100 Best Synonyms for “Decrease”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	abate	become less strong
2.	allay	reduce fear or worry
3.	alleviate	make less severe
4.	attenuate	make weaker or less intense
5.	bleed away	gradually lose or reduce
6.	bring down	make an amount lower
7.	cheapen	reduce value or dignity
8.	chip away	gradually reduce or weaken
9.	chop	cut or reduce sharply
10.	collapse	fall drastically or fail
11.	come down	fall to a lower level
12.	contract	become smaller or tighter
13.	crash	fall suddenly and severely
14.	curtail	reduce or limit something
15.	cut	reduce an amount or level
16.	decline	become lower or weaker
17.	deflate	reduce pressure, value, or confidence
18.	degrade	reduce in quality or value
19.	deplete	use up and reduce
20.	diminish	make or become smaller
21.	dip	fall slightly or briefly
22.	downgrade	reduce in rank or rating
23.	drain	reduce by using resources
24.	drop	fall to a lower level
25.	dwindle	gradually become smaller or fewer
26.	ease	become less severe
27.	eat away	gradually destroy or reduce
28.	ebb	gradually recede or decline
29.	erode	gradually wear away or reduce
30.	fade	gradually lose strength or brightness
31.	fall	move to a lower amount
32.	fizzle out	gradually fail or diminish
33.	flag	become weaker or less active
34.	gnaw away	slowly wear down or reduce
35.	go down	become lower
36.	hack down	reduce roughly or sharply
37.	halve	reduce by half
38.	hold down	keep at a low level
39.	impair	make weaker or less effective
40.	keep down	prevent from increasing
41.	knock down	reduce a price or amount
42.	lessen	make or become less
43.	let up	become less intense
44.	lighten	make less heavy or severe
45.	lop off	cut off and reduce
46.	lower	make less or lower
47.	mark down	reduce a price
48.	melt away	gradually disappear or lessen
49.	minimise	British spelling of minimize
50.	minimize	reduce to the smallest amount
51.	mitigate	make less harmful or severe
52.	moderate	make less extreme
53.	move down	shift to a lower level
54.	mute	make less strong or noticeable
55.	narrow	make or become less wide
56.	nibble away	reduce gradually in small amounts
57.	nosedive	drop very sharply
58.	pare down	reduce by removing excess
59.	peter out	gradually end or lessen
60.	plummet	fall very quickly
61.	plunge	fall suddenly and sharply
62.	prune	reduce by cutting excess
63.	push down	force to a lower level
64.	quell	reduce or suppress intensity
65.	ratchet down	reduce gradually in stages
66.	recede	move back or become less
67.	reduce	make or become smaller
68.	relax	make less strict or tense
69.	relieve	make pain or pressure less
70.	repress	hold down or reduce
71.	retreat	move back or decline
72.	roll back	reduce to an earlier level
73.	scale back	reduce in size or scope
74.	shave	reduce by a small amount
75.	shrink	become smaller in size
76.	sink	fall to a lower level
77.	slash	reduce sharply or severely
78.	slide	decline gradually or steadily
79.	slip	fall slightly or gradually
80.	soften	make less harsh or severe
81.	step down	reduce by stages
82.	subside	become less intense
83.	tail off	gradually become less
84.	take away	remove and make less
85.	take down	reduce a level or price
86.	taper	gradually become smaller
87.	thin	make or become less dense
88.	trail off	gradually fade or lessen
89.	trend down	move downward over time
90.	trim	reduce slightly or neatly
91.	tumble	fall suddenly or steeply
92.	undermine	gradually weaken or reduce
93.	wane	gradually decrease in strength
94.	water down	make weaker or less effective
95.	weaken	make or become less strong
96.	wear away	gradually reduce through use
97.	wear down	gradually weaken or reduce
98.	whittle down	gradually reduce by small amounts
99.	write down	reduce recorded value
100.	zero out	reduce to zero