Compliment
Compliment verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Decrease is an antonym for compliment.
Decrease
Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Compliment is an antonym for decrease in grow less or make less topic.
How words are described
| actual | actual compliment | actual decrease |
| major | major compliment | major decrease |
| eventual | eventual compliment | eventual decrease |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Black Ops games make the ACOG more viable for different reasons - in the former, they have no additional idle sway, while in the latter they actually decrease recoil in the same manner as the Foregrip, meaning the ACOG goes well as either a compliment or a replacement for that attachment.
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Decrease and Compliment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compliment/decrease
Compliment & Decrease. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compliment/decrease>.
Decrease or Compliment. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compliment/decrease.
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