Defenition of the word lessen

Defenition of the word lessen
- To make smaller.
- decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
- sink or fall to a lower level; "The pain subsided"
- wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- wear off or die down
- make smaller

Synonyms for the word lessen

- cut
- decrease
- diminish
- fall
- lower
- minify
- minimize
- reduce
- subside

Similar words in the lessen

- lessen
- lessened
- lessening
- lessens

Hyponyms for the word lessen

- abate
- abbreviate
- abridge
- belittle
- boil down
- break
- bring down
- circumscribe
- concentrate
- confine
- contract
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- de-escalate
- decelerate
- decline
- decoct
- decrescendo
- deflate
- depreciate
- devaluate
- devalue
- die away
- diminish
- drop off
- dwindle
- dwindle away
- dwindle down
- ease off
- ease up
- flag
- fly
- foreshorten
- go down
- let up
- limit
- lour
- lower
- minimise
- minimize
- mitigate
- pare
- pare down
- reduce
- relax
- remit
- retard
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- shrivel up
- slack
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slacken off
- slake
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- step down
- suppress
- taper
- thin out
- trim
- trim back
- trim down
- turn down
- undervalue
- vanish
- vaporize
- wane
- weaken
- wither

Hypernyms for the word lessen

- alter
- change
- change magnitude
- modify
- weaken

Antonyms for the word lessen

- increase

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Words in other languages

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Russian: Привет
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Spanish: Hola
Dautch: Guten Aben