Wane Synonyms and Antonyms

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To become or cause to become less active or intense
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abate
  2. bate
  3. die away
  4. down
  5. off
  6. or out)
  7. ease
  8. ebb
  9. fall
  10. fall off
  11. lapse
  12. let up
  13. moderate
  14. remit
  15. slacken
  16. slack off
  17. subside
Antonyms:
  1. increase
  2. grow
  3. rise
  4. wax
  5. raise
To lose strength or power
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decline
  2. fade
  3. decrease
  4. abate
  5. subside
  6. ebb
  7. fail
  8. sink
  9. weaken
  10. diminish
  11. degenerate
  12. deteriorate
  13. absent
  14. decay
  15. decrescence
  16. flag
  17. die
  18. languish
  19. diminution
  20. dwindle
  21. recede
  22. fade.--n. decrease
  23. waste
  24. fade-away
  25. lag
  26. lessen
  27. peter
  28. shrink
  29. wilt
  30. wither
  31. go down
Antonyms:
  1. wax
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A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ebb
  2. ebbing
The act or process of becoming less active or intense
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abatement
  2. ebb
  3. letup
  4. remission
  5. slackening
  6. subsidence

Wane Sentence Examples

  • About half-past eight the combat began to wane, and the last shots were fired at ten.

  • With the growth of wealth and security the martial spirit of the Order began to wane, and so also did its friendly relations with the Maltese.

  • When the Moorish empire began to wane the brilliant intellectual gifts which they had so abundantly nourished during three or four centuries became enfeebled, and after that period they failed to produce an author comparable with those of the 7th to the 11th centuries.

  • But his health was failing, his reputation was on the wane, his works did not sell, and he gradually sank a prey to illness and disappointment.

  • This discomfort should wane after a day, though.

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