diminished

Questions about diminished

What does diminished mean?

diminished means "impaired by diminution". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diminished?

diminished has 3 syllables: dimi-nis-hed. The stress falls on "nis". In IPA it is /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/.

What is another word for diminished?

Close synonyms include lessened, vitiated, weakened, atrophied, wasted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diminished a common word?

diminished is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with diminished?

1 word rhymes with diminished. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.