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minimise
Overview of verb minimise
The verb minimise has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay -- (represent as less significant or important)
2. minimize, minimise -- (make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk")
Antonyms of verb minimise
1 of 2 senses of minimise
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
Antonym of maximise (Sense 2)
=>maximize, maximise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> trivialize, trivialise
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
=> hedge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
=> decrease, lessen, minify
'Cause To' of verb minimise
Derived Forms of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
RELATED TO>(noun) minimisation#1
=> minimization, minimisation
RELATED TO>(noun) minimum#1
=> minimum, lower limit
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
RELATED TO>(noun) minimisation#1
=> minimization, minimisation
RELATED TO>(noun) minimum#1
=> minimum, lower limit
Domain of verb minimise
Domain Terms of verb minimise
Familiarity of verb minimise
minimise used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb minimise
2 senses of minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
> inform
=> wise up
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
=> inoculate
=> acquaint
=> warn
=> inform
=> fill in
=> update
=> misinform, mislead
=> understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
=> undeceive
=> warn
=> advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
=> familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
=> prompt, remind, cue
=> volunteer
=> introduce, present, acquaint
=> regret
=> indicate, point, show
=> indicate
=> indicate, suggest
=> nark
=> explain, explicate
=> tell
=> tell, narrate, recount, recite
=> narrate
=> report, describe, account
=> report
=> report, cover
=> announce, denote
=> disabuse
=> remonstrate, point out
=> testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
Sense 2
minimize, minimise
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb minimise
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
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Sense 2
minimize, minimise
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Grep of verb minimise
minimise
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