| diminish | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen |
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| (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | Synonyms: belittle |
| diminished | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | Synonyms: atrophied, wasted |
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| (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: lessened, vitiated, weakened |
| (adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | Synonyms: belittled, small |
| (adjective) (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval | - |
| diminishing | (adjective) becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | - |
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| diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: decrescendo |
| diminution | (noun) the act of decreasing or reducing something | Synonyms: decrease, reduction, step-down |
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| (noun) the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) | - |
| (noun) change toward something smaller or lower | Synonyms: decline |
| diminutive | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny |
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| (noun) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness | - |
| diminutiveness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| dimity | (noun) a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains | - |
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