What is another word for minimize?
970 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ mˈɪnɪmˌa͡ɪz], [ mˈɪnɪmˌaɪz], [ m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_m_ˌaɪ_z]Table of Contents
Similar words for minimize:- abuse (verb)
- belittle (verb)
- change (verb)
- cheapen (verb)
- curtail (verb)
- de-emphasize (verb)
- decry (verb)
- depreciate (verb)
- detract (verb)
- diminish (verb)
- disclaim (verb)
- discount (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- downgrade (verb)
- extenuate (verb)
- lessen (verb)
- make smaller; underrate (verb)
- palliate (verb)
- play down (verb)
- shorten (verb)
- undercut (verb)
- underrate (verb)
- understate (verb)
- undervalue (verb)
- weaken (verb)
- other synonyms
- cheapen
- de-emphasize
- deny
- detract
- diminish
- discount
- extenuate
- lessen
- play down
- shorten
- undercut
- underrate
- understate
- weaken
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Minimize:
n.
v.
•abuse (verb)- slung mud,
- be rates,
- didst a number on,
- zinged,
- rags on,
- hurls brickbat,
- giving a black eye,
- dumps on,
- cutting to quick,
- blowing off,
- re-vile,
- be-rating,
- doing a number on,
- hurled brickbat,
- giving black eye,
- be-rated,
- be rated,
- does number on,
- cuts quick,
- up braids,
- ragged on,
- be-rates,
- up-braids,
- slinging mud,
- be rating,
- rips up,
- de faming,
- dost number on,
- cuts to quick,
- doest number on,
- de-faming,
- cutting to the quick,
- doth a number on,
- didst number on,
- doth number on,
- did number on,
- does a number on,
- cutting quick,
- bad mouth,
- cuts to the quick,
- swears at,
- de-famed,
- cussed out,
- tears apart,
- tare apart,
- cussing out,
- cusses out,
- swore at,
- dost a number on,
- doest a number on,
- be-rate,
- gives a black eye,
- de famed,
- gave a black eye,
- sware at,
- ripping up,
- ragging on,
- de fames,
- doing number on,
- gives black eye,
- ripped up,
- de fame,
- up-braided,
- up-braid,
- be rate,
- dumping on,
- swearing at,
- blew off,
- cuts the quick,
- blows off,
- cut to quick,
- cutting the quick,
- picks on,
- de-fame,
- doeth a number on,
- did a number on,
- re vile,
- gave black eye,
- up braided,
- cut quick,
- hurling brickbat,
- doeth number on,
- de-fames,
- up-braiding,
- cut the quick,
- up braid,
- slings mud.
- dis-praising,
- taking down a peg,
- take down peg,
- dis-credit,
- dis credit,
- de-ride,
- dis credits,
- dis praise,
- poor mouthing,
- scoffs at,
- shoots full holes,
- taking down peg,
- de riding,
- dis-credited,
- dis-praises,
- dis praised,
- sours grapes,
- de-riding,
- soured grapes,
- shoots full of holes,
- poor mouthed,
- took swipe at,
- cutting down size,
- takes a swipe at,
- under estimated,
- dis praises,
- under-estimate,
- taking a swipe at,
- shoots down,
- dis-credits,
- de ride,
- de rides,
- took down peg,
- shoot full holes,
- cuts down to size,
- sneers at,
- under-estimated,
- dis credited,
- be-little,
- cutting down to size,
- under-estimating,
- souring grapes,
- be littles,
- scoffing at,
- cuts down size,
- under estimating,
- under estimate,
- takes swipe at,
- took a swipe at,
- shooting full holes,
- dis praising,
- sneering at,
- takes down peg,
- sneered at,
- shooting full of holes,
- shot full holes,
- took down a peg,
- dis-praised,
- dis-crediting,
- cut down size,
- de-rides,
- takes down a peg,
- taking swipe at,
- poor mouths,
- under estimates,
- shooting down,
- be-littles,
- shot full of holes,
- dis-praise,
- dis crediting.
