网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 thesaurus_lessen
释义

lessen


These are words and phrases related to lessen. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of lessen.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS


A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.

Synonyms and examples


decrease
The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduce
They've just reduced the price.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plummet
Temperatures last night plummeted.
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.
contract
As the metal cools, it contracts.

Antonym and example


increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of lessen.  

See words related to lessen


fall-off
falling-off
nosedive
reduction
downturn
downswing
Learn more
When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.

lessen | American Thesaurus


lessen


verb
These are words and phrases related to lessen. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of lessen.
Talking things out lessened the tension. The storm's fury is lessening.

Synonyms


decrease
decline
diminish
abate
dwindle
sink
reduce
subside
shrink
contract
lower
depreciate
slacken
wind down
ease
wane
ebb
abridge
alleviate
lighten
mitigate
dilute
thin

Antonyms


increase
raise
lengthen
enlarge
extend
heighten
multiply
mount
build
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/3/12 6:10:04