Синонимы к слову decrease

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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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decreaseverb

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

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

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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»

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

   Antonyms:
   increase, step-up, increment, growth

2. decrease, decrementnoun

   a process of becoming smaller or shorter

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

   Antonyms:
   step-up, growth, increase, increment

3. decrease, decrementnoun

   the amount by which something decreases

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

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, increment, growth

4. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downverb

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

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

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, growth, increment

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»

   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

   Antonyms:
   step-up, increase, increment, growth

6. decrease, lessen, minifyverb

   make smaller

   «He decreased his staff»

   Synonyms:
   subside, minify, lessen, diminish, fall

   Antonyms:
   growth, increase, increment, step-up

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deleveraging

   because deleveraging means to reduce, bring down or pay off something.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 1, 2020  

2. downregulation

   reduces

   some genes downregulate inflammation

   Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  

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1. decreasenoun

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

2. decreaseverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «decrease»:

   decline, reduction, reduce, drop, diminution, decreased, reduced, fall, decreasing, diminish, reducing, lower, lowering, decreases, diminishing, lessening, cut, lessen, declining, diminished, underexpenditure, downturn, decrement, shrinking, loss, depletion

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How to use decrease in a sentence?

1. Miles Celic:

   Since the Brexit vote in June 2016, there has been a significant decrease of graduates coming to the UK from France and Germany in particular.

2. Thomas Madejski:

   To make an assertion that New York physicians are prescribing opioids because of payments from drug companies is completely at odds with recent statistics showing a significant decrease in opioid prescribing in New York.

3. Marlene Schwartz:

   We’ve been seeing this sort of gradual decrease (in sugary soda sales) on the order of like 1% in a year or 2% in a year across the country.

4. Van Reenen:

   [ Margaret Thatcher’s ] wrong. It won’t decrease inflation, it will increase inflation.

5. Erin Bromage:

   The longer you wear it, the more it’s actually trapping material — which means that the breathability, the resistance of the mask, starts to decrease, one of the first indicators of being able to change it if it looks nice and clean is that it just feels a little harder to breathe through. There appears to be more resistance with every breath.

• намалявам, намалявам се, намаляване, намалениеBulgarian
• decreixença, disminució, decréixer, disminuirCatalan, Valencian
• snížitCzech
• verringern, Verringerung, abnehmenGerman
• ελαττώνω, μειώνομαι, μειώνω, λιγοστεύωGreek
• malpliigiEsperanto
• disminución, disminuirSpanish
• lasku, vähentää, laskea, vähenemäFinnish
• diminuer, réduireFrench
• הפחית, פחתHebrew
• csökkenés, csökken, csökkentHungarian
• փոքրանալ, պակասելArmenian
• mengurangiIndonesian
• diminutarIdo
• ribassare, calare, far calare, decrementare, diminuire, ridurreItalian
• 減少, 減らす, 減るJapanese
• verminderen, afnemenDutch
• zmniejszaćPolish
• redução, reduzir, diminuir, diminuiçãoPortuguese
• descrește, scădeaRomanian
• снижение, снижаться, уменьшаться, понижаться, уменьшить, понижать, снижать, снизиться, понизиться, уменьшение, понизить, уменьшиться, снизить, уменьшатьRussian
• minska, minskningSwedish
• azaltmakTurkish
• کمیUrdu
• hạVietnamese
• 减少Chinese

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