Antonyms for increase
ɪnˈkris; ˈɪn krisin·crease

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1. increasenoun

   to become larger.

   Synonyms:
   rise, increment, gain, raise, soar, go up, up, shoot up, grow

   Antonyms:
   decrement, plunge, cut, lower, fall, go down, reduce, drop, decrease, sink, plummet, shrink, reduction, shrinkage, loss, lowering

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. increase

   To add is to increase by adjoining or uniting: in distinction from multiply, which is to increase by repeating. To augment a thing is to increase it by any means, but this word is seldom used directly of material objects; we do not augment a house, a farm, a nation, etc. We may enlarge a house, a farm, or an empire, extend influence or dominion, augment riches, power or influence, attach or annex a building to one that it adjoins or papers to the document they refer to, annex a clause or a codicil, affix a seal or a signature, annex a territory, attach a condition to a promise. A speaker may amplify a discourse by a fuller treatment throughout than was originally planned, or he may append or subjoin certain remarks without change of what has gone before. We cast up or sum up an account, though add up and make up are now more usual expressions.

   Antonyms:
   abstract, deduct, diminish, dissever, lessen, reduce, remove, subtract, withdraw

   Synonyms:
   add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, cast up, enlarge, extend, join on, make up, subjoin, sum up

   Preposition:
   Other items are to be added to the account.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   advance, heighten, dilutenhance, aggregate, pile up, raise, magnify, spread

2. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   acception, growth, extension

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Magnitude
   • Process

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. addition, increase, gainnoun

   a quantity that is added

   "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

   Antonyms:
   lessening, diminution, decrement, drop-off, reduction, decrease, step-down, diminish, lessen, fall, minify

   Synonyms:
   add-on, profit, improver, summation, amplification, growth, increment, addition, accession, step-up, plus, gain

2. increasenoun

   a change resulting in an increase

   "the increase is scheduled for next month"

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, step-down, lessening, diminution, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

3. increase, increment, growthnoun

   a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

   "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

   Antonyms:
   drop-off, decrease, reduction, decrement, step-down, lessening, diminution, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, gain, growth, emergence, growing, addition, ontogeny, development, maturation, increment, outgrowth, step-up

4. increase, incrementnoun

   the amount by which something increases

   "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, diminution, step-down, drop-off, lessening, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

5. increase, step-upverb

   the act of increasing something

   "he gave me an increase in salary"

   Antonyms:
   lessening, decrease, step-down, decrement, diminution, reduction, drop-off, fall, minify, lessen, diminish

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

6. increaseverb

   become bigger or greater in amount

   "The amount of work increased"

   Antonyms:
   decrement, diminution, step-down, decrease, reduction, lessening, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

7. increaseverb

   make bigger or more

   "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

   Antonyms:
   step-down, drop-off, decrement, decrease, diminution, lessening, reduction, minify, lessen, fall, diminish

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1. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification, addition, accrument

2. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   augment, advance, enlarge, multiply, be prolific, wax, aggravate, enhance, extend, augment, intensify, exacerbate, amplify, magnify, heighten, accelerate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decline

   i am surprised to find that 'decline' is missing.

   while antarctic ice is increasing, arctic ice is on the decline.

   Submitted by rupertgarcia on December 19, 2020  

2. deleverage

   deleverage (verb)= means the process or practice of reducing the level of one's debts by rapidly selling one's assets

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use increase in a sentence?

1. Conrad Schneider:

   The rule very likely would increase emissions relative to the Clean Power Plan, and it may increase emissions relative to business as usual.

2. Matt Smith of U.S.-based ClipperData:

   The latest (U.S. regulatory) CFTC data show that speculators increased their shorts (aka bearish bets) by the biggest volume on record in last week's data for WTI crude. This is the biggest increase since data began back in 2006, dragging the net long position in WTI to its lowest since February, another bearish development from the CFTC data has been gasoline positioning. Speculative positions in gasoline have moved to a record net short position as hedge funds bet on an ongoing gasoline supply glut.

3. Filippo Grandi:

   I think if the package goes through, we will see a massive increase in work permits in Jordan, i'm pretty sure about that.

4. Consumer Technology Association:

   A show within a show, automotive exhibits will cover more than 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space, a 25 percent increase over the 2015 CES.

5. Isabel Sawhill:

   It causes people to recognize that when you start having a family or when you increase the size of your family, you're going to have to make some tradeoffs with other items in your budget.

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