Waning Synonyms and Antonyms

Become smaller
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. subsiding
  2. slackening
  3. remitting
  4. moderating
  5. lapsing
  6. falling
  7. ebbing
  8. easing
  9. off
  10. downing
  11. abating
Antonyms:
  1. increasing
  2. waxing
  3. rising
  4. raising
  5. growing
A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abatement
  2. declension
  3. declination
  4. decrescence
  5. diminution
  6. flagging
  7. recession
Antonyms:
  1. waxing
(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. abating
  2. declinatory
  3. decrescent
  4. ebbing
  5. lessening
Antonyms:
  1. waxing

Waning Sentence Examples

  • What little patience he had was waning fast.

  • It was hard to read his expression in the waning light.

  • Soon, however, Louis felt his power waning, and quitted Rome and Italy (1329).

  • However, signs of its waning popularity have started to appear across the globe.

  • Towards the end of the 90s and in the early 2000s, the Smashing Pumpkins were waning.

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