11decrease in size, extent, or range
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
Synonymsdecrease, diminish, lessen, fall,
Antonymsincrease,
Hyponymsabate, boil down, break, de-escalate, decelerate, decline, decrescendo, deflate, depreciate, drop off, dwindle, ease up, remit, shorten, shrink, shrivel, taper, thin out, vanish, wane, weaken,
Hypernymschange magnitude,
Type ofchanges magnitude,
Typesabates, boils down, breaks, concentrates, contracts, decelerates, declines, decocts, decrescendoes, de-escalates, deflates, depreciates, devaluates, devalues, dies away, drops off, dwindles, dwindles away, dwindles down, eases off, eases up, flags, flies, goes down, lets up, reduces, remits, retards, shortens, shrinks, shrivels, shrivels up, slackens off, slacks, slacks off, slows, slows down, slows up, tapers, thins out, undervalues, vanishes, vaporizes, wanes, weakens, withers,