- de basing,
- de-mean,
- de cline,
- de-based,
- de valued,
- de-grading,
- de grade,
- beating down,
- de-means,
- de-valuing,
- de-values,
- re-duce,
- de-clines,
- de base,
- de-meaning,
- de meaning,
- de-grades,
- beats down,
- lost value,
- de-grade,
- de mean,
- de-base,
- de-value,
- de-graded,
- de-cline,
- re duces,
- de means,
- rendering worthless,
- de value,
- de graded,
- de clines,
- de grades,
- re-duces,
- de-valued,
- de valuing,
- re duce,
- losing value,
- loses value,
- de values,
- renders worthless,
- rendered worthless,
- de-basing,
- de based,
- de grading.
- dis graces,
- re probating,
- dis graced,
- re probate,
- de-crying,
- throws stones at,
- takes away,
- opprobriates,
- cried down,
- de-cries,
- de-cried,
- dis-graced,
- crying down,
- dis grace,
- poor-mouths,
- poormouthed,
- opprobriated,
- opprobriating,
- de cries,
- re-probating,
- poormouthing,
- re probated,
- poor-mouthing,
- re-probated,
- re-probates,
- throwing stones at,
- poor-mouthed,
- de cry,
- dis-graces,
- de crying,
- dis-gracing,
- de cried,
- poormouths,
- de-cry,
- threw stones at,
- dis-grace,
- re probates,
- re-probate,
- cries down,
- dis gracing.
- dis countenances,
- dis-countenanced,
- dis-countenance,
- dis countenanced,
- found fault with,
- clamors against,
- dis-countenances,
- clamoring against,
- dis countenancing,
- finding fault with,
- looked down on,
- clamored against,
- finds fault with,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis countenance.
- de-valuate,
- mis prized,
- mis prize,
- dis-esteems,
- cutting rate,
- de tract,
- dis-esteemed,
- de-valuated,
- dis esteemed,
- de creases,
- dis esteem,
- vilipends,
- drew away,
- with-drawing,
- de-creases,
- de creasing,
- with-draw,
- with drawing,
- de valuating,
- mis prizes,
- de-valuates,
- draws away,
- de crease,
- with draws,
- drawing away,
- de-tract,
- vilipended,
- de creased,
- de tracts,
- de-tracts,
- de-valuating,
- with drew,
- de valuated,
- mis-prize,
- de-creased,
- with-drew,
- cuts rate,
- de-crease,
- mis-prizes,
- mis prizing,
- mis-prizing,
- with-drawn,
- misprizes,
- subtracts from,
- mis-prized,
- with draw,
- de valuate,
- de valuates,
- with drawn,
- dis esteems,
- vilipending,
- dis-esteeming,
- de-creasing,
- subtracted from,
- dis esteeming,
- dis-esteem.
- dis allowing,
- dis avow,
- dis owning,
- dis acknowledge,
- dis carded,
- dis-owned,
- dis avowed,
- re tracts,
- dis-avow,
- dis-avows,
- re canting,
- re-canting,
- dis allowed,
- dis-allow,
- dis-claimed,
- turns back on,
- divorced from,
- dis-affirm,
- re-fuse,
- dis-allowing,
- divorcing oneself from,
- dis-allows,
- washed hands of,
- re-canted,
- dis-affirmed,
- dis affirmed,
- dis-claiming,
- dis-owning,
- re canted,
- re fusing,
- dis-allowed,
- divorcing from,
- turning back on,
- dis-carded,
- dis claimed,
- dis-acknowledging,
- dis affirming,
- dis-cards,
- dis-carding,
- dis allows,
- divorced oneself from,
- re fused,
- dis-card,
- re tract,
- washing hands of,
- dis owned,
- divorces from,
- divorces oneself from,
- dis avows,
- dis carding,
- re fuses,
- dis avowing,
- dis acknowledging,
- dis claim,
- dis affirms,
- re fuse,
- dis claims,
- dis-claim,
- dis acknowledges,
- dis-acknowledged,
- re-tracts,
- dis-claims,
- dis-avowing,
- dis acknowledged,
- dis card,
- dis claiming,
- dis-affirms,
- re-fused,
- re-tract,
- dis-acknowledges,
- dis-affirming,
- dis affirm,
- dis allow,
- washes hands of,
- dis-acknowledge,
- dis-avowed,
- dis cards.
