decreased

Other forms of decreased

comparative

decreasedder·

superlative

decreaseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about decreased

What does decreased mean?

decreased means "made less in size or amount or degree".

How many syllables are in decreased?

decreased has 2 syllables: de-creased. The stress falls on "creased". In IPA it is /dɪˈkɹist/.

What is another word for decreased?

Close synonyms include reduced. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of decreased?

The recorded antonyms are increased.

Is decreased a common word?

decreased is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with decreased?

1 word rhymes with decreased. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.