Antonyms of verb centralise

1 sense of centralise

Sense 1
centralize, centralise, concentrate -- (make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food")
       Antonym of decentralise (Sense 1)
      => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise -- (make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb centralise

1 sense of centralise

Sense 1
centralize, centralise, concentrate -- (make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj centralising

1 sense of centralising

Sense 1
centralizing (prenominal) (vs. decentralizing), centralising (prenominal) -- (tending to draw to a central point)


Similarity of adj centralising

1 sense of centralising

Sense 1
centralizing (prenominal) (vs. decentralizing), centralising (prenominal) -- (tending to draw to a central point)
       => centripetal, unifying (prenominal) -- (tending to unify)
       => consolidative, integrative -- (tending to consolidate)

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