What is another word for minimise?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪnɪmˌa͡ɪz] (IPA)

Synonyms for the word "minimise" include "reduce," "decrease," "diminish," "lessen," "dwindle," "limit," and "curtail." These words all convey the sense of making something smaller or less significant. For example, you might use "reduce" to describe cutting down on the amount of waste produced by a factory, or "diminish" to describe the impact of a particular policy on the environment. "Lessen" is often used to describe easing pain or discomfort, while "dwindle" suggests a gradual shrinking or decline. "Limit" connotes setting boundaries, while "curtail" implies a more deliberate and forceful reduction. All of these words can be used interchangeably with "minimise" in different contexts.

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What are the opposite words for minimise?

The term 'minimise' is similar to reducing something, and hence, its antonyms mean to increase or maximize something. Antonyms for 'minimise' include amplifying, expanding, enhancing, enlarging, escalating, growing, heightening, increasing, intensifying, magnifying, maximizing, raising, and strengthening. For instance, if we have to give a speech, we cannot 'minimise' our preparations, we must 'maximize' them. Similarly, if we are dealing with a financial crisis, we must look for ways to 'enhance' our revenue and 'amplify' our profits instead of 'minimising' our expenses. In short, understanding antonyms for 'minimise' is crucial in enhancing the productivity of any work environment.

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Usage examples for Minimise

It cost the lives of about two hundred on each side; at least, that is the usual estimate, which seems somewhat incongruous with the stories of fusillading and cannonading at close quarters, until we remember that it is the custom of memoir-writers and newspaper editors to trick out the details of a fight, and in the case of civil warfare to minimise the bloodshed.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
It is helpful to regard events in this fashion, thus seeking to minimise the importance of fatality, looking upon it as some vague and wandering creature that we have to shelter and guide.
"Wisdom and Destiny"
Maurice Maeterlinck
The American people, rightly and admirably as it seems to me, choose the lesser of two evils, and minimise it by good temper and mutual civility.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer

Famous quotes with Minimise

  • The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.
    Gerry Adams
  • One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.
    Hugh Mackay
  • As you are aware, I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost absurdity in light of modern scientific knowledge. With Nietzsche, I have been forced to confess that mankind as a whole has no goal or purpose whatsoever, but is a mere superfluous speck in the unfathomable vortices of infinity and eternity. Accordingly, I have hardly been able to experience anything which one could call real happiness; or to take as vital an interest in human affairs as can one who still retains the hallucination of a "great purpose" in the general plan of terrestrial life. … However, I have never permitted these circumstances to react upon my daily life; for it is obvious that although I have "nothing to live for", I certainly have just as much as any other of the insignificant bacteria called human beings. I have thus been content to observe the phenomena about me with something like objective interest, and to feel a certain tranquillity which comes from perfect acceptance of my place as an inconsequential atom. In ceasing to care about most things, I have likewise ceased to suffer in many ways. There is a real restfulness in the scientific conviction that nothing matters very much; that the only legitimate aim of humanity is to minimise acute suffering for the majority, and to derive whatever satisfaction is derivable from the exercise of the mind in the pursuit of truth.
    H. P. Lovecraft

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