The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be WANE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Universal uClick).
Diminish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATE | 28 % | 5 |
| BATE | 17 % | 4 |
| WANE | 14 % | 4 |
| EBB | 12 % | 3 |
| LESSEN | 9 % | 6 |
| ERODE | 4 % | 5 |
| FADE | 3 % | 4 |
| PARE | 3 % | 4 |
| TAPER | 2 % | 5 |
| LETUP | 2 % | 5 |
| IMPAIR | 1 % | 6 |
| SHRINK | 1 % | 6 |
| RECEDE | 1 % | 6 |
| DECREASE | 0 % | 8 |
| CUT | 0 % | 3 |
| SINK | 0 % | 4 |
| REDUCE | 0 % | 6 |
| DEPLETE | 0 % | 7 |
| TAPEROFF | 0 % | 8 |
| CUTINTO | 0 % | 7 |
| POOHPOOH | 0 % | 8 |
| CROP | 0 % | 4 |
| DAMPEN | 0 % | 6 |
| FLAG | 0 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Diminish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lessen
- decrease
- belittle
- fall
- reduce
- weaken
- undermine
- erode
- degrade
- curtail
- detract
- eliminate
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATE noun- Abatement.
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result BATE
- Ease
- Restrain
- Subside
- Diminish
- Decrease
- Lessen
- Moderate
- Make less intense
- Hold back, as breath
- Lessen in intensity
More clues leading to the result WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result ERODE
- Diminish
- Slowly destroy
- Wear away
- Whittle away
- Diminish gradually
- Fade gradually
- Grind down
- Rust
- Wear down
- Diminish by degrees
More clues leading to the result FADE
- Grow dimmer
- Lose color
- Weaken
- Disappear
- Hi-top haircut
- Become indistinct
- Scene ender
- Conclusion to some songs
- Curving golf shot
- Die off toward the end
More clues leading to the result PARE
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Get the carrots ready
- Cut back
- Trim
- Whittle down
- Fix apples for a pie
- Skin
- Trim down
- Remove the skin of
- Cut the skin from
More clues leading to the result TAPER
- Thin candle
- Candle
- Reduce gradually
- Dwindle down
- Trail (off)
- Get to the point?
- Wicked light?
- Recorder at a gig
- Come to nothing?
- Decrease gradually
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result IMPAIR
- Diminish
- Render dysfunctional
- Do damage to
- Weaken
- Damage
- Make worse
- Injure
- Diminish, as ability
- Hamper
- Get in the way of
More clues leading to the result SHRINK
- His clients frequently lie
- Get smaller
- Psychologist, slangily
- Head doctor
- Psychiatrist
- What pupils do in bright light
- Downsize
- Analyst
- Draw up
- Reduce in size
More clues leading to the result RECEDE
- Withdraw
- Go back
- Fall back
- Ebb
- Retreat, like a hairline
- Move back
- Reveal more forehead
- Subside
- Move away
- Give ground gradually
More clues leading to the result DECREASE
More clues leading to the result CUT
- Kick off the team
- "This take is garbage"
- Song, as it were
- Sporting a six-pack, say
- Director's cry
- Share
- "Stop shooting!"
- Edit menu word
- Movie release
- Slice
More clues leading to the result SINK
- Drop down
- Bathroom basin
- Smell skunky
- Make, as a putt
- Basement fixture, sometimes
- Get sent down to the lower leagues?
- Laundry room fixture
- Site for soap
- Kitchen fixture
- Bathroom fixture
More clues leading to the result REDUCE
- Minimize
- Cut down to size
- Knock off
- Slim down
- Boil down
- Discount
- Be a good loser?
- Diet
- Turn down
- Lower in degree
More clues leading to the result DEPLETE
More clues leading to the result TAPEROFF
More clues leading to the result CUTINTO
More clues leading to the result POOHPOOH
- Belittle
- Dismiss lightly
- Express disdain for
- Dismiss out of hand
- Make light of
- Dismiss
- Make light of.
- Deride.
- Diminish
- Deprecate
More clues leading to the result CROP
- Harvest haul
- Rider's whip
- Trim
- Farmer's concern
- Riding whip
- Trim a hedge or photograph
- Jockey's whip
- __-duster (kind of airplane)
- Cut short
- Cut, as an ex-friend from a picture