Lessen Synonyms and Antonyms

lĕsən
To make less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decrease
  2. alleviate
  3. diminish
  4. reduce
  5. allay
  6. assuage
  7. mitigate
  8. ease
  9. lighten
  10. subside
  11. palliate
  12. relieve
  13. minify
  14. abate
  15. abbreviate
  16. abridge
  17. adulterate
  18. comfort
  19. attenuate
  20. bate
  21. minimize
  22. belittle
  23. compress
  24. condense
  25. constrict
  26. contract
  27. curtail
  28. cut down
  29. degrade
  30. demote
  31. deplete
  32. depreciate
  33. dilute
  34. disparage
  35. downsize
  36. dwindle
  37. ebb
  38. extenuate
  39. impair
  40. lower
  41. slack up
  42. mollify
  43. narrow
  44. pare
  45. plummet
  46. recede
  47. retrench
  48. weaken
  49. shrink
  50. slump
  51. soften
  52. taper-off
  53. temper
  54. truncate
  55. wane
  56. whittle
To make less; reduce.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decrease
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. alleviatory
  2. decrescent
  3. denigratory
  4. derogative
  5. derogatory
  6. extenuative
  7. less
  8. palliative
  9. submarginal
  10. subminimal
  11. subnormal
  12. substandard
  13. subtractive

Words Related to Lessen

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Lessen Sentence Examples

  • It can lessen its enforcement of private property rights.

  • More effective ventilation will materially lessen the deathrate.

  • It is usual to reduce the quantity of proteid food to a minimum, in order to lessen the amount of nitrogenous waste to be excreted by the kidneys.

  • In spite of his political reforms, he opposed the admission of the plebeians to the consulship and priestly offices; and, although these reforms might appear to be democratic in character and calculated to give preponderance to the lowest class of the people, his probable aim was to strengthen the power of the magistrates (and lessen that of the senate) by founding it on the popular will, which would find its expression in the urban inhabitants and could be most easily influenced by the magistrate.

  • Time will lessen the pain, and you'll begin to feel stronger every day.

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