MINIFY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minify

verb

Definition of minify

as in to reduce

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Integrating the interceptor into existing launch infrastructure could reduce the need for extensive equipment changes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
People can donate clean costumes and pick a new one, reducing waste and the resources and emissions required to make new ones.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduce

Verb

Telecom stocks — Shares of AT & T and T-Mobile fell more than 5% each, while Verizon shares decreased 1% on a Bloomberg News report that SpaceX is in private talks to lease 80,000 cell towers.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
As technology has advanced, launch costs have decreased, and satellites have become more efficient, smaller and cheaper to build.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of decrease

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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026
The primary market is adults who want to downsize large one-family houses and relocate to a home expressly designed for seniors.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of downsize

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There was little understanding of how contagion might spread, but the civic leaders intuited that physical distancing measures could lessen its effect.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Employees will lessen amount in cold hold and mark it for four-hour disposal.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of lessen

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This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
With many drivers conserving fuel to shorten their first green-flag pit stop, Buescher, Preece and Keselowski broke from the pack with laps that were 10 seconds faster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of shorten

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The playoffs will conclude an eventful 2026 season fans at one point worried would either be abbreviated or eliminated entirely by labor strife.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2026
High-dynamic range High-dynamic range, which is often abbreviated as HDR in product specs, dramatically improves the color and contrast of a TV.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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