Synset

make smaller
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"He decreased his staff"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

suppress mitigate pare, pare down limit, circumscribe, confine to reduce, boil down, concentrate shrink, reduce shorten, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce slake, abate, slack lower, turn down, lour weaken, de-escalate, step down minimize, minimise reduce, cut, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down cut slacken, slack, slack up, relax diminish, belittle