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")

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