- dis-believes,
- dis regarded,
- mis trusting,
- dis believing,
- over looked,
- over-look,
- mis-trust,
- dis regard,
- over-passes,
- dis believes,
- over-passing,
- over looks,
- mis-trusts,
- dis-counted,
- dis-believing,
- over-looking,
- dis-regards,
- dis-believed,
- over-passed,
- mis trusts,
- dis counted,
- over passing,
- dis-regarded,
- dis believe,
- over passes,
- dis counts,
- Overpassing,
- blinked at,
- dis believed,
- dis counting,
- mis-trusted,
- mis-trusting,
- dis-believe,
- dis regards,
- over-looks,
- over passed,
- dis-regarding,
- over-pass,
- dis-regard,
- dis regarding,
- over look,
- dis-counting,
- mis trusted,
- dis-counts,
- blinking at,
- blinks at,
- mis trust.
- dis heartened,
- dis heartening,
- downcried,
- dis hearten,
- dis missed,
- downcrying,
- disses,
- dis-heartens,
- de moralize,
- dis-heartening,
- dis-hearten,
- de moralizing,
- de moralized,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-courages,
- dis-missing,
- de-moralized,
- de-moralizing,
- de moralizes,
- dis missing,
- de-moralize,
- dis-missed,
- de-moralizes,
- puts hooks in,
- downcries,
- putting hooks in,
- dis courage,
- dis-courage,
- dis courages,
- dis heartens,
- dissed.
- de mote,
- de-mote,
- declasses,
- de valorized,
- dis rated,
- de meriting,
- de motes,
- Declassing,
- de merit,
- devalorizes,
- devalorized,
- de-merit,
- dis-rated,
- de-classed,
- de classed,
- de-meriting,
- de class,
- de-classes,
- disrated,
- de classes,
- de-valorizing,
- dis-rate,
- disrates,
- de-class,
- de-motes,
- de merited,
- disrating,
- dis-rating,
- devalorizing,
- de moting,
- de-moting,
- de valorizes,
- de-merited,
- de-merits,
- de-valorized,
- de valorizing,
- dis rate,
- de-classing,
- de-valorize,
- dis-rates,
- de classing,
- dis rating,
- de valorize,
- de merits,
- dis rates,
- de-valorizes.
- put band-aid,
- apologizing for,
- dis-guising,
- puts on a bandaid,
- glozes,
- put on bandaid,
- putting a bandaid,
- dis guised,
- dis-guise,
- putting on a band aid,
- puts on a band aid,
- put bandaid,
- puts on bandaid,
- puts band aid,
- put on a band aid,
- putting on band-aid,
- puts a band-aid,
- put a bandaid,
- Glozed,
- apologized for,
- put on band-aid,
- putting band aid,
- putting on band aid,
- puts band-aid,
- put a band-aid,
- putting on a bandaid,
- put a band aid,
- puts on band aid,
- dis guises,
- puts bandaid,
- puts a band aid,
- put on band aid,
- quick fixing,
- puts on band-aid,
- put band aid,
- puts a bandaid,
- putting bandaid,
- putting band-aid,
- putting a band-aid,
- dis guise,
- dis guising,
- making light of,
- quick fixed,
- putting on bandaid,
- put on a bandaid,
- putting a band aid,
- puts on a band-aid,
- quick fixt,
- dis-guised,
- apologizes for,
- putting on a band-aid,
- makes light of,
- dis-guises.
- re straining,
- under-play,
- re strain,
- glossing over,
- re strains,
- re-strained,
- making little of,
- under play,
- re-straining,
- under played,
- re-strain,
- re-strains,
- under-played,
- under plays,
- under-playing,
- under playing,
- made little of,
- glosses over,
- makes little of,
- under-plays,
- re strained.
- re-trench,
- re-trenches,
- blue pencils,
- cutting bone,
- re-trenching,
- boiled down,
- making long story short,
- cutting to the bone,
- made a long story short,
- boiling down,
- re-trenched,
- cuts to the bone,
- put a nutshell,
- made long story short,
- cut the bone,
- put nutshell,
- blue penciling,
- cuts to bone,
- blue pencilled,
- puts in a nutshell,
- puts a nutshell,
- cuts bone,
- makes long story short,
- puts nutshell,
- cut bone,
- make long story short,
- putting a nutshell,
- cuts the bone,
- re trench,
- re trenches,
- cutting the bone,
- makes a long story short,
- blue pencilling,
- making a long story short,
- putting in a nutshell,
- re trenching,
- re trenched,
- blue penciled,
- cutting to bone,
- putting nutshell,
- puts in nutshell,
- putting in nutshell.
