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What is another word for
decrease
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Verb
To become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
To decrease in size, amount, value, or degree
To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
To rearrange or reorganize by reduction or summarization
(
arithmetic
)
To remove or reduce
Noun
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
A deterioration or worsening in condition, structure or quality
A lack or deficiency of something
The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.
The gradual destruction or diminution of something
Careful management of available resources
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Verb
▲
To become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
lessen
decline
diminish
dwindle
shrink
contract
drop
wane
abate
subside
ebb
lower
ease
fall
recede
reduce
lighten
plummet
plunge
relent
sink
slump
taper
moderate
quell
remit
curb
decrement
depreciate
fade
pall
quiet
slacken
tail off
blur
check
crumble
decay
decimate
de-escalate
degenerate
deteriorate
devaluate
droop
evaporate
let up
restrain
settle
shrivel
soften
waste
wither
become less
drop off
fall away
fall off
grow less
ratchet down
taper off
become smaller
die down
grow smaller
peter out
phase down
slow down
calm down
drain away
dry up
lose edge
narrow down
slack off
wear away
wear down
die away
die out
run low
weaken
mitigate
temper
alleviate
attenuate
dull
deaden
allay
blunt
tone down
assuage
cut
curtail
take the edge off
dampen
relieve
relax
ease off
minimize
US
subdue
stifle
nosedive
minimise
UK
calm
go down
palliate
dip
depress
mollify
downscale
soothe
cut back
suppress
limit
downsize
muffle
wind down
cut down
crash
cushion
smother
cool
damp
descend
mute
slash
dive
flag
go downhill
dilute
tumble
devalue
deplete
restrict
scale down
mark down
downgrade
slow
pare down
fade away
take the sting out
damp down
take a nosedive
quieten
bring down
still
lull
cheapen
disappear
erode
drain
dent
deflate
contain
fail
minify
melt away
slacken off
ease up
come to an end
trim
clip
control
extenuate
qualify
slake
modify
lenify
regress
collapse
slide
fall steeply
slip
inhibit
vanish
degrade
numb
roll back
hold back
benumb
tranquilize
US
sag
prune
thin
dissipate
whittle down
knock down
discount
crater
skid
cool off
tranquillise
UK
stop
wear off
fall sharply
mellow
take the bite out
dial down
trail
rachet down
put a damper on
constrict
drop rapidly
undermine
get less
get smaller
soft-pedal
compose
fizzle out
drop away
write down
make cutbacks in
narrow
break
write off
help
die off
waste away
dissolve
shave
go into a tailspin
repress
trail off
modulate
slack
turn down
worsen
make less
die
cease
step down
sate
make smaller
retrograde
appease
round down
dim
quench
slim down
get lower
impair
pare
go away
hit the floor
shorten
cauterize
US
axe
UK
extinguish
rein in
squelch
languish
devalorize
placate
tighten
ax
US
dump
cauterise
UK
hinder
overcome
disperse
downturn
close
atrophy
undervalue
retard
wilt
take down
put damper on
lapse
disintegrate
put the lid on
stem
quash
backslide
stay
retrogress
devolve
keep in check
staunch
become lower
become weaker
get rid of
fade out
take a dive
pacify
absorb
satisfy
go through the floor
run out
put a lid on
sap
ration
compress
condense
block
flop
tame
couch
compact
disempower
water down
silence
vitiate
slope
melt
halt
abase
run down
dulcify
dock
bridle
terminate
decelerate
constringe
retrench
whittle
relapse
rot
trim back
trim down
make less intense
go
come down
bate
dam
dispel
gentle
be reduced
regulate
fall short
break down
choke
give out
buttress
make weaker
buffer
cut back on
fall through
disimprove
drop down
lag
stanch
grow dim
average down
phase out
ease up on
cave in
put an end to
play down
make less active
take a header
settle down
go to pot
make reductions in
get worse
quieten down
withdraw
put the brakes on
go to the dogs
trail away
come to a stop
come to a halt
cut off
come to nothing
soak up
level down
salami-slice
level off
chill
release
finish
revise
gutter
disengage
hush
diffuse
cut down on
debase
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
faint
loosen
temperate
pillow
bolster
abbreviate
comfort
sweeten
balm
keep down
mask
disable
ameliorate
loose
retire
halve
enervate
demote
defuse
satiate
gratify
debilitate
take it easy
put down
anaesthetize
UK
unlax
enfeeble
become weak
smooth down
precipitate
go downwards
desensitize
US
fix up
muzzle
die away or out
die away or down
cripple
constrain
anesthetize
US
kill
take sting out
patch things up
rebate
become less intense
adjust
stoop
close out
totter
lose
muddy up
reduce the effect of
give way
squeeze
drag
buckle
offset
