Antonyms of verb increase

2 senses of increase

Sense 1
increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")
       Antonym 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")

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

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

2 senses of increase

Sense 1
increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")
       => change magnitude -- (change in size or magnitude)

Sense 2
increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")
       => 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 increasing

2 senses of increasing

Sense 1
increasing (vs. decreasing) -- (becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices")

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
increasing (vs. decreasing) -- (music)

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)

Similarity of adj increasing

2 senses of increasing

Sense 1
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
increasing (vs. decreasing) -- (music)
       => accelerando -- (gradually increasing in tempo)
       => crescendo -- (gradually increasing in volume)