Increase and Lower

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Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive
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Lower is an antonym for increase in topics: decline, add or grow.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental

Lower

Lower verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased
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Synonyms for Lower
Antonyms for Lower
Increase is an antonym for lower in topics: lessen, reduce, fall, belittle.
Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase
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quality increase quality lower quality
popularity increase popularity lower popularity
reputation increase reputation lower reputation
amount increase amount lower amount
Other words: chance, odds, factor, weight, bar, resistance, meter, defense, points, chances, stat, stats.

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Lower and Increase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/lower
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Lower or Increase. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/lower.

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