What is another word for lessening?
254 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ l_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ], [ lˈɛsənɪŋ], [ lˈɛsənɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for lessening:- extenuating (adjective)
- waning (adjective)
- abridgement (noun)
- abridgment (noun)
- appeasement (noun)
- contraction (noun)
- cut (noun)
- cutback (noun)
- decrement (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- disparagement (noun)
- ebb (noun)
- fall (noun)
- reducing (noun)
- subtraction (noun)
- alleviating (verb)
- decrease (verb)
- decreasing (verb)
- detracting (verb)
- diminishing (verb)
- shortening (verb)
- subtracting (verb)
- other synonyms
- drop-off
Definition for Lessening:
Synonyms for Lessening:
adj.
•extenuating (adjective) •waning (adjective)n.
•abridgement (noun)- digest,
- diminution,
- conspectus,
- condensation,
- brief,
- compendium,
- synopsis,
- outline,
- abbreviation,
- cutting,
- curtailment,
- abstract,
- Diminishment,
- precis.
- amends,
- reconciliation,
- moderation,
- mitigation,
- conciliation,
- lulling,
- peace offering,
- concession,
- assuagement,
- Acceding,
- settlement,
- adjustment,
- compromise,
- reparation,
- restoration,
- Blunting,
- quenching,
- abatement,
- solace,
- quelling,
- alleviation,
- accommodation,
- grant.
- Evaporating,
- Abbreviating,
- tensing,
- Shrivelling,
- confining,
- elisions,
- Lopping,
- constriction,
- receding,
- Curtailing,
- drawing together,
- abridgment,
- condensing,
- Abridging,
- deflating,
- confinement,
- compression,
- Omitting,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawing,
- recession,
- decreasings,
- tightening,
- deflation,
- omission,
- evaporation,
- cutting down,
- deflations,
- elision,
- shrinking.
- downturn,
- debasement,
- vitiation,
- dilapidation,
- atrophy,
- drop,
- downfall,
- downgrade,
- perversion,
- worsening,
- disintegration,
- Decaying,
- decadence,
- declension,
- abasement,
- adulteration,
- lapse,
- devaluation,
- disrepair,
- depreciation,
- decline,
- decomposition,
- corrosion,
- descent,
- slump,
- retrogression,
- spoiling,
- declination,
- Crumbling,
- degringolade,
- dislocation,
- ruin,
- degradation,
- rotting.
- condemnation,
- ridicule,
- impairment,
- disdain,
- derision,
- discredit,
- lie,
- denunciation,
- contempt,
- belittlement,
- tale,
- calumny,
- contumely,
- scorn,
- slander,
- backstabbing,
- reproach,
- aspersion,
- Backbiting,
- prejudice,
- censure,
- blame,
- derogation.
- re-treats,
- retro fluxes,
- refluences,
- de-generation,
- outward flows,
- re fluxes,
- backflows,
- retro-cession,
- retro-flux,
- retrocessions,
- petering outs,
- de-generations,
- retro flux,
- refluxes,
- re flux,
- de cays,
- de-cay,
- retro cession,
- going outs,
- weakenings,
- de cay,
- re treats,
- re-flux,
- flaggings,
- de generation,
- retro-cessions,
- retro cessions,
- retro-fluxes,
- retrofluxes,
- de-cays,
- de generations,
- re-fluxes,
- fading aways,
- low waters,
- re-treat.
v.
•alleviating (verb) •decrease (verb) •decreasing (verb)- Deducting,
- dwindling,
- subsiding,
- Compacting,
- draining,
- Concentrating,
- Depleting,
- decrementing,
- abating,
- eroding,
- compressing,
- contracting,
- dying down,
- diminishing,
- Truncating,
- shortening,
- lowering.
- disparaging,
- Detracting,
- Derogating,
- Defaming,
- Abrading,
- casting aspersion,
- Discounting,
- Maligning,
- depreciating,
- Decrying.
Other synonyms:
•drop-off
Paraphrases for Lessening:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
decrease, diminishing, reduce.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
reduction, minimizing, reducing, mitigation, Mitigating, softening, dwindling, Relieving, downsizing, reduced, cutting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
minimising, lightening, ameliorating, dampening, streamlining, de-escalating, underestimating, liberalising, Assuaging, soothing, Attenuating, dismantling, constraining, hindering, undercutting, lower, Halving, Impairing, Levelling, Allaying, offsetting, waning, constricting, declining, Diluting, Reining, curbing, Removing, Depleting, disappearing, subsiding, relaxing, eroding, Detracting, redressing, Reversing, limiting, Transforming, speeding, receding, cushioning, moderating, countering, stretching, Collapsing, abating, compromising, Stemming, Remedying, straining, Mediating, offloading, commuting, Lifting, trimming, falling, dealing, Quieting, Smoothing, Dimming, dropping, thinning, keeping, lowering, reduction, weakening, minimizing, diminishing, Mitigating, narrowing, shrinking, softening, dwindling, shortening, Relieving, downsizing, cutting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
less, easing, lowering, decreasing, alleviation, decline, weakening, diminution, relaxation, narrowing, attenuation, shrinking, Diminishment, shortening, commutation, abatement, relief, ease, drop, curtailment, amelioration, shrinkage, minimise.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Alleviating, easing, decreasing.
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Noun, singular or mass
Lessening Sentence Examples:
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But nowhere a little back door to slip through; nowhere a pretext for lessening the gravity of the offence.
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Above the lessening roar of the train there sounded ahead of them the voices of men in turmoil and riot.
Homophones for Lessening:
- logginess, laxness, leishmaniasis, licking, lashing, Logomachy, like kings, luging, leucogenes, lagging, licensee, loginess, lacking, lusciousness, laughing jackass, lysogenize, losings, Lake Onega, lessing, locking, lysimachia, loosening, license, lushness, liking, laughing gas, lacing, Luckiness, likeness, lysimachus, leguminious, leaching, lousiness, legging, lissomeness, leguminosae, logging, lysogenic, looking, lacewing, ligneous, lysenko, loganiaceae, lignosae, lychnis, likening, lake nyasa, laconic, lozenge, lashings, logomach, leguminous, loch ness, loquaciousness, licencee, looseness, leishmaniosis, laziness, lawlessness, Leakiness, laughing, lichenes, lake seneca, licence.
