The opposite word of 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

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Ingrid Duran:

   We can see maybe a 100% increase in states on both sides of the issue.

2. Chair Yellen:

   Most FOMC participants, including Chair Yellen, currently anticipate Most FOMC participants achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter.

3. Bob Gualtieri:

   Because the operator noticed the increase and lowered it right away, at no timewas there a significant adverse effect on the water being treated, importantly, the public was never in danger.

4. Robert Redfield:

   CDC has begun to prepare for months ahead, when the next season’s influenza illness will occur simultaneously, potentially, with Covid-19, increasing the challenges on hospitals, health care professionals and the public, this fall, before the seasonal circulation of influenza increase, I encourage the American people to be prepared and to embrace flu vaccination with confidence for yourself, your families in the communities.

5. Joseph Costello:

   To increase muscle size, you need muscle damage and repair; that’s just the body’s natural regeneration process. However, if cold water or (cryotherapy) blunt the inflammatory response, you may not get (muscle building).

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