8.1.4.3 Decrease
Use this domain for words related to something decreasing in number or amount--to be less than before.
Louw Nida Codes:
59G Increase, Decrease
What words refer to something decreasing in number or amount?
decrease, fall, go down, come down, slide, diminish, contract, shrink, lessen, reduce, reduction, depreciate, lose, narrow, slow down, abate, peter out, tail off, waste away,
What words describe something that is decreasing in number or amount?
decreasing, declining, falling, lowering, shrinking, less and less, fewer and fewer,
What words refer to decreasing very quickly?
drop, plummet, plunge, nosedive, slump, collapse, go through the floor,
What words refer to decreasing slowly?
dwindle, decline, be on the decline, taper off, drop off, die down, ease off,
What words refer to a decrease in number or amount?
decrease (n), reduction, drop, fall, decline, downturn, loss, cut, slump, collapse,
What words refer to a quality becoming less?
lessen, subside, wane, ebb, recede,
What words indicate that something happens or someone does something less than before?
decreasingly, lose ground, become less and less, get less and less,
What words describe something that someone is doing or feeling less than before?
decreased, lowered, lower,
What words refer to causing something to decrease?
reduce, lower, decrease, cut, slash, roll back, knock down, halve, minimize, abbreviate, abridge, curtail, dilate, drain,
What words refer to reducing the amount of something you use or how much you do?
reduce, cut down on, scale down, scale back, cut back, trim, pare down, downsize, scrimp,
What words refer to reducing pain or a bad feeling?
reduce, lessen, relieve, ease, alleviate, deaden, dull, take the edge off, allay, mitigate,
What words refer to decreasing what a machine is doing?
reduce, lower, turn down,
What words refer to something slowly reducing the number or amount of something?
erode, eat into, deplete, whittle away,