • dis honored,
  • de-classes,
  • dis-honored,
  • mudslinged,
  • be-mean,
  • de posed,
  • be-littles,
  • take down peg,
  • de meaning,
  • bemeaning,
  • dis graced,
  • de cries,
  • de mean,
  • cuts down to size,
  • dis-gracing,
  • de class,
  • be littles,
  • de-classed,
  • dis bar,
  • de basing,
  • taking down peg,
  • mudslings,
  • de graded,
  • dis-barring,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-honor,
  • de-cry,
  • de-basing,
  • de-posing,
  • be means,
  • dis crediting,
  • dis-credited,
  • de tract,
  • de classed,
  • dis-barred,
  • cutting down to size,
  • be meaning,
  • de-moting,
  • de crying,
  • takes down peg,
  • de-motes,
  • de grades,
  • de moting,
  • dis grace,
  • took down peg,
  • dis honors,
  • be-means,
  • cuts down size,
  • de pose,
  • dis barred,
  • dis graces,
  • de classing.
  •deplete (verb)
  • digging in to,
  • dig in to,
  • digging into,
  • digs into,
  • dug in to,
  • dug into,
  • uses up,
  • digged in to,
  • digs in to,
  • digged into.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • devalorized,
  • under values,
  • de valorize,
  • under-rated,
  • under valuing,
  • under rates,
  • de valorizing,
  • under-value,
  • under value,
  • de-valorizes,
  • devalorizing,
  • under-rate,
  • wrote down,
  • de-valorize,
  • under rating,
  • under-valued,
  • under rated,
  • de-valorized,
  • under valued,
  • writ down,
  • under rate,
  • devalorizes,
  • de valorized,
  • de-valorizing,
  • under-valuing,
  • under-rating,
  • writes down,
  • under-values,
  • under-rates,
  • de valorizes.
  •depress (verb)
  • de pressing,
  • de-press,
  • de-pressed,
  • de-pressing,
  • de press,
  • de presses,
  • de pressed,
  • de-presses.
  •deteriorate (verb)
  • goes to pot,
  • is worse for wear,
  • being worse for wear,
  • are worse for wear,
  • retro-grades,
  • loses quality,
  • am worse for wear,
  • was worse for wear,
  • becomes worse,
  • retro grades,
  • going pot,
  • goes pot,
  • retro grading,
  • losing it,
  • were worse for wear,
  • retro-grading,
  • went pot,
  • became worse,
  • losing quality,
  • art worse for wear,
  • retro-grade,
  • loses it,
  • retro grade,
  • becoming worse,
  • retro-graded,
  • went to pot,
  • retro graded,
  • go pot,
  • wast worse for wear,
  • lost quality,
  • wert worse for wear,
  • going to pot.
  •detract (verb)
  • defame,
  • abrade,
  • discount,
  • disparage,
  • decry,
  • derogate,
  • cast aspersion,
  • malign,
  • detract.
  •devaluate (verb)
  • de valuating,
  • de-valuate,
  • de-valuated,
  • de-valuating,
  • de valuate,
  • de valuates,
  • de valuated,
  • de-valuates.
  •dilute (verb)
  • co-oking,
  • co oked,
  • doctored up,
  • doctors up,
  • phonied up,
  • phonies up,
  • phonying up,
  • co oking,
  • doctoring up,
  • co-oked.
  •diminish (verb)
  • downgrade,
  • weed,
  • prune,
  • shave,
  • condense,
  • cull,
  • shear,
  • lighten,
  • nip,
  • crop,
  • bob,
  • clip,
  • pare,
  • trim.
  •downplay (verb)
  • de-value,
  • de-valued,
  • de emphasize,
  • de valued,
  • de-values,
  • de value,
  • de valuing,
  • de-valuing,
  • attaching little importance to,
  • thinking nothing of,
  • attaches little importance to,
  • giving little weight to,
  • gives little weight to,
  • thought nothing of,
  • de values,
  • thinks nothing of,
  • attached little importance to,
  • making light of,
  • makes light of,
  • gave little weight to.
  •drain (verb)
  • drew off,
  • gat last drop,
  • bleeds dry,
  • freed from,
  • bled dry,
  • gotten last drop,
  • got last drop,
  • gulping down,
  • filtering off,
  • drinks up,
  • gulps down,
  • bleeding dry,
  • draws off,
  • gets last drop,
  • drunk up,
  • drank up,
  • drinking up,
  • filters off,
  • freeing from,
  • gulped down,
  • getting last drop,
  • filtered off.