- de-stabilized,
- de stabilizes,
- de-stabilize,
- de-stabilizing,
- de stabilize,
- under cuts,
- under cutting,
- de stabilizing,
- de-stabilizes,
- under-cut,
- under-cuts,
- under cut,
- under-cutting,
- de stabilized.
- under rated,
- under prized,
- under price,
- under-prices,
- under-rating,
- under-price,
- under rating,
- under-rates,
- under prizing,
- under-rate,
- under pricing,
- under-prizes,
- under-priced,
- underprized,
- under priced,
- under prizes,
- underprizes,
- under-pricing,
- under-prize,
- under prize,
- under prices,
- under rate,
- under-prizing,
- underprizing,
- under-prized,
- under rates,
- under-rated.
- under-stating,
- under stated,
- under-states,
- under state,
- under states,
- under-stated,
- under-state,
- under stating.
- under-valuing,
- under valued,
- under-values,
- under value,
- under values,
- under-valued,
- under-value,
- under valuing.
- de-vitalizing,
- easing up,
- re-lapses,
- re lapsed,
- eases up,
- re-lapsing,
- de presses,
- de-vitalize,
- under-mining,
- in validated,
- re lapses,
- de press,
- de-pressed,
- de pressing,
- in-validates,
- under mining,
- lost spirit,
- de pressed,
- in-validate,
- losing spirit,
- in-validating,
- re-lapsed,
- re lapse,
- loses spirit,
- in validating,
- de-presses,
- de vitalized,
- re lapsing,
- de-pressing,
- thins out,
- de vitalizing,
- in-validated,
- de-vitalizes,
- de vitalize,
- thinned out,
- under-mined,
- re lax,
- in validate,
- re-lapse,
- de vitalizes,
- re-lax,
- in validates,
- de-press,
- de-vitalized,
- under mined.
Other synonyms:
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- soft pedal,
- nibble away at,
- winnow down,
- chop,
- cut back,
- grind away at,
- appreciate,
- roll back,
- whittle away,
- narrow down,
- whittle down,
- trim down,
- top-slice,
- lop off,
- knock-down,
- trivialize.
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•
- dilute,
- cut into,
- eclipse,
- overshadow,
- shave off.
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- slow.
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- balance.
- deescalating,
- downed,
- slack up,
- became smaller,
- tapers,
- taper off,
- wind down,
- Minified,
- lessening,
- grows less,
- become smaller,
- grow less,
- slow down,
- deescalated,
- die down,
- dying down,
- downing,
- dies down,
- de-escalate,
- winding down,
- take the sting out,
- take the bite out,
- deescalate,
- Downs,
- tapers off,
- take sting out,
- slowed down,
- Minifying,
- take the edge off,
- died down.
- blue pencil,
- make a long story short,
- boil down,
- elide,
- put in nutshell,
- cut to bone,
- boils down,
- cut to the bone,
- put in a nutshell.
- flout,
- misjudge,
- jeer,
- scale down,
- excuse,
- asperse,
- despise,
- smirch,
- scoff,
- camouflage,
- smooth over,
- qualify,
- dominate,
- mollify,
- ridicule,
- sneer,
- rag,
- smoothen,
- jibe,
- demean,
- disdain,
- insult,
- snub,
- kiss off,
- whitewash,
- dismiss,
- laugh,
- spurn,
- mitigate,
- besmirch,
- play,
- blaspheme,
- brush off,
- Misprise,
- gibe,
- pare down,
- calm,
- laugh off,
- outshine,
- Fleer,
- abase,
- chaff,
- cold shoulder,
- twit,
- beggar,
- excel,
- guy,
- sully,
- write,
- taunt,
- talk,
- tower over,
- conceal,
- appease,
- dishonour,
- contemn,
- write off,
- knock-off,
- hide,
- smooth,
- smear,
- undercut,
- defame,
- miscalculate,
- take from,
- soothe,
- deduct,
- deplore,
- sugar-coat,
- mock,
- criticize,
- retrench,
- mortify,
- cover up,
- scorn,
- denounce,
- ameliorate,
- affront,
- disregard,
- tower above,
- deride,
- soften,
- allay,
- calumniate,
- slander,
- subdue,
- gloss over,
- sneeze at,
- abate,
- rationalize,
- assuage.
