Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decentralise
1 sense of decentralise
Sense 1
decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise -- (make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized")
=> 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 decentralising
1 sense of decentralising
Sense 1
decentralizing (prenominal) (vs. centralizing), decentralising (prenominal) -- (tending away from a central point)
Similarity of adj decentralising
1 sense of decentralising
Sense 1
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")