The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - minimizev.

1) reduce, shrink, lessen, diminish, prune, abbreviate, pare (down) , cut (down) , curtail, abridge, shorten, decrease, minify: Our stringent safety measures minimize the chance of an accident. 2) belittle, de-emphasize, downplay, play down, make little or light of, disparage, decry, deprecate, depreciate, misprize or misprise, devalue, devaluate, undervalue, underrate, underestimate, US talk down: Being modest, she minimizes her role in the organization.