Decrease and Retire

Decrease

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

Retire and decrease are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retire" instead a verb "Decrease".

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Retire

Retire verb - To go to one's bed in order to sleep.

Decrease and retire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Retire".

Nearby Words: retired, retiring, retirement, retiree

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

number decrease number retire number
time decrease time retire time
times decrease times retire times
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