Thesaurus:diminution

Thesaurus

diminution

English

Noun

Sense: the process of becoming smaller or lessened

Synonyms

• abatement
• declension
• decline
• decrease    [⇒ thesaurus]
• decrement    [⇒ thesaurus]
• diminishment
• diminution
• lessening
• reduction
• shrinking

Antonyms

• augmentation    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “36. nonincrease, decrease” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “diminution” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.