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
smooth
keep it down
decrease the volume
pipe down
reach a new low
go to ruin
go easy
retrench on
bow out
banish
cause to fall
capsule
capsulize
commute
amortise
UK
cast down
tail away
thin out
harsh
squash
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
chill out
dismiss
scale back
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
demerit
bump
declass
bench
hold in check
get under control
eliminate
destroy
decrease rapidly
amortize
US
descend rapidly
run dry
cool it
take the heat off
lose strength
grow faint
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
lose intensity
lose value
thin down
obtund
scrimp
hebetate
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
desensitise
UK
pour oil on
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
be gone
end
clear up
be no more
clear
hit the dirt
tip over
cool out
be precipitated
lower in price
fizzle
shrivel up
let up on
make less strict
make less formal
scatter
lower in value
minish
take down a peg
grow weak
emaciate
miscarry
spoil
founder
delay
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
be on your last legs
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
be on one's deathbed
be slipping away
be in extremis
be at death's door
corrode
detain
bomb
desist
pale
bust
handicap
be deficient
stunt
impede
hit the skids
cramp
strangle
become less dense
become less numerous
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
go awry
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
tauten
strangulate
focus
circumscribe
clench
tense
straiten
confine
pinch
go down the toilet
take a turn for the worse
grow worse
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
become debilitated
go to pieces
go down the tubes
come apart at seams
go amiss
be wanting
arrest
keep back
mire
hamper
retardate
be insufficient
lose lustre
grow dull
tuck
astringe
decry
derogate
deprecate
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
reef
be ruined
strike out
belittle
discredit
become less in number
clear out
denigrate
slack up
be lacking
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
be inadequate
prevent
underrate
be found lacking
trivialize
US
make narrower
get narrower
draw together
get thinner
draw in
become narrower
defame
not come to ripeness
knock
vilipend
withstand
oppose
resist
bring to a standstill
misprize
blister
disesteem
backbite
trivialise
UK
detract
pooh-pooh
subtract from
gloss over
laugh at
hold cheap
cut rate
make light of
take away from
brush aside
more ❯
“I am confident that pollution levels will
decrease
over time if we put these measures in place.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in size, amount, value, or degree
lower
reduce
diminish
lessen
contract
cut
abate
curtail
downsize
drop
minimise
UK
minimize
US
depress
downscale
moderate
deplete
dwindle
ease
slash
temper
abridge
impair
narrow
shorten
truncate
weaken
dent
dilute
cut back
cut down
pare down
turn down
cut back on
cut down on
de-escalate
knock down
make fewer
make less
tone down
wind down
slim down
trim
prune
shrink
retrench
abbreviate
dock
clip
elide
syncopate
pare
crop
scale down
cut short
limit
chop
axe
UK
lop
ax
US
condense
compress
rationalize
US
make cutbacks in
rationalise
UK
mark down
salami-slice
curb
discount
whittle away
snip
whittle down
restrict
eliminate
telescope
shave
boil down
deduct
restrain
bob
economize
US
economise
UK
slim
excerpt
concentrate
economize on
take off
rein in
dial down
hold back
bring down
get shorter
roll back
make shorter
take up
cut to the bone
scale back
turn up
tighten up
rein back
round down
lop off
get rid of
ease up on
make reductions in
step down
subtract
epitomize
US
check
slenderize
lighten
degrade
foreshorten
epitomise
UK
quell
attenuate
downgrade
make smaller
do away with
constrict
shed
chop down
deflate
shear
put down
cut off
waste away
run down
reduce greatly
keep down
tighten
confine
omit
delete
remove
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
phase down
phase out
budget cut
trim away
tune down
roll down
minify
cramp
inhibit
halt
control
break off
put a restriction on
put the brakes on
put a limit on
summarize
US
synopsize
abstract
summarise
UK
digest
precis
put in a nutshell
précis
summate
capsule
encapsulate
edit
inventory
distill
US
distil
UK
blue pencil
get to the meat
outline
sum
consolidate
skim
compact
expurgate
bowdlerize
US
sum up
capsulize
conflate
recap
bowdlerise
UK
stop short
take out
cut out
run through
give main points
compile
paraphrase
simplify
make simpler
put in words of one syllable
shrivel
squeeze
wither
disappear
get smaller
decrease in size
become smaller
reduce in size
grow smaller
more ❯
“You should probably
decrease
the amount of food you consume each day.”
