Decrease and Swell

Opposite meaning words

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

Usage example: workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow

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Swell is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Swell verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.

Usage example: the club membership has really swelled in recent months

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Decrease is an antonym for swell in topics: flow, become larger.

Nearby Word: swelling

massive	massive decrease	massive swell
dramatic	dramatic decrease	dramatic swell

decrease numbers

swell numbers

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