minimize

Other forms of minimize

past tense

minimized·

present participle

minimizing·

third person

minimizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about minimize

What does minimize mean?

minimize means "make small or insignificant". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in minimize?

minimize has 3 syllables: min-i-mize. The stress falls on "min". In IPA it is /ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz/.

What is another word for minimize?

Close synonyms include minimise, understate, minimise, downplay, belittle. 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 minimize?

The recorded antonyms are maximize.

Is minimize a common word?

minimize 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 minimize?

12 words rhyme with minimize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.