Results for lessen

1. To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a
kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.

2. To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of
objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.




Synonyms and related words:



abate
cut
erode
palliate
sober down
ablate
cut back
extenuate
pare
soft-pedal
abrade
cut down
extract
play down
soften
abridge
damp
fall
plummet
soothe
abstract
dampen
fall away
plunge
step down
allay
de-emphasize
fall off
poultice
stifle
alleviate
deaden
file away
pour balm into
stupe
allow for
deaden the pain
foment
pour oil on
subduct
amputate
decline
give relief
purify
subdue
anesthetize
decrease
gloss over
reduce
subside
appease
deduct
ignore
reduce the temperature
subtract
assuage
deflate
impair
refine
suppress
attemper
deliquesce
keep within bounds
relieve
tail off
bank the fire
depreciate
languish
remove
take away
bate
depress
lay
restrain
take from
be eaten away
derogate
leach
retrench
tame
benumb
detract
lenify
roll back
temper
blunt
die away
let up
rub away
thin
chasten
diminish
lighten
run low
thin out
clip
disparage
lower
sag
tone down
close
dive
lull
salve
truncate
color
downgrade
make allowance for
scale down
tune down
compress
downplay
melt away
shorten
underplay
constrain
drain
mince
shrink
varnish
consume
drop
minify
simplify
wane
consume away
drop off
mitigate
sink
waste
control
dull
moderate
slacken
waste away
corrode
dwindle
modulate
slake
weaken
crop
ease
mollify
slow down
wear
crumble
ease matters
numb
slur over
wear away
curtail
eat away
obtund
smother
weed
cushion
ebb
pad
sober
whitewash