Verb
▲
To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
impair
damage
mar
spoil
ruin
harm
compromise
hurt
undermine
injure
destroy
weaken
deface
disfigure
vitiate
blemish
cripple
break
flaw
blight
diminish
endamage
tarnish
impede
crab
debase
disable
bloody
debilitate
reduce
total
hinder
enfeeble
threaten
devalue
deteriorate
lessen
prejudice
blunt
queer
enervate
cheapen
invalidate
worsen
ding
tweak
devaluate
disqualify
unfit
mess up
foul up
cross up
put the kibosh on
rough up
make useless
lose strength
subvert
sap
shake
have a bad effect on
pull the rug out from under
wreck
crush
sabotage
mangle
defile
taint
smash
demolish
devastate
shatter
trash
maim
ravage
annihilate
corrupt
poison
deform
mutilate
batter
disrupt
pollute
sully
distort
vandalize
US
undo
scar
stain
thwart
raze
contaminate
vandalise
UK
wound
incapacitate
warp
desecrate
upset
louse up
twist
degrade
scotch
scupper
torpedo
wrench
foul
infect
destabilize
US
despoil
bruise
hamper
muck up
decimate
adulterate
waste
extinguish
soil
destabilise
UK
frustrate
screw up
foil
quash
dash
dirty
tear
dent
pervert
blot
make a mess of
wreak havoc on
cramp
desolate
blow
nix
overwhelm
disfeature
misshape
play havoc with
dismantle
alloy
befoul
abase
afflict
stymie
maul
erode
do in
blow a hole in
scratch
bring to naught
obstruct
pull down
corrode
smirch
gut
dilapidate
banjax
shake up
deprave
contort
cruel
pulverize
US
cream
blast
impoverish
wrack
profane
sprain
lame
pull
be detrimental to
buckle
smash up
detract from
interfere with
nullify
mangulate
pulverise
UK
obliterate
do for
scathe
strain
besmirch
hamstring
uglify
rick
prevent
jeopardize
US
take out
restrict
bastardize
US
crool
demean
suppress
dilute
block
debauch
attenuate
botch
stifle
canker
handicap
limit
depreciate
abuse
euchre
defeat
dish
crick
demoralize
US
vaporize
US
jeopardise
UK
nuke
wear away
overthrow
overturn
prostitute
break up
bastardise
UK
put out of action
demoralise
UK
lay waste
make impure
vaporise
UK
influence
cause detriment to
bring down
wipe out
tear down
rub out
attack
leave in ruins
put out of commission
annul
disempower
overcome
eradicate
end
torture
terminate
squinch
abolish
touch
screw
quell
malform
cut
bend
gnarl
curb
torpefy
negate
inhibit
dismember
lacerate
check
denature
spread to
dislimb
disarm
knot
unstrengthen
wince
bust
skew
wrong
bodge
ravish
do damage to
play merry hell with
jar
level
neutralize
US
shock
scorch
consume
put a damper on
strike down
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
discolor
US
do harm to
hog-tie
put at risk
bang up
radioactivate
dissolve
put an end to
make lame
undercut
discolour
UK
make unattractive
be deleterious to
neutralise
UK
scourge
put paid to
balls up
make ugly
sideline
rain on someone's parade
take apart
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
drive a nail into the coffin of
leave desolate
wrack up
bring to ruin
reduce to rubble
traumatize
US
molest
interrupt
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
overexert
dispatch
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
unsettle
endanger
eliminate
bankrupt
darken
crumple
imperil
mash
depress
devitalize
strike at the foundations
traumatise
UK
annoy
tear apart
smear
bollix
kill
disfashion
inconvenience
wither
have a negative effect on
nick
abort
lower
break down
dim
emasculate
bow
sour
color
US
colour
UK
palsy
be a blot on the landscape
minimize
US
minimise
UK
intrude on
massacre
gimp
castrate
repress
cow
violate
disgrace
handle roughly
detract
shrink
crash
reduce in value
tar
subdue
lace
whittle
sink
ruinate
flatten
bias
thin
throw a monkey wrench into
make misshapen
distort the shape of
suffocate
smother
muller
vanquish
overpower
demote
reduce in quality
affect
maculate
disserve
sandbag
eat away
extend
shipwreck
cost
deplete
bend out of shape
disrate
chip away
efface
dump on
whittle away
do mischief to
knock down
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
