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:
- REDUCE
- EBB
- ABATE
- DECREASE
- ASSUAGE
- BATE
- LOWER
- DIMINISH
- DWINDLE
- EASEUP
- DECLINE
- EASE
- ALLAY
- ALLEVIATE
- MITIGATE
- WANE
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