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Declining Synonyms and Antonyms

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Grow smaller
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. weakening
  2. waning
  3. sinking
  4. refusing
  5. failing
  6. languishing
  7. worsening
  8. rejecting
  9. backsliding
  10. withdrawing
  11. wilting
  12. straying
  13. wasting
  14. stooping
  15. slumping
  16. fading
  17. sloping
  18. slipping
  19. degenerating
  20. sliding
  21. slanting
  22. shunning
  23. shrinking
  24. sagging
  25. retrogressing
  26. retrograding
  27. deteriorating
  28. repudiating
  29. reneging
  30. relapsing
  31. regressing
  32. lowering
  33. lessening
  34. leaning
  35. lapsing
  36. flagging
  37. inclining
  38. decaying
  39. forbearing
  40. falling
  41. ebbing
  42. dwindling
  43. dropping
  44. drooping
  45. dipping
  46. diminishing
  47. deviating
  48. descending
  49. decreasing
  50. cheapening
  51. bending
  52. abstaining
Lessen, become less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sinking
  2. settling
  3. pitching
  4. dipping
  5. falling
  6. drooping
  7. dropping
  8. descending
Antonyms:
  1. rising
  2. ascending
  3. increasing
  4. improving
  5. progressing
Go down in value
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. diminishing
  2. refusing
  3. worsening
  4. correcting
  5. sinking
  6. retrograding
  7. fading
  8. deteriorating
  9. dwindling
  10. descending
  11. degenerating
  12. slumping
  13. waning
  14. atrophying
Refuse to accept
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rejecting
  2. refusing
  3. nixing
  4. spurning
  5. dismissing
Antonyms:
  1. accepting
  2. improving
  3. ascending
  4. rising
  5. increasing
  6. bettering
  7. progressing
To refuse politely:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. refusing

Declining Is Also Mentioned In

  • retrograde
  • uptick
  • global-cooling
  • deflation
  • circuit breaker
  • declension
  • declensionism
  • rounded bottom
  • abstention
  • decline
  • decay
  • selling climax

Words near Declining in the Thesaurus

  • declensions
  • declination
  • decline
  • decline in quality
  • declined
  • declines
  • declining
  • declivities
  • declivity
  • deco
  • decoct
  • decoction
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