  •dwindle (verb)
  • dying away,
  • died away,
  • dieing away,
  • dies away,
  • awaying.
  •ease (verb)
  • letting upon,
  • re-leases,
  • dis-engaging,
  • let upon,
  • speeds up,
  • dis burdening,
  • pro moting,
  • dis-engage,
  • cleared the way,
  • pro-mote,
  • dis-burden,
  • pro-motes,
  • opening the door,
  • dis-engages,
  • opens door,
  • opening door,
  • opened door,
  • clear way,
  • cleared way,
  • runs interference for,
  • re lease,
  • dis engage,
  • dis-burdened,
  • makes easier,
  • clears the way,
  • re-lease,
  • dis-burdens,
  • lets up on,
  • letted upon,
  • dis burdens,
  • clears way,
  • dis engaged,
  • clearing the way,
  • dis burden,
  • dis burdened,
  • attending to,
  • clearing way,
  • dis engages,
  • lets upon,
  • pro-moting,
  • running interference for,
  • making easier,
  • letted up on,
  • opens the door,
  • re leases,
  • dis-burdening,
  • attends to,
  • letting up on,
  • dis engaging,
  • dis-engaged,
  • ran interference for,
  • re-leased.
  •ebb (verb)
  • re treats,
  • re-treats,
  • re tires,
  • eases off,
  • re-tires,
  • re-tire,
  • re-tiring,
  • re tiring,
  • re tired,
  • re-treated,
  • re tire,
  • re treating,
  • re-treat,
  • re-treating,
  • eased off,
  • flowed back.
  •fade (verb)
  • dis-appear,
  • dis-appeared,
  • dis appear,
  • dis appearing,
  • dis-appearing,
  • dis appeared,
  • dis perse,
  • dis-appears,
  • fagging out,
  • melts away,
  • evanishing,
  • melting away,
  • melted away,
  • tuckers out,
  • dis appears,
  • tuckering out,
  • evanishes,
  • evanished,
  • dis-perse,
  • fags out.
  •fall (verb)
  • folds up,
  • re-lapses,
  • were precipitated,
  • nose diving,
  • top-pled,
  • hitting the dirt,
  • art precipitated,
  • re lapsed,
  • taking a header,
  • re-lapsed,
  • hitting dirt,
  • takes header,
  • nosedove,
  • is precipitated,
  • re lapse,
  • re lapsing,
  • drops down,
  • nose dived,
  • re-lapsing,
  • caved in,
  • nose-dove,
  • hit dirt,
  • top pled,
  • take header,
  • took header,
  • took a header,
  • takes a header,
  • was precipitated,
  • hits dirt,
  • wert precipitated,
  • nose dives,
  • dropt down,
  • hits the dirt,
  • brake down,
  • breaks down,
  • dropped down,
  • folding up,
  • tipping over,
  • re lapses,
  • are precipitated,
  • taking header,
  • broke down,
  • nose dove,
  • re-lapse,
  • being precipitated,
  • wast precipitated,
  • tips over,
  • folded up,
  • nosediving,
  • am precipitated,
  • dropping down.
  •go down (verb)
  • is beaten,
  • makes less,
  • wast beaten,
  • sub-merging,
  • am beaten,
  • suffered defeat,
  • was defeated,
  • art beaten,
  • making less,
  • sub-merges,
  • art defeated,
  • sub merges,
  • were defeated,
  • are defeated,
  • wert defeated,
  • wast defeated,
  • being beaten,
  • wert beaten,
  • suffering defeat,
  • sub-merged,
  • being defeated,
  • sub merging,
  • was beaten,
  • sub-merge,
  • am defeated,
  • made less,
  • is defeated,
  • are beaten,
  • were beaten.
  •impair (verb)
  • in validate,
  • in validating,
  • un fitted,
  • lost strength,
  • dis qualified,
  • made useless,
  • un fits,
  • dis-qualified,
  • in-validate,
  • losing strength,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • in-validated,
  • un-fits,
  • dis qualifying,
  • un-fitting,
  • un fitting,
  • dis-qualify,
  • un-fitted,
  • makes useless,
  • loses strength,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • in-validates,
  • making useless,
  • in-validating,
  • dis qualifies,
  • in validates,
  • in validated,
  • dis qualify,
  • un-fit.
