Increase and Slow

Opposite meaning words

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

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Slow is an antonym for increase in topics: decrease, add or grow.

Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.

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Increase is an antonym for slow in topics: delay, accelerate.

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

money	increase money	slow money
weight	increase weight	slow weight
effectiveness	increase effectiveness	slow effectiveness
rates	increase rates	slow rates
Other words: abilities, stats, firepower.

Going above your weight limit will slow you down; going above your volume limit will increase your encumbrance, which usually will slow you down as well as other penalties.

Source: Video Game / Cataclysm
They replaced it with slow grinding functions that increase stats instead.

Source: Absurdly High Level Cap
When Lex Luthor takes it, Superman uses a gravity gun to increase Luthor's personal gravity 500 times - which only manages to slow him down temporarily.

Source: Hour of Power

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