Synonyms for banalize
- verb
Most common
All synonyms
Verb
make little of, make nothing of, minimize, minimise UK, downplay, denigrate, trivialize, trivialise UK, superficialize, superficialise UK, belittle, disparage, understate, deprecate, underplay, bagatellize rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To make banal or commonplace.
Related words
- Other spellings
- banalise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- banalized
e.g. banalized → minimized, downplayed, denigrated, trivialized…
Example sentences
- minimize I want to minimize the chances of another accident.
- downplay If you try to downplay this, I'm going to walk away.
- denigrate Some translate while others denigrate.
- trivialize While I don't want to trivialize your concerns, is all of this really necessary?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| banalize | steady | |
| minimize | steady | |
| downplay | rising | |
| denigrate | rising | |
| trivialize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- minimize3, minimise, downplay2, belittle3
- 9 letters
- denigrate3, disparage3, deprecate3, underplay3
- 10 letters
- understate3, trivialize4, trivialise
- 11 letters
- bagatellize
- 14 letters
- superficialize, superficialise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minimize3 = 3 syllables).