Decrease Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-krēs
The act or process of decreasing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abatement
  2. reduction
  3. diminution
  4. lessening
  5. decrement
  6. shrinkage
  7. curtailment
  8. cut
  9. cutback
  10. attenuation
  11. declension
  12. declination
  13. diminishment
  14. decreasing
  15. decline
  16. decrescence
  17. drain
  18. decrescendo
  19. declining
  20. degression
  21. depreciation
  22. slash
  23. deterioration
  24. waning
  25. diminishing-returns
  26. slowdown
  27. diminuendo
  28. taper
  29. lysis
  30. retrenchment
  31. retrogression
  32. subsidence
  33. step down
  34. drop-off
Antonyms:
  1. increase
  2. raise
  3. addition
  4. enlargement
  5. expansion
  6. growth
  7. development
The amount by which something decreases
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. decrement
Antonyms:
  1. increase
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. declinatory
  2. decreasing
  3. decrescent
  4. degressive
  5. diminishing
  6. reductionistic
  7. reductive

Words Related to Decrease

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Decrease Sentence Examples

  • In one book she found a list of things that could decrease fertility.

  • The decrease is most marked as saturation approaches.

  • The number of sheep, however, is on the decrease.

  • To the decline in prices of home-grown cereals the decrease in area is largely attributable.

  • The decrease in the demand for labour is attributable chiefly to the reduction of the cultivated area and the laying down to pasture of land once under the plough, and to the increasing use of agricultural machinery.

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