  •lessen (verb)
  • subordinate.
  •lighten (verb)
  • unload.
  •limit (verb)
  • de-fine,
  • de-fining,
  • pre-scribe,
  • keeps lid on,
  • de fine,
  • keeps the lid on,
  • pre scribing,
  • de limit,
  • de-limit,
  • keeping lid on,
  • de limited,
  • de-limited,
  • pre-scribing,
  • de fining,
  • kept the lid on,
  • pre-scribed,
  • de limiting,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • kept lid on,
  • draw line,
  • de limits,
  • de-limiting,
  • pre scribe,
  • de-limits,
  • de fined,
  • de-fines,
  • de-fined,
  • de fines,
  • pre-scribes.
  •lower (verb)
  • de escalates,
  • de escalate,
  • de-escalates,
  • de-escalating,
  • de escalated,
  • de escalating,
  • scales down,
  • deescalates,
  • de-escalated.
  •lower, reduce (verb)
  • decline,
  • amputate,
  • narrow,
  • slacken,
  • thin,
  • downsize,
  • soft-pedal,
  • attenuate,
  • slack up,
  • close.
  •minimize (verb)
  • poor mouthed,
  • under-play,
  • poor mouthing,
  • under estimated,
  • under played,
  • poormouthing,
  • made little of,
  • poormouths,
  • poor-mouths,
  • under-played,
  • makes little of,
  • under-playing,
  • poormouthed,
  • under plays,
  • under play,
  • making little of,
  • under-plays,
  • under estimates,
  • under playing,
  • under-estimated,
  • poor mouths,
  • under estimate,
  • cutting rate,
  • poor-mouthed,
  • poor-mouthing,
  • poohpooh,
  • miniaturizing,
  • cuts rate,
  • under estimating,
  • under-estimate,
  • under-estimating.
  •mitigate (verb)
  • came together.
  •moderate (verb)
  • softpedal.
  •pale (verb)
  • lost color,
  • grew dull,
  • goes white,
  • going white,
  • losing color,
  • losing luster,
  • lost luster,
  • went white,
  • loses color,
  • loses luster,
  • growing dull,
  • grows dull.
  •palliate (verb)
  • put a band-aid,
  • puts on band-aid,
  • quick fixing,
  • put on bandaid,
  • putting on band-aid,
  • put on a band aid,
  • apologizes for,
  • puts bandaid,
  • putting band aid,
  • puts on band aid,
  • put bandaid,
  • putting a bandaid,
  • puts band aid,
  • put on a bandaid,
  • puts band-aid,
  • puts on a band-aid,
  • dis-guises,
  • put on band aid,
  • puts on bandaid,
  • dis guising,
  • puts a band-aid,
  • put a bandaid,
  • putting on band aid,
  • putting a band aid,
  • putting on a bandaid,
  • putting on a band-aid,
  • putting a band-aid,
  • putting on bandaid,
  • put band aid,
  • quick fixt,
  • put on band-aid,
  • dis-guising,
  • put band-aid,
  • dis guise,
  • dis guised,
  • dis-guise,
  • put a band aid,
  • putting bandaid,
  • puts on a band aid,
  • apologized for,
  • putting band-aid,
  • dis guises,
  • puts a band aid,
  • puts on a bandaid,
  • apologizing for,
  • quick fixed,
  • putting on a band aid,
  • glozes,
  • puts a bandaid,
  • Glozed,
  • dis-guised.
  •peter (verb)
  • tailing away,
  • tailed away,
  • tails away.
  •peter out (verb)
  • comes nothing,
  • came nothing,
  • comes to nothing,
  • coming to nothing,
  • ran dry,
  • running dry,
  • runs dry,
  • came to nothing,
  • coming nothing,
  • come nothing.
  •recede (verb)
  • de parts,
  • re ceding,
  • re-tracts,
  • de-parts,
  • de-parted,
  • de-part,
  • re-ceding,
  • re-tract,
  • re-cedes,
  • de-parting,
  • re-cede,
  • de part,
  • re cedes,
  • re ceded,
  • de parting,
  • dieing off,
  • re tract,
  • dies off,
  • re cede,
  • re tracts,
  • de parted,
  • drained away,
  • died off,
  • re-ceded,
  • drains away.
