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Defenition of the word decrease

    • Defenition of the word decrease

      • (Of a quantity) to become smaller.
      • An amount by which a quantity is diminished.
      • Act of reducing a quantity or a number.
      • To make smaller.
      • The act of abating or the state of being abated.
      • the amount by which something decreases
      • a process of becoming smaller
      • decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
      • the act of decreasing or reducing something
      • make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
      • a change downward; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
      • a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
      • a process of becoming smaller or shorter
      • a change downward
      • decrease in size, extent, or range
      • make smaller

    Synonyms for the word decrease

      • cut
      • decline
      • decrement
      • diminish
      • diminution
      • drop
      • drop off
      • drop-off
      • dropping off
      • dwindle
      • fall
      • lessen
      • lessening
      • minify
      • reduce
      • reduction
      • shrink
      • shrinkage
      • step-down

    Similar words in the decrease

      • decrease

    Hyponyms for the word decrease

      • abate
      • abbreviate
      • abridge
      • alleviation
      • amortisation
      • amortization
      • attrition
      • belittle
      • boil down
      • break
      • bring down
      • casualty
      • circumscribe
      • concentrate
      • confine
      • contract
      • contraction
      • cut
      • cut back
      • cut down
      • cutback
      • de-escalate
      • de-escalation
      • decay
      • decelerate
      • declassification
      • decline
      • decoct
      • decrescendo
      • deduction
      • deflate
      • deflation
      • depletion
      • depreciate
      • depreciation
      • desensitisation
      • desensitization
      • devaluate
      • devaluation
      • devalue
      • devitalisation
      • devitalization
      • die away
      • diminish
      • diminution
      • dip
      • discount
      • drop
      • drop off
      • dwindle
      • dwindle away
      • dwindle down
      • dwindling
      • dwindling away
      • ease off
      • ease up
      • easement
      • easing
      • extenuation
      • fall
      • flag
      • fly
      • foreshorten
      • free fall
      • go down
      • let up
      • limit
      • lour
      • lower
      • lowering
      • minimisation
      • minimise
      • minimization
      • minimize
      • mitigate
      • mitigation
      • moderation
      • narrowing
      • palliation
      • pare
      • pare down
      • price reduction
      • reduce
      • relax
      • relief
      • remit
      • retard
      • reverse split
      • reverse stock split
      • rollback
      • shelter
      • shorten
      • shortening
      • shrink
      • shrinkage
      • shrinking
      • shrivel
      • shrivel up
      • sinking
      • slack
      • slack off
      • slack up
      • slacken
      • slacken off
      • slake
      • slippage
      • slow
      • slow down
      • slow up
      • split down
      • step down
      • subtraction
      • suppress
      • taper
      • tax credit
      • tax shelter
      • thin out
      • trim
      • trim back
      • trim down
      • turn down
      • undervalue
      • vanish
      • vaporize
      • wane
      • waning
      • wastage
      • weaken
      • weakening
      • wither

    Hypernyms for the word decrease

      • alter
      • alteration
      • amount
      • change
      • change magnitude
      • change of magnitude
      • modification
      • modify
      • physical process
      • process

    Antonyms for the word decrease

      • growth
      • increase
      • increment
      • step-up

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