Increase and Loosening

Opposite meaning words

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Loosening is an antonym for increase.

Loosening noun - The act of making something less tight.

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Increase is an antonym for loosening in unbind topic.

Nearby Words: loosen, loosened, loosener

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Loosening and Increase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/loosening

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