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to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent<they decreased the amount of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow>Synonymsabate, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduceRelated Wordscompress, condense, constrict, contract; abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle; deflate, shrink; moderate, modify, modulate, qualifyNear Antonymsblow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell; elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract; add (to), complement, supplement; enhance, heighten, intensifyAntonymsaggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise
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to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually<the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again>Synonymsabate, decline, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, waneRelated Wordscompress, condense, constrict, contract; evaporate, fade (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), vanish; slacken, slow (down); alleviate, ease, relax; flag, sink, weaken; cave (in), collapse, deflate, give outNear Antonymsappear, emerge, show up; blow up, distend, elongate, lengthenAntonymsaccumulate, balloon, build, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
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