Synonyms and Antonyms of decrease
1
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
- workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow
abate, de-escalate, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce
compress, condense, constrict, contract
abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle
deflate, shrink
minimize
moderate, modify, modulate, qualify
blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell
elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract
add (to), complement, supplement
enhance, heighten, intensify
redouble
2
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again
abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also
rachet (down)
, recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
compress, condense, constrict, contract
evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish
slacken, slow (down)
alleviate, relax
flag, sink, weaken
cave (in), collapse, deflate
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
