Antonyms of verb decentralize

1 sense of decentralize

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

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

1 sense of decentralize

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 decentralizing

1 sense of decentralizing

Sense 1
decentralizing (prenominal) (vs. centralizing), decentralising (prenominal) -- (tending away from a central point)

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

Similarity of adj decentralizing

1 sense of decentralizing

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")