decrease
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Sense 1 noun
a change downward
there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
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Sense 2 verb
decrease in size, extent, or range
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
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Sense 3 noun
a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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Sense 4 verb
make smaller
He decreased his staff
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Sense 5 noun
the amount by which something decreases
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Sense 6 noun
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | increase |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | minify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrinking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | casualty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attrition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dwindling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waning |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | increase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | free fall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diminution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change magnitude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrivel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | taper |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaporize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ease off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decoct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | let up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dwindle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-escalate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | devaluate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shorten |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thin out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wane |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wane |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wane |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slow down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decrescendo |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | increment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | decay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diminution |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | desensitization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | narrowing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | slippage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wastage |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | increase |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mitigate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pare |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | limit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | boil down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | abridge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | abate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lour |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-escalate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | minimize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | diminish |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | increment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | amount |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | free fall |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrinkage |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | step-up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | scale down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | de-escalate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduce |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of magnitude |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | mitigation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lowering |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutback |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | devaluation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | devitalization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | mitigation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | easing |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-escalation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | minimization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | depletion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shortening |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrinking |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtraction |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discount |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rollback |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | weakening |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | depreciation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | contraction |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reverse split |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | amortization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | declassification |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tax shelter |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tax credit |