Antonyms for decline
dɪˈklaɪnde·cline

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. declinenoun

   Antonyms:
   incline

2. declinenoun

   To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

   The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.

   Antonyms:
   incline

3. declinenoun

   To become weaker or worse.

   My health declined in winter.

   Antonyms:
   incline

4. declinenoun

   To refuse, forbear.

   On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.

   Antonyms:
   incline

5. declinenoun

   To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.

   Antonyms:
   incline

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. decline

   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.

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Synonyms:
   abate, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Condition
   • Decrease
   • Drop
   • Fall
   • React

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 6 votes

1. decline, diminutionnoun

   change toward something smaller or lower

   Antonyms:
   melioration, improvement

   Synonyms:
   fall, decay, downslope, descent, declension, declivity, decrease, step-down, reduction, declination, diminution

2. decline, declinationnoun

   a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

   Antonyms:
   melioration, improvement

   Synonyms:
   dec, fall, decay, downslope, descent, celestial latitude, declension, declivity, regrets, declination, diminution

3. decay, declinenoun

   a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, fall, decay, downslope, descent, radioactive decay, decomposition, declension, declivity, declination, diminution

4. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslopeverb

   a downward slope or bend

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   extraction, pin, stemma, crepuscule, parentage, dip, pedigree, gloam, bloodline, twilight, diminution, decline in quality, dec, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, regrets, declivity, decay, surrender, worsening, declination, descent, lineage, fall, filiation, autumn, stock, deterioration, evenfall, origin, celestial latitude, line, line of descent, downfall, declension, drop, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, capitulation

5. worsen, declineverb

   grow worse

   "Conditions in the slum worsened"

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   wane, reject, refuse, exasperate, pass up, turn down, aggravate, slump, worsen, go down, correct, exacerbate

6. refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, declineverb

   refuse to accept

   "He refused my offer of hospitality"

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, reject, rule out, go down, deny, resist, worsen, winnow out, lower, correct, lour, spurn, pooh-pooh, wane, disapprove, disdain, scorn, pass up, defy, turn away, refuse, eliminate, slump, turn down

7. refuse, declineverb

   show unwillingness towards

   "he declined to join the group on a hike"

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   defy, turn away, refuse, correct, worsen, pass up, turn down, deny, slump, resist, wane, go down, reject

8. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Antonyms:
   improvement, melioration

   Synonyms:
   reject, go down, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, wane, slump, turn down

9. declineverb

   go down

   "The roof declines here"

   Antonyms:
   melioration, improvement

   Synonyms:
   wane, refuse, pass up, turn down, slump, worsen, correct, go down, reject

10. decline, slump, correctverb

    go down in value

    "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

    Antonyms:
    melioration, improvement

    Synonyms:
    right, even out, reject, chasten, go down, adjust, refuse, slouch, objurgate, discipline, set, redress, correct, sink, rectify, worsen, even up, slide down, counterbalance, chastise, wane, compensate, sort out, even off, fall off, pass up, make up, castigate, slump, turn down

11. declineverb

    inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

    Antonyms:
    melioration, improvement

    Synonyms:
    wane, refuse, pass up, turn down, slump, worsen, correct, go down, reject

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. declinenoun

   Antonyms:
   progress, advancement, improvement

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, retrogradation, diminution, retrogression, degeneracy, declension, declination, decay, progressive emaciation, marasmus

2. declineverb

   Synonyms:
   lean, incline, bend, languish, sink, wane, diminish, decrease, deteriorate, retrograde, deviate, stray, shun, refuse

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. increase

   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  

How to use decline in a sentence?

1. Gene McGillian:

   You also have the assumption that U.S. production will continue to decline from cutbacks in oil rigs count and exploration expenditure, though I'm not too much of a believer in such improving fundamentals.

2. Kathy Lien:

   If payrolls rise less than 200k, we could see a stronger rally in EUR/USD and a steeper decline in USD/JPY because a weak report would lead investors to think that the Federal Reserve will be more patient with raising interest rates, a stronger report however would be extremely positive for the greenback by hardening expectations for a 2015 rate increase.

3. Paul Hetherington:

   They usually go into a hibernation in winter but due to this very warm winter they have not. So what else do slugs do? They breed and they eat, so there is a high likelihood that we are going to see a slug explosion given that many of their predators are in decline.

4. Christoph Mueller:

   We are technically bankrupt...the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014.

5. Morgan Stanley:

   There is an FX problem, and it may get worse, when we assess the over 30 percent decline in oil since early November, much of it is attributable to the appreciation in the trade-weighted USD.

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