decreased

Phonetic Respelling: [ verb dih-krees; noun dee-krees, dih-krees ]

Definition:

v. to become less or smaller; to cause to become less.

Sentence:

The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester.

More example sentences:

The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester.

Hear it

The desirability of the job decreased when he heard the low salary.

Hear it

Synonyms:

decline; diminish; drop; dwindle

Antonyms:

expand; grow; increase

Decreased rhymes:

• One Syllable Rhymes
  • beast
  • ceased
  • east
  • feast
  • fleeced
  • greased
  • keast
  • leased
  • least
  • pieced
  • priest
  • trieste
  • weast
  • yeast
• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • bankeast
  • deceased
  • depriest
  • dupriest
  • increased
  • ne
  • northeast
  • policed
  • released
  • se
  • southeast
  • vannest
  • 
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • unreleased