decreasing
adjective
[ dɪˈkriːsɪŋ ]
• becoming smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
• "the affair attracts a decreasing number of visitors"
decreasing
noun
• the action or process of making or becoming smaller or fewer.
• "the decreasing of greenhouse gases would also lead to an avoidance of a temperature rise"
decrease
verb
• make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
• "the population of the area has decreased radically"
Similar:
lessen,
grow/become less,
grow/become smaller,
reduce,
drop,
diminish,
decline,
dwindle,
contract,
shrink,
fall off,
die down,
abate,
subside,
let up,
tail off,
ebb,
wane,
taper off,
peter out,
lighten,
sink,
slump,
plummet,
plunge,
make less/fewer,
lower,
cut down/back (on),
cut,
curtail,
narrow,
pare down,
slim down,
tone down,
temper,
weaken,
deplete,
minimize,
slash,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’.