lay in ruins
spike
crack
maltreat
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
knock
gnaw
rust
stultify
mix
write off
dash to pieces
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
pile up
crack up
tear up
topple
tame
trouble
scuzz up
make foul
bleach
fade
stab
knacker
exterminate
take the edge off
sap the strength of
impact
prepossess
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
tamper with
disease
strike
pillage
rout
knock out
shoot down
havoc
plunder
embitter
perturb
pique
pain
wax
prostrate
trample
overrun
sack
unbuild
squelch
explode
misuse
spread among
skin
crimp
craze
decay
cook
hack up
run through
occur
prevail
depredate
draw blood
litter
burst
pop
tunnel
deliver a blow to
spoliate
toxify
infest
bring someone to their knees
wreak havoc
kibosh
muzzle
hogtie
blend
intermix
misapply
misemploy
impinge
rattle
infringe
disturb
commingle
make filthy
envenom
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
sophisticate
make powerless
make unfit
make ineffective
render powerless
bring to an end
water down
put a stop to
strike at
make a hash of
jaundice
blow up
render incapable
put the lid on
squash
cancel out
exploit
mishandle
encroach on
glitch up
take hold of
render ineffective
throw monkey wrench in
work against
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
wreak havoc with
bring to nought
manipulate
place a limit on
gash
pound
graze
ill-use
take advantage of
cancel
rescind
encumber
repeal
trammel
kink
scrape
abrogate
void
fetter
revoke
shackle
put out
cause pain to
work over
pummelled
UK
cause injury to
countermand
hobble
reverse
disannul
vacate
clog
retard
null
manacle
avoid
pummel
US
slap
spank
punish
belt
flog
pommel
slug
whack
lash
pinch
punch
flail
whip
handcuff
overrule
constrain
embarrass
abate
veto
bridle
override
repudiate
curtail
bork
burden
disadvantage
hold back
offset
place at a disadvantage
hold up
give disadvantage
short-circuit
tie up
put at a disadvantage
counteract
circumduct
upend
X-out
blow sky-high
render null and void
roll back
render invalid
more ❯
Verb
▲
To rearrange or reorganize by reduction or summarization
digest
summarise
UK
summarize
US
abstract
synopsize
epitomise
UK
epitomize
US
encapsulate
outline
recap
condense
recapitulate
shorten
abbreviate
reprise
brief
compress
precis
cut
reduce
telescope
trim
summate
compact
sum
nutshell
sum up
wrap up
boil down
cut down
put in a nutshell
cut to bone
get to the meat
abridge
précis
truncate
contract
give a summary of
inventory
capsule
blue pencil
edit
give a precis of
give a synopsis of
curtail
review
snip
chop
give an outline of
give an abstract of
sketch
run through
give the main points of
minify
capsulize
distill
US
distil
UK
skim
go over
give the gist of
run down
give a digest of
rehash
prune
pare
clip
narrow
compile
concentrate
give a rundown of
make a summary of
give main points
shrink
crop
consolidate
constrict
sum-up
wrap-up
downsize
cut short
retrograde
cipher
US
make a outline of
make a résumé of
cypher
UK
write a summary of
make a long story short
limit
express
cut back
record
capture
describe
delineate
examine
draft
US
indicate
characterize
US
conclude
adumbrate
estimate
close
total
draught
UK
characterise
UK
touch on
size up
give a summing-up
review the evidence
summarize the argument
summarize the evidence
give a rough idea of
skeletonize
give a quick rundown on
make an outline of
skeleton
give a rough idea
lay out
tell about
give a thumbnail sketch of
get the measure of
restate
reiterate
repeat
rephrase
reword
recount
paraphrase
replay
list
enumerate
run over
state again
run through again
go over again
go over same ground
go the same round
lessen
diminish
slash
pare down
dock
whittle down
minimize
US
lower
minimise
UK
lop
elide
syncopate
make cutbacks in
slim down
retrench
scale down
bring down
curb
restrict
dwindle
restrain
downscale
roll back
salami-slice
dial down
wind down
taper
