Antonyms of verb multiply

1 of 4 senses of multiply

Sense 1
multiply -- (combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15")
       Antonym of divide (Sense 2)
      => divide, fraction -- (perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?")

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

4 senses of multiply

Sense 1
multiply -- (combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15")
       => calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure -- (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Sense 2
multiply, manifold -- (combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits")
       => increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")

Sense 3
breed, multiply -- (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce")
       => reproduce, procreate, multiply -- (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate")

Sense 4
reproduce, procreate, multiply -- (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")

Antonyms of adv multiply

1 sense of multiply

Sense 1
multiply -- (in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors")
       Antonym of singly (Sense 1)
      => singly -- (one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly")

Synonyms of adv multiply

1 sense of multiply

Sense 1
multiply -- (in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors")