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. Heather Nauert:

   We are also going to continue our efforts to increase the flow of independent information into, out of, and within this isolated state to present everyday North Koreans with a more realistic picture of the outside world.

2. Nick Zakrasek:

   Any provider - from individual employers to job listing platforms - can utilize this feature in search, and many of them have seen a significant increase in the number of job applications they receive, by improving the search experience for jobs, we're able to deliver more traffic to sites across the web and support a healthy job search ecosystem.

3. Giulia Christianson:

   We think there is a need for banks to increase their ambition and be a part of the climate change solution and make sure they are designing bold and transparent commitments.

4. Denise Horn:

   OCR is operating with fewer staff and receiving more complaints than any time in the agency’s history, public awareness is certainly one factor affecting the increase in the number of OCR sexual violence cases.

5. Rokneddin Javadi:

   From a commercial point of view, today's prices should be sustained and increase gradually, but it depends on the political situation and what's going on in the Middle East and Arabian countries.

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