lessens

Meaning of lessens

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make or become less; diminish.
    the years have lessened the gap in age between us
    the warmth of the afternoon lessened

Information about lessens

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of lessens is: lessen.
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Hyphenation of lessens

lessens

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • lessens is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lessens synonyms

Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:

reduce

Meaning reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree:

minimize

Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:

decrease

Meaning diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry):

allay

Meaning make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense:

assuage

Meaning make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe:

alleviate

Meaning reduce the force, effect, or value of:

attenuate

Meaning make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause:

palliate

Meaning make (something unpleasant or intense) less serious or severe:

ease

Meaning make or become dull or less intense:

dull

Meaning make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense:

deaden

Meaning weaken or reduce the force of (something):

blunt

Meaning make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent:

moderate

Meaning make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful:

mitigate

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning make less strong or intense:

dampen

Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:

depress

Meaning make or become soft or softer:

soften

Meaning make (something) weaker in force, content, or value by modification or the addition of other elements:

dilute

Meaning make or become less tense or anxious:

relax

Meaning reduce the severity of (something):

mollify

Meaning act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something):

temper

Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:

weaken

Meaning domesticate (an animal):

tame

Meaning (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land):

erode

Meaning become or make less wide:

narrow

Meaning less high in position:

lower

Meaning reduce (a product or service) in price:

discount

Meaning reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:

curtail

Meaning a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance:

prune

Meaning shorten the duration or extent of:

truncate

Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:

slash

Meaning make or become less:

diminish

Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:

decline

Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:

subside

Meaning (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread:

abate

Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:

fade

Meaning make or become lower, weaker, or less:

drop

Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:

fall

Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:

dwindle

Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:

shrink

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

contract

Meaning (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease:

ebb

Meaning (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker:

wane

Meaning mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way:

flag

Meaning make or become slack:

slacken

Meaning make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity:

lighten

Meaning (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish:

recede

Meaning become less severe or intense:

relent

Meaning diminish:

remit

Meaning stop doing something; cease or abstain:

desist

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

sink

Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:

slump

Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:

plummet

Meaning make or become quiet and calm:

quieten

Meaning make or become silent, calm, or still:

quiet

Meaning (of an aircraft) make a nosedive:

nosedive

Meaning treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:

degrade

Meaning harm the good reputation of:

discredit

Meaning reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:

devalue

Meaning dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant:

belittle

Meaning cause (someone) to feel less important or proud:

humble

lessens antonyms

Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:

increase

Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:

magnify

Meaning (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically:

grow

Meaning increase the power, status, or wealth of:

aggrandize

Words that rhyme with lessens

sens, praesens, greisens, samisens, shamisens, spiegeleisens, Bunsens, bunsens, coosens, loosens, pocosens, unloosens, gipsens, Horsens, coarsens, hoarsens, sarsens, theirsens, worsens, Goossens, Meissens, Vieussens, delicatessens, grissens, Munchausens, hausens

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