Devolution and Increase

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Devolution

Devolution noun - A change to a lower state or level.
Usage example: the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum
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Increase is an antonym for devolution in topics: disgrace, decay, lapse, lessening, backsliding.
Nearby Words: devolve, devolved

Increase

Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).
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Antonyms for Increase
Devolution is an antonym for increase.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental
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slow slow devolution slow increase
noticeable noticeable devolution noticeable increase
further further devolution further increase
greater greater devolution greater increase
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Increase and Devolution. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devolution/increase
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Increase or Devolution. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/devolution/increase.

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