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
Supplement is an antonym for decrease.
Supplement
Supplement noun - Something added (as by growth).
Usage example: this new rule restricting e-mail to job-related activity is only a supplement to the preexisting policy regarding personal use of company resources
How words are described
| small | small decrease | small supplement |
| actual | actual decrease | actual supplement |
| large | large decrease | large supplement |
| temporary | temporary decrease | temporary supplement |
Common collocations
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Supplement and Decrease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/supplement
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