| VERB | change | minimize, minimise | make small or insignificant |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | minimize, understate, minimise, downplay | represent as less significant or important | |
| communication | minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate | cause to seem less serious |
| Sounds | mih'nahmay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make small or insignificant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Let's minimize the risk" | |
| Synonym | minimise | |
| Narrower | hedge | minimize loss or risk |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Opposite | maximize, maximise | make as big or large as possible |
| Spanish | minimizar | |
| Catalan | minimitzar | |
| Nouns | minimization | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position |
| minimum | the smallest possible quantity | |
| Meaning | represent as less significant or important. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | understate, minimise, downplay | |
| Entailed by | sandbag | downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game / game / game in order to deceive, as in gambling |
| Narrower | trivialize, trivialise | make trivial or insignificant |
| Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| Opposite | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | minimizar | |
| Nouns | minimization | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position |
| minimum | the smallest possible quantity | |
| Meaning | Cause to seem less serious; play down. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | belittle, denigrate, derogate | |
| Narrower | talk down | belittle through talk |
| Broader | disparage, belittle, pick at | Express a negative opinion of |
| Spanish | denigrar, minimizar | |
| Catalan | denigrar, derogar, minimitzar | |
| Nouns | minimization | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position |
| minimum | the smallest possible quantity | |
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