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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — Thesaurus:decrease - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Verb

Sense: to become smaller

Synonyms
  • decrease
  • diminish    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • drop
  • fall
  • wane
  • slump
  • lessen
  • go down
  • reduce
  • shrink
  • sink
Antonyms
  • increase    [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
  • happen    [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
  • plummet
  • plunge

See also

  • Thesaurus:diminish (transitive, to make smaller)

Further reading

  • “36. nonincrease, decrease” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “decrease” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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