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1. decrease
verb. ['dɪˈkriːs, ˈdiːˌkriːs'] decrease in size, extent, or range.
Synonyms
- slow up
- lessen
- decrescendo
- weaken
- slacken off
- slack off
- dwindle
- slow down
- retard
- deflate
- undervalue
- drop off
- vaporize
- ease off
- decelerate
- abate
- depreciate
- slow
- diminish
- wane
- boil down
- vanish
- change magnitude
- concentrate
- fall
- de-escalate
- reduce
- dwindle down
- die away
- contract
- shrivel
- ease up
- taper
- shrivel up
- decoct
- decline
- let up
- shrink
- go down
- devaluate
- remit
- devalue
- thin out
- wither
- dwindle away
- fly
- break
- flag
- shorten
Etymology
- descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- decrescere (Latin)
Rhymes with Decrease
- increase
Sentences with decrease
1. Verb, base form
Ask your lab partners if they think recycling paper could decrease the immensity of the waste stream.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Pruning too late in the season can result in a decrease in flowers next year.
Quotes about decrease
1. It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
- Bruce Lee
2. Religion (dharma) is decrease in kashay (anger, pride, deceit and greed) and increase of kashay is irreligion (adharma). When Kashay goes away (completely) is the religion of the Self (Soul).
- Dada Bhagwan
2. decrease
noun. ['dɪˈkriːs, ˈdiːˌkriːs'] a change downward.
Synonyms
Etymology
- descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- decrescere (Latin)
3. decrease
verb. ['dɪˈkriːs, ˈdiːˌkriːs'] make smaller.
Synonyms
- bring down
- slack
- relax
- slack up
- slacken
- alter
- lessen
- weaken
- foreshorten
- minimise
- abbreviate
- trim down
- mitigate
- lour
- cut down
- abridge
- pare
- change
- cut back
- circumscribe
- abate
- step down
- diminish
- trim
- boil down
- contract
- de-escalate
- confine
- concentrate
- reduce
- minify
- cut
- lower
- shrink
- belittle
- pare down
- turn down
- limit
- modify
- suppress
- slake
- minimize
- shorten
Etymology
- descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- decrescere (Latin)
4. decrease
noun. ['dɪˈkriːs, ˈdiːˌkriːs'] a process of becoming smaller or shorter.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- decrescere (Latin)
5. decrease
noun. ['dɪˈkriːs, ˈdiːˌkriːs'] the act of decreasing or reducing something.
Synonyms
- deduction
- devitalization
- shortening
- step-down
- de-escalation
- moderation
- reverse stock split
- depreciation
- split down
- amortization
- minimization
- mitigation
- minimisation
- weakening
- extenuation
- price reduction
- reverse split
- declassification
- tax credit
- change of magnitude
- discount
- devitalisation
- devaluation
- reduction
- amortisation
- rollback
- contraction
- alleviation
- cut
- shelter
- relief
- shrinking
- easing
- easement
- tax shelter
- diminution
- deflation
- subtraction
- lowering
- palliation
- depletion
Etymology
- descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- decrescere (Latin)