steady ( consistent, stable, strong ); constant ( firm, faithful, persistent, unbending, adamant ); decline ( to refuse, to go down, to decrease, to fall ); enormous ( great, large, big ); influx ( inflow, inward flow, place where a stream flows into another body of water ); increase ( to enlarge, to add to, to multiply, to raise, to intensify ); demand ( to claim, to require, to request strongly );