  •reduce (verb)
  • taking off weight,
  • nutshelled,
  • goes on a diet,
  • take weight,
  • go a diet,
  • losing weight,
  • banted,
  • lost weight,
  • winded down,
  • going on diet,
  • taking weight,
  • went a diet,
  • nutshelling,
  • re-duces,
  • go on diet,
  • went diet,
  • going on a diet,
  • re duces,
  • goes on diet,
  • went on a diet,
  • took weight,
  • took off weight,
  • went on diet,
  • takes off weight,
  • go diet,
  • going diet,
  • goes diet,
  • wound down,
  • re-duce,
  • bants,
  • goes a diet,
  • going a diet,
  • takes weight,
  • winds down,
  • re duce.
  •retard (verb)
  • brought screeching halt,
  • post pone,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • slowing up,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • closes off,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • hanging up,
  • de-laying,
  • post pones,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • retardated,
  • de tains,
  • de lay,
  • post-pones,
  • de laying,
  • de-lay,
  • de-tain,
  • de-lays,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • retardating,
  • chokes off,
  • de-tains,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • slows up,
  • hanged up,
  • de tain,
  • de lays.
  •retrench (verb)
  • re trenching,
  • re-trench,
  • re-trenched,
  • re-trenching,
  • re trench,
  • re trenches,
  • re trenched,
  • re-trenches.
  •retrocede (verb)
  • retro-cedes,
  • retro-ceding,
  • retro ceded,
  • retro-ceded,
  • retro cede,
  • retro ceding,
  • retro cedes,
  • retro-cede.
  •shorten (verb)
  • cutting bone,
  • making a long story short,
  • cuts the bone,
  • makes a long story short,
  • cut the bone,
  • puts in a nutshell,
  • puts a nutshell,
  • cut bone,
  • made long story short,
  • cutting to bone,
  • putting in a nutshell,
  • cuts bone,
  • cuts to the bone,
  • making long story short,
  • cutting to the bone,
  • cuts to bone,
  • cutting the bone,
  • make long story short,
  • makes long story short,
  • putting a nutshell,
  • put a nutshell,
  • made a long story short.
  •shrink (verb)
  • falls short,
  • grew smaller,
  • growing smaller,
  • grows smaller,
  • fell short.
  •slack/slacken (verb)
  • lays back,
  • lied down on job,
  • lie down job,
  • laying back,
  • lied down job,
  • lies down on job,
  • lying down on job,
  • lying down job,
  • lies down job,
  • lay down job,
  • lay down on job.
  •slacken (verb)
  • slack down or off or up.
  •slake (verb)
  • re-fresh,
  • re-freshes,
  • relaxedded,
  • relaxeds,
  • re freshes,
  • relaxedding.
  •slow (verb)
  • backwatered,
  • loses speed,
  • anchored it,
  • hit brakes,
  • embogged,
  • back-watered,
  • back watered,
  • back water,
  • kept waiting,
  • hits brakes,
  • hitting brakes,
  • reining in,
  • back watering,
  • embogging,
  • embogs,
  • reducing speed,
  • reduced speed,
  • letted down flaps,
  • anchoring it,
  • loses steam,
  • lost steam,
  • back-waters,
  • keeping waiting,
  • backwatering,
  • losing speed,
  • back waters,
  • letting down flaps,
  • losing steam,
  • hits the brakes,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • lost speed,
  • reduces speed,
  • keeps waiting,
  • back-watering,
  • lets down flaps,
  • anchors it.
  •soften (verb)
  • becomes tender,
  • became tender,
  • becoming tender.
  •subtract (verb)
  • dock,
  • delete,
  • subtract.
  •taper/taper off (verb)
  • come point,
  • come a point,
  • came to point,
  • came a point,
  • came to a point,
  • coming point,
  • comes to a point,
  • coming a point,
  • thins out,
  • comes a point,
  • coming to a point,
  • coming to point,
  • come to point,
  • comes point,
  • thinned out,
  • came point,
  • comes to point.
