Lapsing Synonyms and Antonyms

Pass by
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. passing
  2. going
  3. elapsing
  4. sinking
Become void; stop
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. expiring
  2. terminating
  3. ceasing
  4. ending
Antonyms:
  1. continuing
  2. restarting
To become or cause to become less active or intense
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. waning
  2. subsiding
  3. slackening
  4. remitting
  5. moderating
  6. falling
  7. ebbing
  8. easing
  9. off
  10. downing
  11. abating
To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reverting
  2. retrogressing
  3. relapsing
  4. regressing
  5. backsliding
A failure to maintain a higher state
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. backsliding
  2. lapse
  3. relapse
  4. relapsing
  5. reversion
  6. reverting

Words Related to Lapsing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Lapsing Sentence Examples

  • Of the metals, the production of copper is a lapsing industry, confined to Cornwall.

  • From 1143 onward the power of the latter had been overshadowed by that of the Vaghela chiefs of Dholka, and during the same period the Deccan had been rapidly lapsing into absolute anarchy, amid which rival chiefs struggled for the supreme power.

  • The application must be made to the local licensing authority and the relevant police constabulary within seven days of the license lapsing.

  • His is a difficult part to play without lapsing into pantomime villainy, which Piggott-Smith certainly did not.