diminish - (antonym) enlarge, enhance, increase, grow, magnify, amplify
An antonym for "intensify" is "diminish." While "intensify" means to make something stronger or more severe, "diminish" refers to reducing or lessening the strength, amount, or importance of something. Other synonyms might include "reduce" or "weaken."
Synonyms of abridge: reduce, lessen, diminish, shorten, restrict, trim Antonyms of abridge: expand, lengthen, extend, enlarge
The opposite would be to degrade, lessen, diminish, decrease, or reduce.
The correct spelling is "diminish" (to make smaller or less).
Not exactly. This is a case of an "antonym of a synonym" that is not close enough, although you will see it appear in a thesaurus.The word increase means to become larger in value, size, amount, or use. It can be an antonym of the words "diminish" and "decline" which are synonyms for recede in some cases.The word recede has a positional connotation, meaning to retreat, move back or move away. More apt antonyms (opposites) would be to advance (move forward) or spread.
An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning to the original word. For example the antonym of "happy" is "sad", or the antonym of "cold" is hot. The word "augment" means to make larger, more prominent or increase. There are therefore several suitable antonyms including "decrease", "diminish" and "reduce".
Out of that group, I'd go with "accentuate."
Synonyms of abridge: reduce, lessen, diminish, shorten, restrict, trim Antonyms of abridge: expand, lengthen, extend, enlarge
The opposite would be to degrade, lessen, diminish, decrease, or reduce.
My excitement will diminish.
The correct spelling is "diminish" (to make smaller or less).
Not exactly. This is a case of an "antonym of a synonym" that is not close enough, although you will see it appear in a thesaurus.The word increase means to become larger in value, size, amount, or use. It can be an antonym of the words "diminish" and "decline" which are synonyms for recede in some cases.The word recede has a positional connotation, meaning to retreat, move back or move away. More apt antonyms (opposites) would be to advance (move forward) or spread.
The antonym of the word 'synonym' is 'antonym'.
Watering fresh cut flowers will diminish their demise. Or, Expenses diminish the return on investment.
An antonym means "opposite". So an antonym for the word synonym is antonym.
As it became dark what I could see began to diminish
Doesn't diminish the urge, but sometimes the ability.