decreasing
Becoming less over time
Decreasing means becoming smaller, fewer, or less intense over time.
It describes a downward trend or gradual reduction: decreasing temperatures, decreasing enrollment, a decreasing sense of urgency.
The word functions as both a verb form and an adjective describing something in decline.
Becoming progressively less
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
- reducingMaking less or smaller
contracting · depleting · tapering · abating · subsiding · minimizing · downscaling · curtailing
Letting something fall
- fallingMoving downward freely
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
- slumpingDeclining sharply, drooping
sinking · tumbling · nosediving · declining · ebbing · receding · sliding · slipping
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- tapering offGradually becoming less
- petering outGradually diminishing to nothing
- trailing offGradually becoming inaudible
phasing out · dying down · easing · softening · moderating · relaxing · slackening · letting up
Making less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- relievingReducing discomfort or strain
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
assuaging · palliating · ameliorating · cushioning · moderating · tempering · lightening · reducing
diminishing
Becoming progressively less
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
reducing · contracting · depleting · tapering · abating · subsiding · minimizing · downscaling · curtailing · cutting back
dropping
Letting something fall
- fallingMoving downward freely
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
slumping · sinking · tumbling · nosediving · declining · ebbing · receding · sliding · slipping · cratering
waning
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- tapering offGradually becoming less
- petering outGradually diminishing to nothing
trailing off · phasing out · dying down · easing · softening · moderating · relaxing · slackening · letting up · unwinding
alleviating
Making less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- relievingReducing discomfort or strain
soothing · assuaging · palliating · ameliorating · cushioning · moderating · tempering · lightening · reducing · defusing
weakening
Becoming less strong
dulling · dampening · tempering · blunting · diluting · thinning · paling · lightening · mellowing · subduing
- shrinking wordscontracting, reducing, diminishing, dwindling, compressing
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, ebbing
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, cutting back, scaling back
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- function propertiesdomain, range, continuity, derivative, limit
decreasingincreasing
Becoming greater in amount
growing · rising · mounting · expanding · augmenting
decreasingaccelerating
Increasing in speed
intensifying · accelerando · crescendo · accelerative · acceleratory