Paraphrases for Minimize:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
minimized, minimizing, minimizes.
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Proper noun, singular
minimizing, minimizes, minimization.
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Noun, singular or mass
minimizing, minimising, minimisation, minimization.
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Verb, past tense
minimised.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Coordinating conjunction
less.
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Adjective
mitigate, Mitigating.
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Verb, past tense
summarized, reducing.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
understate, lessen.
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Verb, base form
diminish, downplay, de-emphasize, curtail, belittle, attenuate, maximize, relieve, underestimate, ease, Avoiding, ameliorate, trivialise, downsize, undermine, curb, mitigate, shorten, lighten, constrain, understate, soften, restrain, weaken, dampen, eliminate, counteract, avert, lessen, Mitigating, defuse, discourage, allay, impair, depress, cushion, streamline, detract.
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Coordinating conjunction
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
reduce.
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Determiner
reduce.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
reduce.
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Proper noun, singular
minimise.
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Verb, past tense
reduce.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
minimises.
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Coordinating conjunction
Antonyms for Minimize:
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Other antonyms:
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n.
hyperbolise.
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n.
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v.
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make smaller; underrate
exalt, enlarge, extend, build up, commend, lengthen, praise, grow, overestimate, expand, prolong, raise, approve, laud, compliment, overrate, increase, strengthen, develop.
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Other antonyms:
eulogize, glorify, favor, endorse, recommend, applaud, hyerbolise, amplify, extol, overdraw, sanction, acclaim, overstate, hyperbolize, countenance.
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make smaller; underrate
Homophones for Minimize:
- mesozoic, mimus, mashie, mosaic, majagua, meniscus, meanness, moaning, mock, meiosis, muzzy, musgu, mag, make, mousy, menses, mace, maquis, mica, mazy, Ms., moss, magic, mousey, magh, minkowski, mining, mysis, mensa, mahagua, moschus, mosh, mickey, muck, managua, mesa, monoecious, minimum wage, Micaceous, masai, maikoa, macaw, minimise, mooch, musquash, men's, meq, monegasque, mecca, mousse, musky, mhz, magic eye, mucose, Manes, muzhik, muncie, manic, mohawk, mash, messiah, mug, misgauge, mucus, manus, macaque, meninx, mojo, Micheas, mucosa, minacious, musk hog, MCIA, mahuang, menage, muse, manse, mouse, music, Magha, mossy, mensch, meshuga, moke, msc, musk, mink, musgoi, Minimus, mush, make hay, mniaceae, macaca, mack, maja, minx, meninges, mayaca, Meno Mosso, mac, manchu, minsk, mimesis, mange, mishegaas, message, mucous, mujik, mx, mosey, mangey, mimosa, masque, ms, ming, miss, monas, monk, Micah, max, miscue, mesic, minus, monomaniac, monkish, menziesia, maguey, mycosis, munja, mummichog, muggy, mezzo, man jack, moksa, meaning, muzjik, maize, meshugaas, mwanza, messy, macau, musca, monkey, much as, missy, mung, munjuk, mesua, meuse, msasa, much, mike, masses, manky, manque, mexico, masse, myosis, mesh, macao, manx, mnemonic, MEK, mango, mussy, mucky, MKO, Manichee, macho, monish, mongo, mimosaceae, MAK, make way, mimic, menace, moxie, manioca, mayacaceae, Mauna Kea, momus, Minnie Mouse, mix, Massawa, maze, messuage, mezuzah, moneses, miosis, mass, myiasis, manna ash, muss, masseuse, masa, mcg, mishegoss, mg, minge, mako, missus, mc, mannish, muggee, mezuza, mayonnaise, myaceae, mansi, mach, massage, mushy, musk ox, moses, means, mayeng, musci, monaco, mongoose, minos, munch, mensh, mews, Monoicous, mingy, meg, mays, manage, miwok, moscow, mask, mocha, mess, monecious, mangy, mince, maxi, myg, Mimamsa, massasauga, moujik, mosque, meshugga, munj, mus, msh, mons, mm hg, msg, manis, missis, msec, mashi, manioc, muskogee, musa, moo-cow, mnemonics, magus, meshugge, munich, meek, maniac, moussaka, mick, misuse, mawkish, musaceae, momos, moose, magi.
Hypernym for Minimize:
v.
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change
hedge.
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change