Continue and Decrease

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Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
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Synonyms for Continue
Antonyms for Continue
Decrease is an antonym for continue in topics: cease, persist.
Nearby Words: continued, continuing, continuation, continuity, continuance

Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
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Synonyms for Decrease
Antonyms for Decrease
Continue is an antonym for decrease in increase topic.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented
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Common collocations

attack continue attack decrease attack
time continue time decrease time
level continue level decrease level
times continue times decrease times

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Oswald the Lucky Rabbit When Disney asked Mintz for a 20% budget increase (so that he could continue improving his animation standards), he was told not only that he would receive no budget increase, but that he had to accept a 20% budget decrease.
    Source: Western Animation / Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
  • If you continue to shoot one after he's run out of health, your Force level will decrease.
    Source: Video Game / Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
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Decrease and Continue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/decrease
Continue & Decrease. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/decrease>.
Decrease or Continue. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/decrease.

Antonyms for continue


Antonyms for decrease

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