Roget's Thesaurus

#36. Nonincrease, Decrease

Nouns

decrease, diminution; lessening etc. v.; subtraction etc. 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking etc. (contraction.) 195; coarctation; abridgment etc. (shortening) 201; extenuation. subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent etc. 306; decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration etc. 659; anticlimax; mitigation etc. (moderation) 174.

Verbs

decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge etc. (shorten) 201; shrink etc. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend etc. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble. bate, abate, dequantitate; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate etc. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce etc. 195; shorten etc. 201; subtract etc. 38.

Adjectives

unincreased etc. 35; decreased etc. v.; decreasing etc. v.; on the wane etc. n..

Phrases

a gilded halo hovering round decay [Byron]; fine by degrees and beautifully less [Prior].