The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABATES , but the solution may also be EBBS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Lessens crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATES | 48 % | 6 |
| EBBS | 21 % | 4 |
| EASES | 17 % | 5 |
| REDUCES | 2 % | 7 |
| TAILSOFF | 2 % | 8 |
| MINIFIES | 2 % | 8 |
| WANES | 2 % | 5 |
| DECREASES | 2 % | 9 |
| EASESUP | 2 % | 7 |
Why may EBBS be the right solution?
"Lessens" is a clue for a word that means decreases or diminishes. The word "ebbs" is commonly used to describe the decrease or diminishing of something, such as the ebbing of the tide.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lessens
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- diminish
- decrease
- subside
- minify
- fall
- abates
- alleviates
- ameliorates
- attenuates
- commutes
- curtails
- cuts
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATES 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 ABATES
More clues leading to the result EBBS
More clues leading to the result EASES
- Lets up
- Relaxes
- Comforts
- Inches along
- Removes an obstruction
- Smoothes the way
- Softens the blow
- Assuages
- Soothes
- Lightens up
More clues leading to the result REDUCES
- Diets
- Lowers
- Puts "on sale"
- Dwindles.
- Diminishes.
- Lessens
- Solves a "weighty" problem
- Gets lighter
- Cooks down, as a sauce
- Trims back