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Adjective decreased has 1 sense
- decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree
Antonyms: increased, accrued, accumulated, augmented, enhanced, hyperbolic, exaggerated, magnified, enlarged, raised, inflated, redoubled, multiplied
Verb decrease has 2 senses
- decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--1 is one way to change magnitude
Antonyms: increase
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: increase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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