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Showing words for DECREASE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Decrease

decrease

7 Letter Words for Decrease

creased, creesed, decares, decease, decrees, recedes, searced, seceder

6 Letter Words for Decrease

aredes, cadees, cadere, cadres, ceased, cedars, ceders, cesare, crease, creeds, creese, deares, decare, decree, ecrase, erased, recase, recede, reedes, reseda, reseed, sacred, scared, screed, searce, seared, secede, seeder

5 Letter Words for Decrease

acers, acred, acres, aedes, arced, arces, arede, arsed, cadee, cader, cades, cadre, caese, cards, cared, cares, carse, cased, caser, cease, cedar, ceder, cedes, cedre, ceras, cered, ceres, cesar, cread, creda, creds, creed, daces, dares, deare, dears, deere, deres, drees, eards, eared, eased, easer, ecads, erade, erase, escar, esere, raced, races, reads, redes, reede, reeds, reese, resee, sacre, sared, scare, scrae, scree, seare, secre, seder, serac, sered

4 Letter Words for Decrease

aced, acer, aces, acre, arcs, ards, ared, ares, cade, cads, card, care, cars, case, ceas, cede, cees, cera, cere, cred, cres, dace, daer, daes, dare, dase, dear, deas, deer, dees, dere, desc, dree, eard, ears, ease, ecad, edea, eras, ered, eres, erse, esca, race, rade, rads, read, recd, recs, rede, reds, reed, rees, sade, sadr, sard, sare, scad, scar, sear, seed, seer, sere, srac

3 Letter Words for Decrease

ace, adc, ade, ads, aer, aes, arc, ard, are, ars, ase, cad, car, cdr, cee, cer, crs, dae, dar, das, dca, dea, dec, dee, der, des, dsr, ead, ear, eas, eds, eec, eer, era, erd, ere, ers, esc, esd, ese, esr, rad, ras, rcd, rea, rec, red, ree, res, sac, sad, sar, scd, scr, sea, sec, sed, see, ser

Definitions for Decrease

[1] to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.: During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.
[2] to make less; cause to diminish: to decrease one's work load.
[3] the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction: a decrease in sales; a decrease in intensity.
[4] the amount by which a thing is lessened: The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
[5] to diminish or cause to diminish in size, number, strength, etc
[6] the act or process of diminishing; reduction
[7] the amount by which something has been diminished

Words related to Decrease

decline, loss, shrinkage, cutback, discount, reduction, downturn, contraction, ebb, wane, dwindle, reduce, soften, curb, weaken, ease, subside, slash, curtail, shrink

Words nearby Decrease

decorum, decoupage, decouple, decoupling, decoy, decrease, decreasing, decreasing term insurance, decree, decree absolute, decree nisi

Origin of Decrease

1350–1400; Middle English decres (noun), decresen (v.) < Old French decreiss-, long stem of decreistre < Latin dēcrēscere (dē- de- + crēscere to grow); see crescent

Other words from Decrease

un·de·creased , adjective

Word origin for Decrease

C14: from Old French descreistre, from Latin dēcrescere to grow less, from de- + crescere to grow

Synonyms for Decrease

contraction, cutback, decline, discount, downturn, loss, reduction, shrinkage, abatement, compression, condensation, constriction, declining, depression, diminution, dwindling, ebb, subsidence, waning, decrescence, falling off, striction