Decrease and Upgrade

Opposite meaning words

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

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Upgrade is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Upgrade verb - To move higher in rank or position.

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Decrease is an antonym for upgrade in improve topic.

Nearby Words: upgrading, upgraded, upgradable

capacity	decrease capacity	upgrade capacity
power	decrease power	upgrade power
force	decrease force	upgrade force
cost	decrease cost	upgrade cost
Other words: speed, level, size, health, security, intelligence, magic, damage, defense, times, rates, points, stats.

As it turns out, if you upgrade to increase a vehicle's top speed, it's gas mileage will decrease.

Source: Series / Lab Rats
The first went through a Girliness Upgrade, but her fighting skills did NOT decrease as Prussia can attest.

Source: Meekness Is Weakness

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