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- DictionaryDe·crease
verb
- 1. make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree: "the population of the area has decreased radically"
noun
- 1. an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer: "a decrease in births"
Find 190 similar and opposite words for DECREASED, a word that can be an adjective or a verb. See definitions, examples, and related entries for decreased in the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.
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dramatically decreased synonym increased synonym Synonyms for DECREASE: reduce, lower, diminish, minimize, deplete, ease, lessen, dwindle; Antonyms of DECREASE: increase, expand, augment, raise, boost, enlarge, amplify, escalate.
- Some common synonyms of decrease are abate, diminish, dwindle, lessen, and reduce. While all these words mean "to grow or make less," decrease sugg...
- The meanings of abate and decrease largely overlap; however, abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount. // t...
- While the synonyms diminish and decrease are close in meaning, diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total. //...
- Although the words dwindle and decrease have much in common, dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller...
- The words lessen and decrease can be used in similar contexts, but lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number. // has been unable to...
- While in some cases nearly identical to decrease, reduce implies a bringing down or lowering. // you must reduce your caloric intake
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Find words and phrases that mean to become smaller or less, or the fact of getting smaller or less. See examples, definitions and related terms for decrease in different contexts.
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