Lessen Synonyms and Antonyms
lĕsən
To make less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- decrease
- alleviate
- diminish
- reduce
- allay
- assuage
- mitigate
- ease
- lighten
- subside
- palliate
- relieve
- minify
- abate
- abbreviate
- abridge
- adulterate
- comfort
- attenuate
- bate
- minimize
- belittle
- compress
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- curtail
- cut down
- degrade
- demote
- deplete
- depreciate
- dilute
- disparage
- downsize
- dwindle
- ebb
- extenuate
- impair
- lower
- slack up
- mollify
- narrow
- pare
- plummet
- recede
- retrench
- weaken
- shrink
- slump
- soften
- taper-off
- temper
- truncate
- wane
- whittle
To make less; reduce.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
- alleviatory
- decrescent
- denigratory
- derogative
- derogatory
- extenuative
- less
- palliative
- submarginal
- subminimal
- subnormal
- substandard
- subtractive
Synonyms:
(Noun)
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