100 Best Synonyms for “Decrease”

100 Best Synonyms for

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