Decreases Synonyms and Antonyms

To grow or cause to grow gradually less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. diminishes
  2. dwindles
  3. lessens
  4. tapers
  5. declines
  6. wastes
  7. reduces
  8. depreciates
  9. shrinks
  10. subsides
  11. lightens
  12. ebbs
  13. slumps
  14. evaporates
  15. slackens
  16. decays
  17. subtracts
  18. abates
  19. rebates
  20. sinks
  21. crumbles
  22. weakens
  23. peters
  24. fades
  25. droops
  26. quiets
  27. wanes
  28. softens
  29. falls
  30. recedes
  31. drops
  32. moderates
  33. discounts
  34. lowers
  35. drains
  36. settles
  37. degenerates
  38. curtails
  39. deteriorates
  40. curbs
  41. modifies
Antonyms:
  1. increases
  2. multiplies
  3. raises
  4. adds
  5. expands
  6. enlarges
  7. grows
  8. develops
A process of becoming smaller or shorter
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. decrements
  2. lyses
  3. decrescendos
  4. declines
  5. retrenchments
  6. reductions
  7. diminutions
  8. deteriorations
  9. depreciations
  10. declensions
  11. attenuations
  12. abatements
Antonyms:
  1. increases

Words Related to Decreases

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.

Decreases Sentence Examples

  • Sanitation decreases the death-rate, religion keeps up the birth-rate.

  • The solubility decreases as the carbon content rises.

  • Let us suppose that the light is incident perpendicularly, and that the grating interval increases from the centre towards that edge which lies nearest to the spectrum under observation, and decreases towards the hinder edge.

  • In some mines dust seems to have but little effect on the health of the miners; indeed it is even claimed by some that coal dust decreases the mortality from phthisis.

  • On descending into the substratum the finer material decreases and more stones are met with; farther down are seen larger fragments of unaltered rock closely packed, and this brash or rubble grades insensibly into the unbroken rock below.

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