Synonymer og antonymer av decrease på engelsk

decrease

These are words and phrases related to decrease. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, gå til definisjonen av decrease.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS

The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.

Synonymer og eksempler

lessen
A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduce
They've just reduced the price.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plummet
Temperatures last night plummeted.
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.
contract
As the metal cools, it contracts.

Antonym og eksempel

increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
Finn ut mer
When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.

THE FACT OF GETTING SMALLER OR BECOMING LESS

There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.

Synonymer og eksempler

fall
A fall in the price of petrol is unlikely.
fall-off
There's been a sharp fall-off in demand for the product since the company's scandal broke.
falling-off
There has been a slight falling-off in public sector employment growth.
drop
We are expecting a sharp drop in temperatures overnight.
decline
A decline in profits is to be expected in this economic climate.
nosedive
Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive.
reduction
The company announced a 10 per cent wage reduction in response to poor earnings.
downturn
The economic downturn is likely to continue.
downswing
Banks took action to counter the downswing in manufacturing.

Antonymer og eksempler

increase
There has been an increase in noise complaints since the building started.
rise
There has been a sharp rise in home sales this month.
upturn
Some sectors of the economy have seen a sharp upturn.
upswing
Production is on the upswing after a stagnant third quarter.
Finn ut mer
When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.
Cambridge engelsk synonymordbok © Cambridge University Press

decrease | American Thesaurus

decrease

verb
These are words and phrases related to decrease. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, gå til definisjonen av decrease.

decrease

noun
Synonyms for decrease from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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go pear-shaped

If a plan goes pear-shaped, it fails.

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