Antonyms of verb centralize

1 sense of centralize

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

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

1 sense of centralize

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 centralizing

1 sense of centralizing

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

decentralizing(prenominal) (vs. centralizing), decentralising(prenominal) -- (tending away from a central point)
        => centrifugal -- (tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress")

Similarity of adj centralizing

1 sense of centralizing

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)