Decrease and Hype

Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Hype is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Hype

Hype verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: the TV writers tried to hype interest in the fading soap opera with flashy new plotlines

Decrease is an antonym for hype.

Nearby Words: hyped, hyping

How words are described

considerable considerable decrease considerable hype
small small decrease small hype
massive massive decrease massive hype
major major decrease major hype
Other adjectives: general, minor, maximum.

Common collocations

times decrease times hype times
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