Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe increases and decreases in British Thesaurus

accumulative (adjective)

gradually increasing

and counting ()

used for saying that a number is continuing to increase as time passes

by a factor of something ()

if something increases by a factor of 5, 10, 20 etc, it becomes 5, 10, 20 etc times larger

by/in leaps and bounds ()

used for saying that someone or something improves or increases a lot

declining (adjective)

becoming less or worse

depleted (adjective)

a depleted group has fewer people in it than usual or than before

depleted (adjective)

with less of something than is needed or than existed before

down (adjective)

at or to a smaller amount, lower level etc than before

down (adjective)

used for saying that something becomes less strong, less violent, or less loud

exponential (adjective)

increasing or growing very fast

fourfold (adjective)

four times as much, or four times as many

fourfold (adverb)

by four times the amount

gathering (adjective)

mainly literary gradually increasing

graduated (adjective)

increasing by regular amounts

growing (adjective)

used for describing things that are becoming greater in size or amount

increased (adjective)

greater in size, amount, or degree

increasingly (adverb)

more and more over a period of time

incremental (adjective)

increasing gradually

the less...the less/more ()

used for saying that when a particular activity, feeling etc is reduced, it causes something else to change at the same time

more and more ()

used for saying that something is increasing in number or degree all the time

the more...the more/less ()

used for saying that when a particular activity, feeling etc increases, it causes something else to change at the same time

mounting (adjective)

increasing, especially in a way that makes a situation worse

north (adverb)

used to indicate that something is getting bigger or better

on the wane ()

getting smaller, weaker, or less important

quadruple (determiner)

four times as much or as many

quintuple (determiner)

five times as much or as many

radical (adjective)

a radical increase or decrease is extremely large and important

reducible (adjective)

able to be reduced

runaway (adjective)

increasing more quickly than expected

sharply (adverb)

suddenly and by a large amount

sixfold (adverb)

by six times as much or as many

south (adverb)

used to indicate that something is getting worse or smaller

stepped-up (adjective)

mainly journalism increased in amount or strength

tenfold (adverb)

in a way that increases by ten

tenfold (adjective)

increasing the amount of something by ten

thousandfold (adjective)

formal a thousand times as much

threefold (adjective)

formal three times as much

twice (adverb)

two times the amount or rate of something

twofold (adjective)

twice as much, or twice as many

twofold (adverb)

by twice the amount

up (adjective)

at or towards an increased number, level, or amount

upward (adjective)

moving towards a higher level or amount