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

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

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

Rogers, Rea, and Parks-Shaw all have emphasized the need to be proactive in decreasing the number of lawsuits filed against the Police Department. — Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Activity at Guatemala's Fuego volcano that began Monday morning and caused widespread evacuations is gradually decreasing, authorities said Wednesday. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

The team of scientists behind the new study, published on Wednesday in Current Biology, wanted to see whether pumas could play a role in decreasing those numbers. — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026

The heat dome boosting temperatures also is moving smoke from Oregon wildfires into California, decreasing air quality, especially with the addition of smoke as the Gann fire grows. — Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Stafura has hit 16 homers in his last 22 games while at the same time decreasing his strikeout rate. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

The result is increasing structural lifespan and decreasing potentially massive costs during work disruption, repair, and replacement. — New Atlas, 24 July 2026

The lack of regulations for unsupervised AI and decreasing hardware costs amplify this uncontained proliferation risk. — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026