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Synonyms for decrease

The synonym for decrease recorded in this bank is lessening, in the sense "a change downward". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for decrease

lesseningnoun, in the sense "a change downward"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and decrease carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampEvents

a change downward

There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided.

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The true synonym

lessening

Same sentence, swapped: There was a lessening in his temperature as the fever subsided.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot decrease is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

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Where decrease turns up in the game

decrease is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where decrease is the trap

increasenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is growth, in the sense "a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important", and decrease is on the board beside it.
remissionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is subsidence, in the sense "an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)", with decrease sitting one tile away.

Play decrease

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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