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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to lessen:   (256 results)

Antonyms:
increase

Often used in the same context:
minimize, reduce, mitigate, diminish, alleviate, heighten, relieve, ameliorate, eliminate, counteract, soften, ease, curtail, exacerbate, negate, forestall, magnify, insulate, lighten, lessoned, curb, avoid, obviate, aggravate, dampen, maximize, decreasing, attenuate, enhance, amplify, discourage, abate, tamp down, hinder, stave off, stem, outweigh, assuage, avert, prevent, neutralize, increasing, erode, prolong, downplay, deepen, lengthen, weaken, intensify, undermine, allay, dilute, soothe, offset, deaden, dissipate, undo, lowering, bolster, deter, shorten, improve, exaggerate, impede, affect, limiting, accentuate, quell, hamper, blunting, dispel, undercut, worsen, spur, erase, sooth, restrict, hasten, inhibit, strengthen, complicate, defuse, impair, counterbalance, stoke, alter, reinforce, widen, elevate, engender, squelch, stanch, encourage, constrict, thwart, depress, subside, create, underscore, overcome, absorb, detract, ripple, breath, tell, affright, an, autumn, be, compare, cynthia, dampness, dawn, dawning, dawns, daybreak, descend, diminishes, drams, empress, ensues, etc., intolerable, undue, unnecessary, agonizing, inordinate, insupportable, lessened, unbearable, unendurable, bearable, consequent, diminished, ejaculatory, enough, excessive, excruciating, insistent, lar, lowered, masticatory

More specific:
abate, abbreviate, abridge, belittle, boil down, break, bring down, circumscribe, concentrate, confine, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, de-escalate, 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, minimize, pare, pare down, reduce, scale down, shorten, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, slack, slacken, slacken off, slack off, slack up, slake, step down, taper, thin out, trim, trim back, trim down, turn down, undervalue, vanish, wane, weaken, wither

Appears in the definition of:
., allay, bate, belittle, break, check, comfort, contain, control, curb, cut, damp, dampen, deaden, deflate, depress, dilute, diminish, ease, extenuate, hold, hold in, mitigate, moderate, palliate, puncture, rarefy, reduce, reducer, reducing agent, reductant, relieve, shelterbelt, soften, still, thin, thin out, weaken, windbreak

More general:
alter, change, change magnitude, weaken

Synonyms:
decrease, diminish, fall, minify, subside

Also try:
— Nouns for lessen: tension, pressure, affection, problems, delay, fatigue, hardships, contractions weight, tilt, sense, more...

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