dwindling Synonym

brightening, illuminating, whitening, bleaching, fading, paling, clarifying, alleviating, easing, relieving, reducing, diminishing, lessening, mitigating, softening, moderating, tempering, mollifying, soothing, calming, relaxing, loosening, unburdening, freeing, liberating, uplifting, cheering, heartening, encouraging, inspiring, invigorating, energizing, refreshing, rejuvenating, revitalizing, stimulating, enlivening, animating, exhilarating, electrifying, thrilling, exciting, sparking, igniting, kindling, arousing, awakening, stirring, motivating [x]

slip, error, mistake, blunder, oversight, fault, failure, misstep, omission, drop, decline, deterioration, regression, backslide, relapse, break, interruption, pause, interval, gap, hiatus, cessation, suspension, discontinuation, break-off, halt, stop, standstill, freeze, stasis, intermission, recess, respite, breather, letup, lull, abeyance, quiescence, dormancy, inactivity, inaction, stagnation, torpor, hibernation [x]

regress, revert, decline, deteriorate, backslide, relapse, worsen, fall back, degenerate, retrograde, lapse [x]

relapse, regress, revert, lapse, fall back, slip back, deteriorate, decline, worsen, retrogress, degenerate, recidivate, backtrack, fall off, slip up [x]

decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen, drop, fall, wane, dwindle, deteriorate, weaken, sink, ebb, fade, recede, subside, abate, slump, plummet, descend, degrade, regress, degenerate, lapse, tail off, taper off, wither, shrink, contract, curtail, lower, depreciate, diminish in value, go down, go downhill, go south, go to pot, go to the dogs, go to seed, lose ground, lose strength, lose value, peter out, run down, waste away, wilt, worsen, yield [x]

decline, decay, degradation, degeneration, worsening, weakening, breakdown, collapse, disintegration, erosion, regression, downfall, impairment, attrition, corrosion, devolution, rot, spoilage, wear, dilapidation, decomposition, putrefaction, ruination, debilitation, enfeeblement, atrophy, disrepair, crumbling, perishing [x]

devastated, destroyed, annihilated, obliterated, ravaged, ruined, shattered, wrecked, eradicated, wiped out, crushed, demolished, exterminated, laid waste, razed, smashed, torn apart, leveled, blasted, desolated, trashed, dismantled, disintegrated, pulverized, crippled, impaired, incapacitated, maimed, mutilated, ravished, spoiled, wasted, broken, collapsed, defaced, defiled, desecrated, disfigured, marred, sabotaged, vandalized [x]

decrease, diminution, cutback, decline, lessening, lowering, shrinkage, contraction, abatement, curtailment, drop, minimization, attenuation, cut, downsizing, mitigation, retrenchment, decrement, slash, trimming, weakening, abridgment, compression, condensation, diminishment, dwindling, fall, markdown, moderation, shortening, slashdown, tapering, truncation, wane, cut-down, cut-rate, deflation, discount, drop-off, rollback, scaling down, subtraction, thinning, trimming down, write-down [x]

deteriorating, worsening, decreasing, diminishing, falling, dropping, weakening, waning lessening, subsiding, ebbing, receding, sinking, slumping, flagging, fading, degenerating, degrading, collapsing, failing, dwindling, plummeting, sliding, tailing off, tapering off, abating, shrinking, contracting, retrogressing, devolving, going downhill, going south, petering out, running down, losing ground, going to pot, going to the dogs, going to seed, going to pieces, going to ruin, going to rack and ruin, going to hell in a handbasket, going to hell in a handcart, going to hell in a bucket, going to hell in a handbag [x]

reductions, decreases, declines, diminutions, cutbacks, lessening, abatement, curtailments, shrinkages, contractions, waning, dwindling, attenuation, retrenchments, mitigation, tapering, subsidence, alleviation, moderation, weakening, depletion, erosion, slashing, trimming, pruning, abridgment, cut, drop, fall, lowering, minimization, reduction, subtraction, truncation, cutdown, decrement, diminution, shrinkage, contraction, decline, decrease, curtailment, retrenchment [x]

ease tensions, calm tensions, reduce tensions, alleviate tensions, mitigate tensions, soothe tensions, defuse tensions, pacify tensions, lessen tensions, mollify tensions, assuage tensions, placate tensions, relieve tensions, temper tensions, quiet tensions, soften tensions, moderate tensions, allay tensions, diminish tensions, abate tensions, quell tensions, subdue tensions, tranquilize tensions, cool tensions, smooth tensions, settle tensions, ease strain, calm strain, reduce strain, alleviate strain, mitigate strain, soothe strain, defuse strain, pacify strain, lessen strain, mollify strain, assuage strain, placate strain, relieve strain, temper strain, quiet strain, soften strain, moderate strain, allay strain, diminish strain, abate strain, quell strain, subdue strain, tranquilize strain, cool strain [x]

rejections, denials, turndowns, dismissals, declinations, vetoes, nays, disapprovals, nonacceptances, repudiations, rebuffs, negations, disallowances, withholdings, renunciations, disavowals, abnegations, counteractions, oppositions, contradictions, refusals [x]

diminishing, decreasing, abating, waning, lessening, easing tapering off, receding, dwindling, slackening, moderating, calming, quieting, settling, alleviating, mitigating, reducing, softening, declining, falling, shrinking, ebbing, petering out, dying down, dying away, fading, mellowing, subsiding, tempering, weakening, relenting, assuaging, mollifying, soothing, placating, pacifying, quelling, quenching, appeasing, allaying, quietening, lulling, stilling, tranquilizing, dampening, dulling, blunting, numbing, stifling [x]

reduces, decreases, lessens, shrinks, declines, wanes, abates, contracts, curtails, dwindles, subsides, weakens, attenuates, slumps, recedes, mitigates, minimizes, slashes, trims, lowers, deflates, depreciates, depletes, erodes, saps, undermines, shortens, cuts, thins, fades, drops, slims, narrows, abridges, compresses, truncates, pares, prunes, scales down, tapers, withers, ebbs, lightens, alleviates, moderates, tempers, diminishes [x]

decrease, lessen, reduce, decline, wane, abate, dwindle, fade, shrink, subside, weaken, ebb, recede, contract, curtail, lower, minimize, attenuate, depreciate, downplay, belittle, understate, trivialize, marginalize, degrade, devalue, demote, downgrade, discount, play down, make light of, tone down, cut down, cut back, pare down, prune, trim, slash, whittle down, taper off, peter out, die down, die away, lose significance, lose importance, lose prominence, lose value, lose weight, lose impact [x]