1. Make small or insignificant
   "Let's minimise the risk";
   - minimize
    
2. Represent as less significant or important
   "The company minimised the potential risks in their financial report";
   - understate, minimize, downplay
    
3. Make something or someone seem less important or worthy
   "Don't minimise his influence";
   - minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
    
4. (computing) cause a window to show on screen as a small icon (without closing the program)
   "He minimised all open windows to clear his desktop";
   - minimize

Derived forms: minimising, minimises, minimised

Type of: belittle, decrease, disparage, inform, lessen, minify, pick at

Antonym: maximise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Minimise