Augment and Decrease

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Augment

Augment verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players
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Synonyms for Augment
Antonyms for Augment
Decrease is an antonym for augment in topics: increase, improve.
Nearby Words: augmentation, augmented, augmenting, augmentative

Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Usage example: workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow
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Antonyms for Decrease
Augment is an antonym for decrease.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented
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Common collocations

power augment power decrease power
strength augment strength decrease strength
attack augment attack decrease attack
score augment score decrease score
Other words: speed, level, health, effects, durability, intelligence, magic, damage, defense, stats, firepower.

Both words in one sentence

  • Gravity Master Anima: Beyond Fantasy has the spells in the Earth school allowing the caster to decrease, augment, and manipulate gravity-most of them very high level.
    Source: Gravity Master
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Decrease and Augment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/augment/decrease
Augment & Decrease. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/augment/decrease>.
Decrease or Augment. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/augment/decrease.

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