minimise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
represent as less significant or important
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
- trivialize hyponym
Related & opposite
- overstate antonym
- minimization derivation
- understatement derivation
- lower limit derivation
Sense 2 verb
make small or insignificant
Let's minimize the risk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- maximize antonym
- minimization derivation
- lower limit derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | overstate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | minimization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | understatement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower limit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trivialize |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | maximize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | minimization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower limit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hedge |