minimize

Verb

Meaning

To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

belittle downplay lower reduce decrease discount alleviate diminish mitigate shrink lessen curtail denigrate derogate deprecate
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Antonyms

maximize increase dramatize stress expand extend
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Hypernyms

minify decrease inform lessen disparage belittle

Hyponyms

hedge trivialize talk down trivialise

Derivatives

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Examples

Don't belittle his influence Source: Internet

Let's minimize the risk Source: Internet

Abbott, 138 To minimize the risk that another general might attempt to challenge him, Caesar passed a law that subjected governors to term limits. Source: Internet

Abrasive supports avoid or minimize the need to apply further fixative in this way. Source: Internet

According to Maxwell Strachan in Vice, "The new order will make familiar spaces look foreign and minimize what was once one of the major benefits to office life: face-to-face interaction. Source: Internet

Additionally, it will minimize set up and extraction time in the field and eliminates the need for conventional stretchers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

minimizable minimization minimization problems minimized minimized risk minimizer