Antonyms of verb decrease

2 senses of decrease

Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
       Antonym of increase (Sense 1)
      => increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")

Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
       Antonym of increase (Sense 2)
      => increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")

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

2 senses of decrease

Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
       => change magnitude -- (change in size or magnitude)

Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
       => 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 decreasing

2 senses of decreasing

Sense 1
decreasing (vs. increasing) -- (becoming less or smaller)

increasing (vs. decreasing) -- (becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices")
        => accelerative, acceleratory -- (tending to increase velocity)
        => accretionary -- (marked or produced by accretion)
        => accretive -- (growing by accretion)
        => augmentative -- (increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'")
        => incorporative -- (growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories; "the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state")
        => maximizing, maximising -- (making as great as possible)
        => multiplicative -- (tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation")
        => profit-maximizing, profit-maximising -- (making the profit as great as possible; "the profit-maximizing price")
        => progressive -- (gradually advancing in extent)
        => raising -- (increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate")

Sense 2
decreasing (vs. increasing) -- (music)

increasing (vs. decreasing) -- (music)
        => accelerando -- (gradually increasing in tempo)
        => crescendo -- (gradually increasing in volume)

Similarity of adj decreasing

2 senses of decreasing

Sense 1
decreasing (vs. increasing) -- (becoming less or smaller)
       => depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory -- (tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices")
       => detractive -- (causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment")
       => diminishing -- (becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her")
       => dwindling, tapering, tapering off -- (gradually decreasing until little remains)
       => falling -- (decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature")

Sense 2
decreasing (vs. increasing) -- (music)
       => allargando -- (gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner)
       => calando -- (gradually decreasing in tempo and volume)
       => decrescendo, diminuendo -- (gradually decreasing in volume)
       => rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rit. -- (gradually decreasing in tempo)