Thesaurus:decrease

Thesaurus

decrease

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.