The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REDUCE , but the solution may also be PLAYDOWN which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in LA Times).
Minimize crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REDUCE | 45 % | 6 |
| PLAYDOWN | 27 % | 8 |
| DOWNGRADE | 9 % | 9 |
| LESSEN | 9 % | 6 |
| BELITTLE | 9 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Minimize
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- derogate
- belittle
- denigrate
- understate
- lessen
- reduced
- diminish
- lessening
- reduce
- decrease
- shrink
- downgrade
Crossword Answer definitions
REDUCE verb- To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- To lose weight.
- To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
- To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
- To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- To reform a line or column from (a square).
- To strike off the payroll.
- To annul by legal means.
- To translate (a book, document, etc.).
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 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 PLAYDOWN
More clues leading to the result DOWNGRADE
- Minimize
- Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues
- Demote to a less skilled job.
- Declivity.
- Demote.
- Road slope.
- Slope of a kind.
- Belittle
- Reduce in importance
- Feather quality?
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