Definition for Decreasing:

• becoming less or smaller

Synonyms for Decreasing:

• n.

  •contraction (noun)
  • lessening,
  • shrinking.
  •decreasing (noun)
  • depreciating,
  • tapering,
  • calando,
  • depreciatory,
  • depreciative,
  • detractive,
  • rallentando,
  • declining,
  • ritenuto,
  • tapering off,
  • diminuendo,
  • fading,
  • ritardando,
  • paling,
  • allargando,
  • decrescendo.

• v.

  •curtailing (verb)
  • fragmenting,
  • minimizing,
  • Discontinuing.
  •decreasing (verb)
  • eroding,
  • contracting,
  • draining,
  • diminishing,
  • lowering,
  • decrementing,
  • Concentrating,
  • receding,
  • Compacting,
  • dying down,
  • deflating,
  • Abridging,
  • Truncating,
  • compressing,
  • Depleting,
  • shortening,
  • Abbreviating,
  • Deducting,
  • dwindling,
  • Curtailing,
  • abating,
  • subsiding.
  •depressing (verb)
  • depressing,
  • Attenuating,
  • sinking,
  • debasing.
  •diminishing (verb)
  • trimming,
  • Bobbing,
  • Culling,
  • lightening,
  • pruning,
  • clipping,
  • condensing,
  • Weeding,
  • nipping,
  • shaving,
  • Cropping,
  • downgrading,
  • shearing,
  • paring.
  •losing (verb)
  • exhausting,
  • Dissipating,
  • Debiting,
  • Misplacing,
  • dissolving,
  • losing,
  • Dispossessing,
  • Forfeiting,
  • dropping,
  • Divesting.
  •subtracting (verb)
  • docking,
  • Deleting,
  • cutting,
  • Discounting,
  • Subtracting,
  • Eliding.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • go down,
  • retrogressive,
  • subdue,
  • relaxation,
  • deaden,
  • reduce,
  • Modifying,
  • belittling,
  • debase,
  • diminution,
  • Diminishingly,
  • quell,
  • modify,
  • depreciate,
  • plummeting,
  • withering,
  • Abasing,
  • returning,
  • curtail,
  • fall off,
  • deflate,
  • whittle down,
  • abridgement,
  • slacking,
  • Decaying,
  • issuing,
  • distract,
  • discount,
  • divert,
  • moderate,
  • slackening,
  • extenuate,
  • amuse,
  • attenuation,
  • cut down,
  • decreased,
  • Languishing,
  • rit,
  • come down,
  • reductive,
  • abbreviate,
  • reduction,
  • slowing,
  • weaken,
  • alter,
  • Bating,
  • remission,
  • impair,
  • detract,
  • moderating,
  • deliquescent,
  • lower,
  • descending,
  • dwarf,
  • mitigate,
  • shorten,
  • depress,
  • overpower,
  • lessen,
  • abbreviation,
  • deprave,
  • regressive,
  • devaluing,
  • winding down,
  • Decrescent,
  • dwindle,
  • subjugate,
  • adapt,
  • waning,
  • Decreasingly,
  • precipitating,
  • decrement,
  • lighten,
  • subtract,
  • attenuate,
  • passing,
  • wasting,
  • retrenchment,
  • Impairing,
  • abridgment,
  • Devolving,
  • abatement,
  • fritter away,
  • shrinkage,
  • modification,
  • Detracting,
  • abate,
  • stopping,
  • flowing,
  • petering out,
  • decrease,
  • cutback,
  • ebbing,
  • pare,
  • degressive,
  • hindering,
  • Dequantitate,
  • Degenerating,
  • deteriorating,
  • Allaying,
  • cut,
  • Accruing,
  • curtailment,
  • wane,
  • suppress,
  • diminish,
  • Mitigating,
  • bate,
  • condense,
  • repress,
  • amortizing,
  • weakening.

Paraphrases for Decreasing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    decreased, reduce, falling.
  • Proper noun, singular
    decreased, reduce.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reduce, falling.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    receding, reduced, reduction, falling.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    reduced, reduce.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    waning, dropping, Slumping, Dipping.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    diminished, downward, reduced, decline, reduction, Mitigating, depressed, lowering.
  • Proper noun, singular
    less, reduced, decline, reduction, reductions, lowering.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reduced, decline, diminution, dwindling, reduction, downsizing, lowering, depletion.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    rising, Detracting, disappearing, depressing, Collapsing, deteriorating, depreciating, Eradicating, losing, lost, Phasing, Reversing, Destroying, fewer, causing, departing, worsening, measuring, underestimating, trend, reconsidering, Curtailing, Impairing, Halving, eroding, plummeting, sliding, affecting, slashing, Eliminating, withdrawing, subsiding, Disembarking, Arising, vermindering, curbing, streamlining, saving, constraining, compromising, closing, ameliorating, Depleting, weakening, Removing, hindering, Attenuating, speeding, Transforming, retreating, lagging, growing, relaxing, Retracting, Avoiding, limiting, slipping, leading, softening, sinking, dismantling, Relieving, resulting, Plunging, regressing, undermining, abating, leaving, lightening, shifting, loosening, Reining, Combating, Overcoming, Carrying, trimming, Transporting, minors, cushioning, Discounting, contracting, tackling, Preventing, Stemming, fighting, commuting, heading, landing, backing, downloading, failing, turning, wondering, <, la, returning, controlling, bringing, filling, thinning, counting, keeping, making, narrowing, less, dwindling, downsizing, Mitigating, lowering.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    minimizes, reductions.

• Exclusion

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    increasing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    decrease, minimise.
  • Proper noun, singular
    decrease, decreases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    decrease, lessening, narrowing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    lessening.

Antonyms for Decreasing:

• adj.

  • all
    increasing.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    incorporative, multiplicative, profit-maximising, crescendo, augmentative, accelerative, maximising, accelerando, profit-maximizing, progressive, raising, maximizing, acceleratory, accretive, accretionary.

Homophones for Decreasing:

• Diceros Simus, discouraging, decorousness, disorganise, dog racing, disorganize.