minimize

Verbs

(v) make small or insignificant
- Let's minimize the risk
minimise,
(v) represent as less significant or important downplay, minimise, understate,
(v) cause to seem less serious; play down
- Don't belittle his influence
belittle, denigrate, derogate,

Synonyms

minimise downplay understate belittle denigrate derogate

Antonyms

maximize maximise exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize overstate amplify magnify overdraw

Words of close approximity

minimise

minimized