mark down
ease
shave
moderate
cut off
decrement
drop
axe
UK
tighten
attenuate
round down
ax
US
tone down
taper off
cut back on
drop off
take down
whittle away
make reductions in
bob
ease off
shear
excerpt
mitigate
get shorter
lighten
make shorter
take up
cut to the bone
eliminate
lop off
temper
turn up
quell
abate
alleviate
ebb
couch
relax
decline
downgrade
tighten up
whittle
de-escalate
trim down
trim back
step down
tail off
foreshorten
top
slim
deflate
chop down
conflate
waste away
deplete
get rid of
do away with
stop short
take out
cut out
ration
assemble
annotate
subdue
stifle
inhibit
halt
cramp
control
dent
wane
splice
butcher
dry up
devaluate
impair
sink
erode
take the edge off
depress
weaken
cast down
extenuate
slacken
dilute
amortise
UK
make less
qualify
amortize
US
make smaller
degrade
peter out
slow down
damp down
confine
remove
omit
delete
rein in
break off
rein back
hold back
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
put a limit on
take off
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
arithmetic
)
To remove or reduce
subtract
deduct
remove
minus
abstract
debit
diminish
dock
take
withdraw
abate
detract
discount
unadd
withhold
take away
take from
take off
knock off
take out
draw back
reduce
eliminate
lessen
rebate
lower
roll back
cut back
cut
lop
allow
bate
charge
slash
record
reduce by
decrease by
write off
mark down
knock down
strike off
pay out from
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
decline
reduction
lessening
diminution
drop
shrinkage
abatement
contraction
cutback
declining
diminishing
downturn
ebb
loss
lowering
curtailment
cut
discount
falling off
wane
waning
decrement
dent
depletion
depression
diminishment
drop-off
dwindling
fall
falloff
slackening
downtick
subsidence
decrescence
de-escalation
dying down
step down
letting up
deduction
slump
depreciation
plunge
nosedive
downswing
tumble
weakening
descent
devaluation
dive
deterioration
dip
subtraction
retrenchment
slide
downslide
recession
crash
rebate
downfall
attenuation
markdown
downtrend
concession
cutting
allowance
downgrade
plummet
degradation
impoverishment
shortening
saving
lapse
let-up
reducing
decay
slash
degeneration
erosion
minimization
exhaustion
regression
shrinking
minimizing
US
deflation
skid
collapse
declination
sapping
truncation
sag
rollback
dilution
minimising
UK
abbreviation
condensation
restriction
limitation
fall-off
dropping off
consumption
expenditure
draining
trimming
ebbing
expending
economy
receding
emptying
removal
easing
devaluing
failing
sinking
degeneracy
decadence
debit
slowdown
subsiding
decreasing
docking
attrition
discounting
detraction
withdrawal
declivity
limiting
devolution
slip
using up
fading
down
trough
running down
petering out
taking away
scaling down
mitigation
falling-off
dropoff
cutting back
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
downsize
declension
lightening
precipitation
withering
landslide
write-down
extenuation
diminuendo
moderation
subduction
deletion
dropping away
retrogression
deprivation
downhill trend
comedown
atrophy
worsening
privation
pruning
slimming
difference
easing off
stagnation
standstill
backsliding
forfeiture
squandering
chopping
debasement
axing
rundown
inactivity
curbing
repayment
relapse
grant
paralysis
shakeout
shortfall
dissipation
knock-off
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
curtailing
deficiency
refund
weighting
downsizing
contracting
curb
guillotine
phasedown
reversal
bottom-out
meltdown
reverse
flagging
blight
dump
drain
impairment
waste
belt-tightening
cheapening
depletion allowance
tax break
minus
salami slicing
downgrading
dying away
steep fall
want
failure
retardation
dying out
fading away
bottom out
decrease in value
lowering in value
bottoming out
enfeeblement
reduction in value
cutting down
accounting allowance
cutting short
loss of value
devitalization
debilitation
marking down
paring down
thinning
