Synonyms of decreasing

decreasing 1 of 2

noun

as in reducing

Related Words

• reducing
• diminishing
• shortening
• lessening
• shrinking
• compression
• contraction
• curtailment
• abbreviation
• abridgment
• abruptness
• condensation
• shortness
• brusqueness
• curtness
• tautness
• crispness
• brevity
• conciseness
• succinctness
• terseness
• briefness
• compendiousness
• laconism
• pithiness
• minuteness
• smallness
• tininess
• littleness

Dissimilar Words

• extending
• stretching
• extension
• extensiveness
• growth
• prolongation
• lengthiness
• elongation
• prolonging
• elongating
• expansion
• protraction
• spread
• diffuseness
• talkativeness
• volubility
• bulkiness
• prolixity
• greatness
• wordiness
• bigness
• largeness
• garrulousness
• verboseness
• talkiness
• long-windedness
• heftiness

decreasing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of decrease

1

as in diminishing

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• diminishing
• lowering
• depleting
• minimizing
• lessening
• dwindling
• easing
• downsizing
• slashing
• denting
• cutting
• abating
• dropping
• compressing
• knocking down
• shrinking
• downscaling
• de-escalating
• shortening
• trimming
• contracting
• curtailing
• constricting
• paring
• condensing
• truncating
• cutting down
• modifying
• abbreviating
• abridging
• clipping
• whittling
• pruning
• modulating
• cutting back
• cropping
• retrenching
• nicking
• deflating
• docking
• moderating
• qualifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• expanding
• escalating
• augmenting
• enlarging
• raising
• boosting
• swelling
• amplifying
• extending
• inflating
• lengthening
• prolonging
• dilating
• blowing up
• adding (to)
• supplementing
• enhancing
• intensifying
• complementing
• aggrandizing
• distending
• heightening
• elongating
• protracting
• redoubling

2

as in subsiding

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminishing
• subsiding
• declining
• shrinking
• falling
• easing
• vanishing
• ebbing
• lessening
• lowering
• dwindling
• waning
• tapering
• moderating
• receding
• weakening
• dropping (off)
• dying (away or down or out)
• draining (away)
• falling away
• tapering off
• relenting
• ratcheting (down)
• evaporating
• remitting
• abating
• racheting (down)
• letting up
• phasing down
• de-escalating
• palling
• compressing
• collapsing
• alleviating
• contracting
• constricting
• melting (away)
• condensing
• slackening
• fading (away)
• slowing (down)
• relaxing
• tailing (off)
• frittering (away)
• petering (out)
• giving out
• flagging
• sinking
• deflating
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• expanding
• building
• swelling
• escalating
• mounting
• intensifying
• enlarging
• accumulating
• soaring
• burgeoning
• emerging
• picking up
• appearing
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• waxing
• ballooning
• showing up
• lengthening
• blowing up
• elongating
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decreasing

Noun

With the circuit length decreasing, the Singapore Grand Prix increased the number of laps by one. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

And Americans are responding to the messaging, with spending on these weight loss meds increasing and the obesity rate decreasing. — Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 22 Dec. 2025

In the mid-August Economist/YouGov survey, 32% said the unemployment rate was increasing while 22% decreasing. — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Verb

On Sunday, there is a 15% to 30% chance of rain, with the chances decreasing throughout the day. — Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Small animals also have more predators to contend with than large ones, decreasing their chances of surviving from one breeding season to the next. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026

Across the United States, cities are decreasing the number of available psychiatric beds just as demand is surging. — Ian West, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Kym Roberts studies drownings in Australia — where child drownings have been either level or decreasing in recent years. — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Most of these early mandate states were centered around the Northeast, where viral spread started decreasing as a result of normal season patterns. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

The horizontal bar chart shows the share of local real estate agents who say home prices are increasing, decreasing or stable as of Q2 2026. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 July 2026

But the population of mule deer has been steadily decreasing since the 1970s, leading some scientists to theorize that the newly resurgent wolves are relying on other prey, including beavers, rabbits and livestock, the 2021 report states. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

In 2018, New York City officials rolled out a voucher program with an unwieldy name, CityFHEPS, and the laudable goal of decreasing homelessness by subsidizing housing. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026