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Synonyms for decrease
dɪˈkris; ˈdi kris, dɪˈkrisde·crease
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
decrease
The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
abate, decline, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subsideAntonyms:
aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revivePreposition:
Abate in fury; abated by law.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
decrease, lessening, drop-offnoun
a change downward
"there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
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drop, falloff, lessening, falling off, slack, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, drop-off, step-down, diminutiondecrease, decrementnoun
a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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decrement, drop-off, reduction, diminution, step-down, lesseningdecrease, decrementnoun
the amount by which something decreases
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decrement, drop-off, reduction, diminution, step-down, lesseningdecrease, diminution, reduction, step-downverb
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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reducing, lessening, simplification, reduction, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminutiondecrease, diminish, lessen, fallverb
decrease in size, extent, or range
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
Synonyms:
shine, go down, accrue, diminish, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, subside, pass, descend, come, fall, return, light, belittle, hang, minify, fall downdecrease, lessen, minifyverb
make smaller
"He decreased his staff"
Matched Categories
Editors Contribution
deleveraging
because deleveraging means to reduce, bring down or pay off something.
downregulation
reduces
some genes downregulate inflammation
Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
decreasenoun
Synonyms:
decrement, diminution, reduction, decline, depreciation, abatement, subsidencedecreaseverb
Synonyms:
diminish, reduce, dwindle, subside, depreciate, abate, wane
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
DECREASE
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#1104 | lower | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1767 | flow | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2158 | drop | |
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#2750 | reduction | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4576 | reducing | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5712 | hang | |
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#8623 | settle | |
#9036 | cliff | |
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#17781 | slack | |
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#18285 | mitigate | |
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#22816 | simplification | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25148 | descend | |
#25606 | diminishing | |
#27427 | accrue | |
#28176 | downturn | |
#28323 | slump | |
#30671 | ebb | |
#34394 | shrinkage | |
#40873 | abate | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#43430 | curtail | |
#51614 | decrement | |
#52227 | wane | |
#53466 | diminution | |
#53539 | lessening | |
#55573 | subside | |
#60912 | plummet | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#155999 | falloff | |
#225728 | retrench |
How to use decrease in a sentence?
Those that have planned to decrease the prices against other countries will regret this decision.
It is too early to infer whether the number of new infections will continue to decrease as in the past weeks or increase again.
Credit availability decreased over the month driven primarily by a decrease in availability of conventional conforming loan offerings.
We're not looking to increase or decrease the number of refugees coming to Japan, but to ensure real refugees are assessed quickly.
When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence.
Translations for decrease
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- намалявам, намалявам се, намаляване, намалениеBulgarian
- decreixença, disminució, decréixer, disminuirCatalan, Valencian
- snížitCzech
- verringern, Verringerung, abnehmenGerman
- ελαττώνω, μειώνομαι, μειώνω, λιγοστεύωGreek
- malpliigiEsperanto
- disminución, disminuirSpanish
- lasku, vähentää, laskea, vähenemäFinnish
- diminuer, réduireFrench
- הפחית, פחתHebrew
- csökkenés, csökken, csökkentHungarian
- փոքրանալ, պակասելArmenian
- mengurangiIndonesian
- diminutarIdo
- ribassare, calare, far calare, decrementare, diminuire, ridurreItalian
- 減少, 減らす, 減るJapanese
- verminderen, afnemenDutch
- zmniejszaćPolish
- redução, reduzir, diminuir, diminuiçãoPortuguese
- descrește, scădeaRomanian
- снижение, снижаться, уменьшаться, понижаться, уменьшить, понижать, снижать, снизиться, понизиться, уменьшение, понизить, уменьшиться, снизить, уменьшатьRussian
- minska, minskningSwedish
- azaltmakTurkish
- کمیUrdu
- hạVietnamese
- 减少Chinese
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