rarefication
sharp fall
weakness
cost saving
abstraction
tempering
watering down
taking the edge off
excision
dockage
credit
write-off
taking off
knocking off
reduction in expenses
cost reduction
spill
pitch
header
flop
topple
stumble
trip
cropper
belly flop
roll
jump
slope
slant
plummeting
tailspin
duck
sinkage
flip
wipeout
gradient
concavity
hill
hang
basin
skydive
downhill
plunging
falling
plump
hanging
free fall
going down
coming down
high dive
deep dive
false step
bust
stagflation
economic decline
credit squeeze
bad times
hard times
credit crunch
downward spiral
accident
misstep
cant
sink
toss
downshift
dunk
pratfall
swoop
sale
spiral
sinkhole
clearance
letup
bargain
headlong fall
slack
arrest
scarp
stagger
incline
rise and fall
submersion
submergence
bellyflop
adret
versant
bajada
escarpment
big trouble
unemployment
bankruptcy
rainy days
negative growth
ducking
cave-in
inclination
trail
bend
track
free-fall
special
downslope
headlong jump
droop
settlement
downcome
Black Monday
rainy day
more ❯
“We have seen a steady
decrease
in the usage of traditional media over the last few years.”
Noun
▲
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
moderation
easing
lessening
reduction
abatement
diminution
alleviation
mitigation
slackening
weakening
relief
waning
decline
palliation
lightening
assuagement
relaxation
softening
allaying
soothing
ebb
modification
pacification
contraction
diminishing
quelling
placation
mollification
tempering
attenuation
deadening
dulling
cushioning
modulation
subsidence
calming
appeasement
remission
damping
extenuation
stilling
let-up
easing off
tailing off
cutback
qualification
restriction
lowering
blunting
curtailment
slowing
dwindling
slaking
ebbing
amelioration
retardation
dying down
discount
absorption
soaking up
easement
ease
cure
allayment
relieving
reprieve
comfort
balm
alleviating
release
solace
remedy
comforting
mitigating
assuaging
rest
palliative
improvement
aid
care
succor
US
succour
UK
sustenance
consolation
support
assistance
conciliation
concession
propitiation
accommodation
restfulness
extrication
well-being
cheer
acceding
reconciliation
quieting
peace-mongering
peacemaking
acquiescence
dovishness
lulling
compromise
peace offering
tranquillization
sweetening
bread and circuses
restoration
bread and games
settlement
amends
reparation
adjustment
accession
tranquilization
grant
more ❯
Noun
▲
A deterioration or worsening in condition, structure or quality
decay
deterioration
decline
degeneration
descent
fall
degradation
weakening
downfall
collapse
decaying
ebbing
decadence
ebb
declension
degeneracy
devolution
dilapidation
disintegration
enfeeblement
debilitation
ruin
atrophy
disrepair
debasement
dwindling
waning
decrepitude
ruination
failure
dissolution
crumbling
lapse
extinction
depreciation
fading
failing
slipping
shrinking
falloff
adulteration
impairment
blight
dying
mortification
falling-off
decomposition
rot
breakdown
rotting
perishing
putridity
putrefaction
putrescence
corrosion
withering
spoilage
gangrene
corruption
rottenness
rust
festering
senescence
spoilation
wasting
caries
consumption
putridness
wasting away
downgrade
declination
damage
downgrading
reduction
eclipse
demotion
drop
retrogression
slide
worsening
downturn
abasement
slump
devaluation
slip
vitiation
sinking
demise
stagnation
regression
destruction
spoiling
lessening
comedown
overthrow
death
flameout
dégringolade
aggravation
down
ruining
destroying
harm
spoliation
fragmenting
falling
cadence
downcome
downward spiral
perversion
escalation
dislocation
degringolade
breaking up
reversion
relapse
recession
dereliction
falling apart
tainting
falling away
undoing
disgrace
defeat
vanquishing
unseating
end
annihilation
crash
toppling
conquest
ousting
elimination
comeuppance
Waterloo
nemesis
labefaction
deposition
bane
loss of power
debacle
rack and ruin
road to ruin
doom
loss of status
loss of prosperity
canker
