Synonyms for diminution
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Noun
1. Reduction — A lessening, decrease or reduction
reduction, decrease, lessening, retrenchment, decrement, abridgment US, abridgement UK, abatement, contraction, lowering, deduction, declension, fall, curtailment, depreciation
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Definitions
- n. 1
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
Related words
- Word family
- diminish diminished diminuendo
Forms
- Plural
- diminutions → reductions, decreases, lessenings, retrenchments…
Example sentences
- reduction A further reduction would make us go into the red.
- decrease A significant decrease in temperature is expected.
- decline I had to decline the invitation because I was ill.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| diminution | falling | |
| reduction | falling | |
| decrease | falling | |
| lessening | falling | |
| retrenchment | falling | |
| decline | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1
- 7 letters
- decline2
- 8 letters
- decrease2, lowering3
- 9 letters
- reduction3, deduction3, lessening3, abatement3, decrement
- 10 letters
- declension3, abridgment, detraction
- 11 letters
- contraction3, curtailment3, abridgement3, extenuation
- 12 letters
- depreciation5, retrenchment3, diminishment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decline2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- diminution
- Italiano
- diminuzione
- Español
- disminución
- Deutsch
- Verminderung