minimization

Questions about minimization

What does minimization mean?

minimization means "the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position".

How many syllables are in minimization?

minimization has 6 syllables: mi-ni-mi-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for minimization?

Close synonyms include minimisation. 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.

What is the opposite of minimization?

The recorded antonyms are maximization.

Is minimization a common word?

minimization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.