Drop and Increase

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Drop

Drop noun - The amount by which something is lessened.
Usage example: a huge drop in pressure
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Antonyms for Drop
Increase is an antonym for drop in topics: decrease, hole, fall, globule.
Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Increase

Increase noun - The act or process of becoming greater in number.
Usage example: the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual
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Synonyms for Increase
Antonyms for Increase
Drop is an antonym for increase in topics: addition, add or grow.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental
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How words are described

corresponding corresponding drop corresponding increase
short short drop short increase
standard standard drop standard increase
considerable considerable drop considerable increase
Other adjectives: visible, sharp, small, actual, massive, large, big, huge, slight, noticeable, major, dramatic, minor, slightest, extra, significant, sudden.

Common collocations

amount drop amount increase amount
level drop level increase level
health drop health increase health
money drop money increase money
Other words: weight, points.

Both words in one sentence

  • Drop the Hammer: The Gravity Hammer, which can increase gravataional forces to increase its power.
    Source: Fan Fic / Showa & Vampire
  • The World Ends with You allows you to increase your item drop rate by temporarily reducing your experience level or chaining several battles together without healing in-between.
    Source: Random Drop Booster
  • Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops As if that wasn't enough, there's also expensive and relatively hard to get food items you can consume to permanently increase your base drop rate by 1 or 3.
    Source: Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops
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Increase and Drop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drop/increase
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Increase or Drop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drop/increase.

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