All decrease synonyms
de·crease
D d verb decrease
- cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- let up — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- die down — If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- slack off — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- tail off — diminish gradually
noun decrease
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- lessening — to become less.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- cutback — A cutback is a reduction that is made in something.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
- compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
- condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- constriction — Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.