corroding
shrivelling
UK
going bad
shriveling
US
breaking down
more ❯
Noun
▲
A lack or deficiency of something
want
lack
absence
unavailability
dearth
deficiency
insufficiency
shortage
scarcity
deprivation
non-existence
scarceness
deficit
depletion
inadequacy
paucity
shortfall
shortness
need
loss
omission
privation
reduction
undersupply
withdrawal
scantiness
sparsity
destitution
drought
exiguity
insufficience
removal
scantness
needfulness
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
curtailment
default
exigency
exiguousness
skimpiness
vacancy
void
being after
crunch
drouth
inadequateness
missing out on
pinch
being able to do with
being deficient in
being short of
being without
falling short in
sparseness
meagreness
decline
leanness
meagerness
tightness
uncommonness
slim pickings
absenteeism
rareness
stringency
rarity
inaccessibility
infrequency
debilitation
shrinking
slightness
shrinkage
retrenchment
poverty
failure
famine
lacuna
defect
defalcation
underage
lapse
shortcoming
limitedness
weakness
restrictedness
arrears
neglect
paltriness
nonexistence
exclusion
red ink
inexistence
in the hole
in the red
barrenness
bareness
penury
ineffectuality
unfitness
fewness
smallness
slenderness
short supply
aridity
underperformance
gap
debt
debit
indebtedness
slippage
discrepancy
dues
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
negligence
oversight
dereliction
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
overlooking
inaction
failure to act
more ❯
Noun
▲
The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.
weight loss
dieting
reduction
slimming
decrease in body mass
diminishing body mass
loss of weight
cutting fat
Noun
▲
The gradual destruction or diminution of something
erosion
corrosion
attrition
deterioration
abrasion
wear
waste
weathering
disintegration
undermining
decay
detrition
wearing
consumption
corroding
loss
destruction
spoiling
weakening
crumbling
dissolution
dissolving
rotting
sapping
corrasion
desedimentation
despoliation
wearing away
eating away
wear and tear
gnawing away
scraping away
chipping away
grinding down
wasting away
washing away
wearing down
friction
depreciation
degeneration
abrading
excoriation
diminution
scuffing
oxidation
oxidization
US
subversion
damage
decomposition
trituration
filing
wastage
damaging
rust
dilapidation
impairment
thinning
oxidisation
UK
dwindling
diminishment
battering
thinning out
slow destruction
natural wastage
a few knocks
depletion
dissipation
ablation
overuse
decrement
scraping
chafing
grating
rubbing
hard wear
ravages of time
scratching
scouring
stripping
being eaten away
more ❯
Noun
▲
Careful management of available resources
economy
thrift
providence
prudence
frugality
parsimony
saving
restraint
thriftiness
carefulness
husbandry
canniness
economising
UK
economizing
US
meanness
miserliness
regulation
scrimping
sparingness
abstemiousness
budgeting
management
retrenchment
skimping
stinginess
cutback
cutting
forehandedness
frugalness
pinching
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
care
curtailment
moratorium
parcity
reduction
rollback
shrinkage
supervision
careful budgeting
fuel-saving
good husbandry
good management
scaling-down
cost-cutting
penny-pinching
scrimping and saving
financial prudence
austerity
caution
tightness
penuriousness
moderation
conservation
parsimoniousness
sophrosyne
vigilance
temperance
asceticism
avarice
avariciousness
careful management
good housekeeping
close-fistedness
tight-fistedness
cut
discount
cutting back
contraction
pruning
rundown
cuts
belt-tightening
tightening your belt
tightfistedness
discretion
rollback in spending
reduction in spending
ungenerousness
cutbacks
closeness
cheapness
cheeseparing
greed
downsizing
acquisitiveness
greediness
covetousness
minginess
nearness
graspingness
illiberality
churlishness
belt tightening
peniaphobia
cheese-paring
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