Decrease and Raise

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Decrease

Decrease noun - The amount by which something is lessened.
Usage example: the average decrease in the price of milk was five cents per gallon
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Antonyms for Decrease
Raise is an antonym for decrease in topics: diminishing, grow less or make less.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Raise

Raise noun - Something added (as by growth).
Usage example: the school board approved a raise in the maximum family income for students qualifying for reduced-price lunches
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Synonyms for Raise
Antonyms for Raise
Decrease is an antonym for raise in topics: increase, nurture, lift, motivate, increase in salary or position.
Nearby Words: raised, raising
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How words are described

normal normal decrease normal raise
small small decrease small raise
massive massive decrease massive raise
large large decrease large raise
Other adjectives: slight, permanent, major, temporary, significant, sudden.

Common collocations

skill decrease skill raise skill
power decrease power raise power
strength decrease strength raise strength
value decrease value raise value
Other words: rank, price, time, level, meter, morale, defense, points, temperature, stat, stats.

Both words in one sentence

  • Hitting notes correctly will raise the meter, while missing or poorly hitting notes will decrease it.
    Source: Franchise / Bemani
  • Scrappy Mechanic And once you raise the rank, there is no way to decrease it.
    Source: Scrappy Mechanic
  • Video Game / .flow To get the rust menu, you need to raise the erosion counter to 100 points/two blood splatters (which becomes annoying if you've been doing things to decrease the erosion counter beforehand), going all the way to the Parade ward, and interact with the diseased-looking child Sabitsuki in her room.
    Source: Video Game / .flow
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Raise and Decrease. (2016). Retrieved 2022, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/raise
Decrease & Raise. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/raise>.
Raise or Decrease. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/raise.

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