Synonyms of the word

abate

• v. (transitive, obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
• v. (intransitive) To become null and void.
• v. (transitive, law) To nullify; make void.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To curtail; to deprive.
• v. (transitive) To reduce in amount, size, or value.
• v. (intransitive) To decrease in size, value, or amount.
• v. (transitive) To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
• v. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
• v. (transitive) To deduct or omit.
• v. (transitive) To bar or except.
• v. (transitive) To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture,…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To destroy, or level to the ground.
• n. Abatement.
• v. (intransitive, law) To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir…
• n. An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

diminish

• v. (transitive) To make smaller.
• v. (intransitive) To become smaller.
• v. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• v. (intransitive) To taper.
• v. (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
• v. To take away; to subtract.

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

lessen

• v. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• v. (intransitive) To become less.

minify

• v. To make smaller.
• v. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase…
• v. (computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to…

slack

• n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
• n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
• n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
• adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
• adj. Weak; not holding fast.
• adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
• adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
• adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
• adv. Slackly.
• v. To slacken.
• v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
• v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
• v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
• v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

slake

• v. (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench; to extinguish.
• v. (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
• v. (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
• v. (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.