Antonyms for decrease
dɪˈkris; ˈdi kris, dɪˈkrisde·crease

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1. decreasenoun

   Of a quantity, to become smaller.

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

   Antonyms:
   gain, grow, up, rise, soar, go up, raise, increment, increase, shoot up

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1. 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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

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1. decreaseverb

   Antonyms:
   increase, grow, amplify, expand, augment, extend, enlarge

   Synonyms:
   diminish, lessen, subside, abate, lower, decline, retrench, curtail, reduce, wane

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1. • Process

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1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   increase, step-up, increment, growth

   Synonyms:
   drop, falloff, lessening, falling off, slack, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, drop-off, step-down, diminution

2. decrease, decrementnoun

   a process of becoming smaller or shorter

   Antonyms:
   step-up, growth, increase, increment

   Synonyms:
   decrement, drop-off, reduction, diminution, step-down, lessening

3. decrease, decrementnoun

   the amount by which something decreases

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, increment, growth

   Synonyms:
   decrement, drop-off, reduction, diminution, step-down, lessening

4. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downverb

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, growth, increment

   Synonyms:
   reducing, lessening, simplification, reduction, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminution

5. decrease, 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"

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, increment, growth

   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 down

6. decrease, lessen, minifyverb

   make smaller

   "He decreased his staff"

   Antonyms:
   growth, increase, increment, step-up

   Synonyms:
   subside, minify, lessen, diminish, fall

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1. decreasenoun

   Synonyms:
   decrement, diminution, reduction, decline, depreciation, abatement, subsidence

2. decreaseverb

   Synonyms:
   diminish, reduce, dwindle, subside, depreciate, abate, wane

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DECREASE

   Synonyms:
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Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dilation

   to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.

   during the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.

   Submitted by JP03 on July 7, 2015  

2. evolve

   make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

   the population of the area has decreased radically.

   Submitted by acronimous on October 18, 2015  

3. reinforcements

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

How to use decrease in a sentence?

1. Anthony Atala:

   The printing gives you scalability, because you can scale a technology up instead of making them by hand, it gives you reproducibility, because you can print them in the same manner every time, and it gives you precision, because it can precisely place the cells where you need them, it will eventually decrease the cost of the production of these technologies, because you're automating the process.

2. Sabri Zain:

   While a slight decrease in rhino poaching in South Africa was apparent in 2015, and perhaps the authorities are having some impact on the ground, these numbers are hardly cause for celebration or complacency, the figures remain unacceptably high and continent-wide the scale of the rhino poaching crisis is spreading.

3. Andrea Courtney:

   Focusing more time on close relationships may boost well-being in the short term, in fact, recent research has observed a decrease in loneliness following the pandemic — this may reflect the fact that many people are now clinging to their closest ties. ... Although physical contact is now much more limited, many of these other( virtual) bonding opportunities are just as abundant as ever.

4. Melina Jampolis:

   Turmeric is used especially for brain-related conditions and to decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease. It can be also be used for arthritis.

5. The FDA:

   This simplification of vaccine composition should reduce complexity, decrease vaccine administration errors due to the complexity of the number of different vial presentations, and potentially increase vaccine compliance by allowing clearer communication.

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