Lessen crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters

Clue “Lessen” may look familiar—and that’s because it is. These answers were selected from published puzzles that used this clue, giving you options built on known solving matches.

Answer List:

Synonyms and Definitions

REDUCE

• Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, boil down, bring down, come down, concentrate, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, decoct, deoxidise, deoxidize, dilute, foreshorten, keep down, lose weight, melt off, quash, repress, scale down, shorten, shrink, slenderize, slim, slim down, subdue, subjugate, thin, thin out, tighten, trim, trim back, trim down

EBB

• Synonyms: ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, ebbing, reflux, wane

ABATE

• Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off, slake

DECREASE

• Synonyms: decrement, diminish, diminution, drop-off, fall, lessening, minify, reduction, step-down

ASSUAGE

• Synonyms: allay, alleviate, appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, relieve

LOWER

• Synonyms: abject, blue, broken, crushed, depleted, depress, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, frown, get down, gloomy, glower, grim, humble, humbled, humiliated, let down, lour, low, low-down, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, lower berth, lowly, miserable, modest, scummy, scurvy, small, take down, turn down

DIMINISH

• Synonyms: belittle, decrease

DWINDLE

• Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down

DECLINE

• Synonyms: correct, decay, declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, go down, pass up, refuse, reject, slump, worsen

EASE

• Synonyms: comfort, easiness, facilitate, informality, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, simpleness, simplicity, still

ALLAY

• Synonyms: assuage, ease

MITIGATE

• Synonyms: extenuate

WANE

• Synonyms: decline, ebb