The antonym to the word increase

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1. increasenoun

   to become larger.

   Synonyms:
   rise, increment, gain, raise, soar, go up, up, shoot up, grow

   Antonyms:
   decrement, plunge, cut, lower, fall, go down, reduce, drop, decrease, sink, plummet, shrink, reduction, shrinkage, loss, lowering

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1. increase

   To add is to increase by adjoining or uniting: in distinction from multiply, which is to increase by repeating. To augment a thing is to increase it by any means, but this word is seldom used directly of material objects; we do not augment a house, a farm, a nation, etc. We may enlarge a house, a farm, or an empire, extend influence or dominion, augment riches, power or influence, attach or annex a building to one that it adjoins or papers to the document they refer to, annex a clause or a codicil, affix a seal or a signature, annex a territory, attach a condition to a promise. A speaker may amplify a discourse by a fuller treatment throughout than was originally planned, or he may append or subjoin certain remarks without change of what has gone before. We cast up or sum up an account, though add up and make up are now more usual expressions.

   Antonyms:
   abstract, deduct, diminish, dissever, lessen, reduce, remove, subtract, withdraw

   Synonyms:
   add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, cast up, enlarge, extend, join on, make up, subjoin, sum up

   Preposition:
   Other items are to be added to the account.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Magnitude
   • Process

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1. addition, increase, gainnoun

   a quantity that is added

   «there was an addition to property taxes this year»; «they recorded the cattle’s gain in weight over a period of weeks»

   Antonyms:
   lessening, diminution, decrement, drop-off, reduction, decrease, step-down, diminish, lessen, fall, minify

   Synonyms:
   add-on, profit, improver, summation, amplification, growth, increment, addition, accession, step-up, plus, gain

2. increasenoun

   a change resulting in an increase

   «the increase is scheduled for next month»

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, step-down, lessening, diminution, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

3. increase, increment, growthnoun

   a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

   «the increase in unemployment»; «the growth of population»

   Antonyms:
   drop-off, decrease, reduction, decrement, step-down, lessening, diminution, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, gain, growth, emergence, growing, addition, ontogeny, development, maturation, increment, outgrowth, step-up

4. increase, incrementnoun

   the amount by which something increases

   «they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare»

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, diminution, step-down, drop-off, lessening, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

5. increase, step-upverb

   the act of increasing something

   «he gave me an increase in salary»

   Antonyms:
   lessening, decrease, step-down, decrement, diminution, reduction, drop-off, fall, minify, lessen, diminish

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

6. increaseverb

   become bigger or greater in amount

   «The amount of work increased»

   Antonyms:
   decrement, diminution, step-down, decrease, reduction, lessening, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

7. increaseverb

   make bigger or more

   «The boss finally increased her salary»; «The university increased the number of students it admitted»

   Antonyms:
   step-down, drop-off, decrement, decrease, diminution, lessening, reduction, minify, lessen, fall, diminish

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1. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification, addition, accrument

2. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   augment, advance, enlarge, multiply, be prolific, wax, aggravate, enhance, extend, augment, intensify, exacerbate, amplify, magnify, heighten, accelerate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decline

   i am surprised to find that ‘decline’ is missing.

   while antarctic ice is increasing, arctic ice is on the decline.

2. deleverage

   deleverage (verb)= means the process or practice of reducing the level of one’s debts by rapidly selling one’s assets

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use increase in a sentence?

1. Jens Holte:

   If we do not achieve results, we will not achieve our common goal and our ambitious objectives, without results, we will not be able to sustain and increase the financial investment needed.

2. Rob Smedley:

   The hope is that he can get his car in front of the two Red Bull cars, the number one priority with him tomorrow is to make sure he outscores at least one of their cars to help us increase that gap.

3. Jeff Shuren:

   The FDA remains committed to helping to increase the availability of tests that will have the biggest impact on the nation’s ongoing COVID-19 testing needs, such as at-home and point-of-care diagnostic tests that can be produced in high volumes, by focusing our review on these types of tests, and helping to ensure that available tests have appropriate oversight, we can better respond to the pandemic as the nation’s testing needs continue to evolve.

4. Freddie Mac:

   The combination of swift home price growth and the fastest mortgage rate increase in over forty years is finally affecting purchase demand.

5. Sam Khater:

   The market continues to absorb the cumulative impact of the large price and rate increases that led to a plunge in affordability, as a result, over the rest of the year purchase demand likely will continue to drag, supply will modestly increase, and home price growth will decelerate.

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