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Decrease

🔄 Synonyms of "Decrease"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
diminishverb	(transitive) To make smaller.
diminutionnoun	A lessening, decrease or reduction.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
reductionnoun	The act, process, or result of reducing.
decrementnoun	(uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
drop-offnoun	A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
lesseningnoun	A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
minifyverb	(programming) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.
lessenverb	(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
step-down	(of a transformer etc.) That reduces a voltage.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
growthnoun	An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
incrementnoun	The action of increasing or becoming greater.
step-upnoun	(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.
increasenoun	(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
decrementnoun	(uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
step-down	(of a transformer etc.) That reduces a voltage.
diminutionnoun	A lessening, decrease or reduction.
diminishverb	(transitive) To make smaller.
lessenverb	(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
lesseningnoun	A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
reductionnoun	The act, process, or result of reducing.
drop-offnoun	A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
minifyverb	(programming) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.
diminishingnoun	becoming smaller
dwindleverb	(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
dwindlingnoun	declining; growing less
attenuationnoun	A gradual diminishing of strength.
loweringnoun	The act of something being lowered.
diminishmentnoun	The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
minimizeverb	(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
decliningnoun	decline
diminished	lessened, reduced
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.