Diminish crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters

When “Diminish” appears in a puzzle, these answers are the ones that have matched in previous uses across respected crossword formats, giving you a logical starting point for solving.

Likely Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

EBB

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

SHRINK

• Synonyms: contract, cringe, flinch, funk, head-shrinker, psychiatrist, quail, recoil, reduce, shrivel, shrivel up, squinch, wince, wither

ABATE

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

LESSEN

• Synonyms: decrease, fall, minify, subside

FADE

• Synonyms: blow over, disappearance, evanesce, fleet, languish, melt, pass, pass off, slice, slicing

WANE

• Synonyms: decline, ebb, go down

DETRACT

• Synonyms: take away

REDUCE

• Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, boil down, bring down, come down, concentrate, 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

DECREASE

• Synonyms: decrement, diminution, drop-off, lessen, lessening, reduction, step-down

IMPAIR

• Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate

DWINDLE

• Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down

DECLINE

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

SUBSIDE

• Synonyms: settle, sink

TAPER

• Synonyms: candle, point, sharpen, wax light, wick

FALLOFF

• Synonyms: falling off

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