All dilute synonyms
di·lute
D d verb dilute
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- lessen — to become less.
- reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- temper — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- modify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- water down — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- deliquesce — (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- irrigate — to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- water — a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
- mix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
- cook — When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- take the edge off — If something takes the edge off a situation, usually an unpleasant one, it weakens its effect or intensity.
- offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
adjective dilute
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- watery — pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.
- insipid — without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
- diluted — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.