Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
Source: tatoeba (1904)
Diminution
//dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən//
Synonyms for "diminution" (118 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
extractionfade outfade-outfallfalling-offhauling downhollownesshushingimpairmentlanguishmentlapseleniencyletdownletuplighteninglooseninglossloweringlullingminiaturization
Show 36 more words
mitigationmodulationmollificationnumbingpacificationpalliationquieteningquietingreductionrelaxationreliefremedyremissionretractionretrenchmentsaggingsalvingscaling downshorteningshrinkagesimplicitysinkingslackslackeningslowdownsofteningsoothingsubduementsubmergencesubtractiontemperingthrusting undertranquilizationtruncationtwilightweakening
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μείωσις noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- намаление noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
- намаляване noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Czech
2 entries- snížení noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
- zmenšení noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
German
1 entries- Rückgang noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Irish
1 entries- laghdú noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Italian
1 entries- diminuzione noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Māori
2 entries- ero noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
- tuaititanga noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Romanian
3 entries- diminuare noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
- micșorare noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
- scădere noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Spanish
1 entries- disminución noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Swedish
1 entries- förminskning noun (lessening, decrease or reduction)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
Source: wiktionary
Another part, feeling a diminution of confidence in him, still hope that the general tenor of his conduct will be essentially right.
Source: wiktionary
Cold is usually shapeless, I suppose, extending over large spaces equally, or with gradual diminution.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.