The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEFLATE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1965.
Lessen in importance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFLATE | 50 % | 7 |
| PALE | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lessen in importance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- diminish
- reduce
- minimize
- decrease
- decrement
- lower
- diminution
- diminishing
- lessen
- depress
- reduced
- diminutive
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFLATE verb- To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
- To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- To become deflated.
- To let down or disappoint.
- To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
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 DEFLATE
- Take down a peg
- Wind down?
- Let down
- Take the wind out of
- Let the air out
- Let some air out of
- Release air from
- Take the air out of
- Get out of shape, in a way
- Remove the air from.