  •temper (verb)
  • take bite out of,
  • taking sting out of,
  • re-vamp,
  • takes bite out of,
  • taking bite out of,
  • re-vamps,
  • monkeys around with,
  • take sting out of,
  • monkeying around with,
  • took the sting out of,
  • took bite out of,
  • takes the sting out of,
  • re vamps,
  • makes reasonable,
  • taking the bite out of,
  • takes sting out of,
  • took the bite out of,
  • re vamped,
  • re-vamping,
  • making reasonable,
  • took sting out of,
  • takes the bite out of,
  • made reasonable,
  • taking the sting out of,
  • monkeyed around with,
  • re-vamped.
  •undercut (verb)
  • de-stabilized,
  • under-cutting,
  • under cuts,
  • under cutting,
  • de stabilizes,
  • de-stabilize,
  • under-cut,
  • de-stabilizes,
  • de-stabilizing,
  • de stabilizing,
  • de stabilize,
  • de stabilized,
  • under cut,
  • under-cuts.
  •understate (verb)
  • under stating,
  • under-state,
  • under-stated,
  • under-stating,
  • under state,
  • under states,
  • under stated,
  • under-states.
  •untighten (verb)
  • un-tighten,
  • un-tightened,
  • un-tightening,
  • un tightening,
  • un tighten,
  • un tightens,
  • un tightened,
  • un-tightens.
  •weaken (verb)
  • adulterate.
  •whittle (verb)
  • ate away.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • emasculate,
  • chip away,
  • play down,
  • trivialize,
  • dampen,
  • neuter,
  • derogate from,
  • soft pedal,
  • peter.
  •
  • eclipse,
  • tone down,
  • undercut,
  • undermine,
  • overshadow.
  •
  • damp,
  • fail,
  • rebate,
  • comfort.
  •
  • blunt,
  • dwarf.
  •
  • take in,
  • take up.
  •
  • save.
  •
  • shake.
  •
  • dim.
  •commercialize
  • develop as business,
  • make marketable,
  • make bring returns,
  • make profitable,
  • make saleable,
  • sell,
  • make pay.
  •compose
  • Re-collect,
  • ease up,
  • relaxes,
  • held in,
  • eased up,
  • holding in,
  • tune down,
  • hold in,
  • balmed,
  • simmer down.
  •consume
  • waste,
  • washed up,
  • finish up,
  • put to use,
  • avail of,
  • run out of,
  • avail oneself of,
  • Trifled,
  • obsessing,
  • finished up,
  • wash up,
  • expend,
  • exhaust,
  • have recourse to,
  • going through,
  • frivol away,
  • profit by,
  • avails oneself of.
  •contract
  • wrinkle,
  • grows less,
  • become smaller,
  • drew in,
  • lose,
  • syncopated,
  • falling away,
  • Waned,
  • grow less,
  • syncopate,
  • draw in,
  • fall away,
  • became smaller,
  • falls away.
  •cool
  • frosted,
  • Air cooling,
  • Allying,
  • air-cooled,
  • Infrigidate,
  • air conditions,
  • lose heat,
  • air-conditioning,
  • air-cool,
  • air-condition,
  • air-conditioned.
  •curtail
  • Minified,
  • boil down,
  • Minifying,
  • paring down,
  • boils down,
  • get to meat,
  • pared down,
  • minify,
  • roll back,
  • pare down.
  •cut back
  • marked off,
  • mark off,
  • marking off.
  •decrease
  • slowed down,
  • taper,
  • downed,
  • drop off,
  • slacking off,
  • narrow down,
  • Downs,
  • tailing off,
  • run low,
  • drying up,
  • dry up,
  • wear down,
  • died down,
  • dying down,
  • slake,
  • downing,
  • slow down,
  • ran low,
  • dried up,
  • tail off,
  • slack off,
  • lose edge,
  • dies down.
  •deteriorate
  • Retrograding,
  • lose it,
  • be worse for wear,
  • become worse,
  • Retrograded,
  • go to pot,
  • lost it,
  • lose quality,
  • retrogrades.
  •dilute
  • diffused,
  • doctor up,
  • diffuses,
  • phony up,
  • diffusing.
  •diminish
  • fading away,
  • fades away,
  • OUTS,
  • outed,
  • died out,
  • die out,
  • fade away.
  •downplay
  • think nothing of,
  • give little weight to,
  • deemphasize,
  • made light of,
  • attach little importance to,
  • whitewashed,
  • make light of.
