decreasing

1. 1.

   becoming less or smaller

   Antonymsincreasing

   Similardepreciatingdetractivediminishingdwindlingfalling
2. 2.

   (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume

   Antonymsincreasing

   Similarallargandocalandodecrescendorallentando

   music

Questions about decreasing

What does decreasing mean?

decreasing means "becoming less or smaller". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decreasing?

decreasing has 3 syllables: de-crea-sing. The stress falls on "crea". In IPA it is /dɪˈkɹisɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of decreasing?

The recorded antonyms are increasing, increasing.

Is decreasing a common word?

decreasing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 decreasing?

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