Decrease

//dɪˈkɹiːs//

Synonyms for "decrease" (318 found)

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Closest matches (64)

Strong matches (95)

Related words (159)

falling off file away fix flag go gradational grade gradual graduate graduated hierarchic hourglass hourglass figure impair impairment impoverishment increase isthmus knit knitting

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languish leach leakage let up letup lighten lour lowering mark measure melt melt away miniaturization minimize mitigate mitigation modify mollify movement narrow narrow place narrowing neck number pale parcel pare peter out plummet plunge progressive pucker pucker up puckering purify purse pursing quantify quantize quiet rate rebate recede refine regular relax relaxation relieve remission remit remove retraction retrenchment roll back rub away run low sag sagging scalar scale scale down shade off shave shorten shortening shrink shrinkage shrinking shrivel up simplicity simplify sink slack slacken slackening slash slide slow down solidification solidify squander step step down strangle stranglement strangulate strangulation striction stricture subduct subtract subtraction systole tail off take away take from taper taper off thin thin out trail trim truncation tune down using using up waning wasp waist wastage waste waste away weakening wear wear away wearing wearing away weed withdraw wizen wrinkle wrinkling

Verb(13 words)

foreshorten go down lilliputianize lower mince minify minish plummet plunge reduce shrink sink wane

Noun(5 words)

lessening loss lowering shrinkage step-down

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

11 entries

alter alteration amount change change magnitude change of magnitude modification modify physical process process

More specific

2 entries

plummet plunge

Antonyms

5 entries

gain go up increase

Synonyms

24 entries

abate abatement contract contraction curtail cut declension decline decrement diminish drop dwindle ebb ebbing lessen lessening

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Related terms

3 entries

decrescendo decretion increase

derived

14 entries

decreasable decreaseless decreasement decreaser decreasing function decreasing term assurance decreasingly monotonic decreasing non-decreasing nondecrease nondecreasing redecrease undecreased undecreasing

distinct from

1 entries

increase

has context

1 entries

knitting

is a

5 entries

amount change change of magnitude physical event process

manner of

2 entries

change change magnitude

related to

6 entries

decretion increase reduction smaller stitch suspend

Translations

167 translations across 50 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἐλάττωσις noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
μινύθω verb (become smaller)

Armenian

2 entries

պակասել verb (become smaller)
փոքրանալ verb (become smaller)

Assamese

2 entries

কমা verb (become smaller)
কমোৱা verb (make smaller)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܒܵܨܹܪ verb (become smaller)
ܡܲܒܨܸܪ verb (make smaller)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

azalmaq verb (become smaller)
azaltmaq verb (make smaller)
düşmək verb (become smaller)

Bulgarian

4 entries

намаление noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
намаляване noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
намаля́вам verb (make smaller)
намаля́вам се verb (become smaller)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries

calai verb (become smaller)
menguai verb (become smaller)

Catalan

4 entries

decreixença noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
disminució noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
decréixer verb (become smaller)
disminuir verb (become smaller)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

کەم کردن verb (become smaller)
کەم کردن verb (make smaller)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

減少 /减少 noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
下降 verb (become smaller)
減少 /减少 verb (become smaller)

Czech

1 entries

snížit verb (make smaller)

Danish

2 entries

formindske verb (become smaller)
forringe verb (become smaller)

Dutch

3 entries

afnemen verb (become smaller)
verminderen verb (become smaller)
verminderen verb (make smaller)

Esperanto

4 entries

malaltigi verb (make smaller)
malaltiĝi verb (become smaller)
malpliigi verb (make smaller)
malpliiĝi verb (become smaller)

Finnish

4 entries

lasku noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
vähenemä noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
vähennys noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
laskea verb (make smaller)

French

3 entries

diminuer verb (become smaller)
diminuer verb (make smaller)
réduire verb (make smaller)

Galician

4 entries

devalo noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
diminución noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
mingua noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
diminuír verb (become smaller)

Gallurese

1 entries

affluscià verb (become smaller)

German

4 entries

Verringerung noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
abnehmen verb (become smaller)
schwiine verb (become smaller)
verringern verb (make smaller)

Greek

4 entries

ελαττώνω verb (make smaller)
λιγοστεύω verb (become smaller)
μειώνομαι verb (become smaller)
μειώνω verb (make smaller)

Hebrew

2 entries

הפחית verb (make smaller)
פחת verb (become smaller)

Hindi

4 entries

कटौती noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
घाटा noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
घटना verb (become smaller)
घटाना verb (make smaller)

Hungarian

3 entries

csökkenés noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
csökken verb (become smaller)
csökkent verb (make smaller)

Ido

2 entries

diminutar verb (become smaller)
diminutar verb (make smaller)

Ingrian

1 entries

vähentää verb (make smaller)

Irish

3 entries

laghdú noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
laghdaigh verb (become smaller)
laghdaigh verb (make smaller)

Italian

4 entries

calo noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
diminuzione noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
ribasso noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
riduzione noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)

Japanese

4 entries

減少 noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
減らす verb (make smaller)
減る verb (become smaller)
減少させる verb (make smaller)

Kazakh

1 entries

азаю verb (become smaller)

Latin

1 entries

dēcrēmentum noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)

Lithuanian

1 entries

mažinti verb (become smaller)

Middle English

2 entries

discresen verb (become smaller)
discresen verb (make smaller)

Māori

2 entries

ero noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
pāitiiti verb (become smaller)

Norwegian

3 entries

forringelse noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
forminske verb (become smaller)
forringe verb (become smaller)

Old English

1 entries

æfwela noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)

Persian

2 entries

کاهش noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
کاستن verb (become smaller)

Polish

4 entries

spadek noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
ubytek noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
zmniejszać verb (make smaller)
zmniejszać się verb (become smaller)

Portuguese

4 entries

diminuição noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
redução noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
diminuir verb (become smaller)
diminuir verb (make smaller)

Quechua

1 entries

yawyay noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)

Romanian

2 entries

descrește verb (become smaller)
scădea verb (become smaller)

Russian

4 entries

сниже́ние noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
уменьше́ние noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
пони́зить verb (make smaller)
пони́зиться verb (become smaller)

Sardinian

3 entries

menguare verb (become smaller)
minimare verb (become smaller)
mèngua verb (make smaller)

Sassarese

2 entries

abbracà verb (become smaller)
miminà verb (become smaller)

Sicilian

1 entries

abbacari verb (make smaller)

Southern Altai

1 entries

астаар verb (become smaller)

Spanish

4 entries

disminución noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
merma noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
decrecer verb (become smaller)
decrementar verb (make smaller)

Swedish

4 entries

minskning noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
förringa verb (make smaller)
minska verb (become smaller)
minska verb (make smaller)

Turkish

4 entries

azalmak verb (become smaller)
azaltmak verb (make smaller)
düşmek verb (become smaller)
düşürmek verb (make smaller)

Ukrainian

2 entries

зме́ншення noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)
зни́ження noun (amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hạ verb (make smaller)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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That custom is on the decrease.

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This medicine will decrease your pain.

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This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.

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It isn't strange that children decrease, too?

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