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Verbs (7)

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

decrease, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

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Fuzzynyms (212)

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

slack, slack off, abate, let up, die away

v. become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

attenuate, rarefy

v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

drop, sink, drop down

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

drop

v. go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

become looser, slacken, become slack

v. become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

clip, curtail, cut short

v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

become smaller, taper off

v. become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

lapse, backslide

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

collapse, cave in, founder, give way, fall in

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

fall

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

remit, slacken

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

reduce, simplify

v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"

relax, unbend, make less tight

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

sink, slump, fall off

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

taper, point, sharpen

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

drain, empty of liquid, drain the liquid from

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

drain, flow away, flow off

v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"

drain, enfeeble, debilitate, make feeble

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

drop off, lose, fall back, recede, fall behind

v. retreat

degrade, cheapen

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

curb, restrict, curtail, cut back

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

clip, curtail, cut short

v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

ease, comfort

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

aid, help, improve the condition of, provide help to

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

remit, slacken

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

relax, unbend, make less tight

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

attenuate, rarefy

v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

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Antonyms (46)

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

extend, widen

v. become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

stretch, extend

v. become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"

gain, increase in

v. increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve"

compound, intensify, make more intense

v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

intensify, become intense

v. become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

rise, climb, mount, wax

v. go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

augment

v. grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

expand, blow up, inflate, amplify

v. exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"

advance, boost

v. increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"

boost, give a boost

v. give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

enlarge, magnify, blow up

v. make large; "blow up an image"

manifold, multiply, combine by multiplication, increase by multiplication

v. combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"

rise, heighten

v. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

extend, widen, broaden

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

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