  •economize
  • cut back,
  • retrench.
  •go down
  • be defeated,
  • make less,
  • suffer defeat,
  • suffers defeat,
  • be beaten.
  •lighten
  • unburdening,
  • uplights,
  • make lighter,
  • pours out,
  • unburden,
  • unburdens,
  • take a load off,
  • pouring out,
  • poured out,
  • unburdened,
  • jettison,
  • pour out,
  • made lighter,
  • uplight.
  •limit
  • hem in,
  • corked,
  • rationed,
  • limits,
  • delimitated,
  • delimitating,
  • keep lid on,
  • corking,
  • delimitates,
  • limited,
  • rationing,
  • keep the lid on,
  • delimitate.
  •lower
  • deescalate,
  • deescalated,
  • deescalating,
  • scaling down,
  • de-escalate,
  • scale down,
  • lowered,
  • scaled down.
  •peter
  • tail away.
  •peter out
  • give out,
  • run dry,
  • come to nothing,
  • petering out,
  • peter out.
  •recede
  • going away,
  • die off,
  • Retrocede,
  • drain away,
  • draining away,
  • goes away,
  • offed,
  • go away,
  • dying off,
  • offing,
  • OFFS,
  • went away,
  • go back.
  •reduce
  • extenuate.
  •shorten
  • elide,
  • cut to bone,
  • cut to the bone,
  • make a long story short,
  • put in a nutshell.
  •slow
  • embog,
  • reins in,
  • Back-water,
  • rein in,
  • keep waiting,
  • hit the brakes,
  • let down flaps,
  • reined in,
  • Reefing,
  • lose steam,
  • Reefed,
  • backwaters,
  • lose speed,
  • reduce speed,
  • backwater,
  • stunting.
  •undercut
  • destabilizing,
  • destabilized,
  • destabilizes,
  • destabilize.
  •underestimate
  • understate.
  •understate
  • understated.
  •use up
  • consume.
  •weaken
  • give way,
  • giving way,
  • gave way,
  • lose spirit,
  • Limped.
  •whittle
  • sculpt,
  • eats away,
  • sculpted,
  • sculpts,
  • sculpting,
  • eat away,
  • eating away.

Paraphrases for Lessen:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    reducing.

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    minimize.
  • Verb, base form
    diminish, lighten, soften, attenuate, weaken, ameliorate, shorten, dampen, curtail, assuage, cushion, slacken, undermine, defuse, de-escalate, allay, shrink, dilute, soothe, downplay, loosen, curb, dwindle, impair, decline, streamline, de-emphasize, belittle, eliminate, abate, downsize, relax, depress, offset, erode, cut, appease, minimize, moderate, constrain, detract, slow, underestimate, diffuse, wane, discourage, degrade, undercut, temper, downgrade, placate, affect.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    ease, minimise.

Antonyms for Lessen:

• v.

  • lower, reduce
    irritate, worsen, grow, enlarge, prolong, lengthen, raise, increase, go up, strengthen, extend, intensify, rise, stretch, develop, expand.
  • Other antonyms:
    purify, elongate, clean, inflate, better, distend, aggravate, elevate, swell, dilate, rage, revive, emerge, honor, boost, show up, dignify, exalt, cleanse, soar, restore, respect, supplement, mount, blow up, continue, clarify, wax, foment, appear, build, complement, perfect, uplift, ennoble.

Homophones for Lessen:

• leucaena, lagune, liegeman, logician, leukaemia, legin, louisianian, lesson, laocoon, lissome, leukoma, leucine, lausanne, lycian, locoism, lycaeon, liken, lagoon, lasagna, lissom, luscinia, leccinum, luzon, log on, lexicon, lesion, Lushun, laguna, logan, lockman, lysogeny, lay eyes on, legume, laconia, loose woman, lysozyme, lacuna, logania, look on, lichen, lignin, leucoma, louisiana, locum, loosen, logjam, ligan, liaison, like sin, logicism, leukemia, lasagne, lycium, lignum, loxoma, legion, lucknow, lysin, Lazy Susan, loose cannon, lagan, lycaena, lysosome, lexeme, laconian, lock in, leishmania, ligne, log in, leucaemia, logion, lucania, louisianan, logomania, lysine, lysinemia, lakshmi, lcm, liquaemin, lyceum, log-in.