Synonyms of waning

waning 1 of 3

adjective

as in declining

Synonyms & Similar Words

• declining
• dying
• failing
• decaying
• feeble
• precious
• weak
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• weakened
• sapped
• languid
• wasted
• decayed
• wimpy
• frail
• overrefined
• degenerate
• enervated
• overripe
• decadent
• enervate
• dissipated
• effete
• soft
• degraded
• dissolute
• debased
• demoralized
• immoral
• depraved
• washed-up
• debauched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undecadent

waning

2 of 3

noun

as in fading

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fading
• declining
• wilting
• withering
• ebbing
• shrivelling
• decay
• shriveling
• deterioration
• decline
• decaying
• decadence
• degeneration
• declension
• dying
• demise
• expiration
• decease
• perishing
• death
• expiry
• descent
• exit
• expiring
• reversion
• regression
• retrogression
• end

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• growth
• maturing
• development
• maturation
• ripening
• flowering
• flourishing
• blossoming
• softening
• mellowing

waning

3 of 3

verb

present participle of wane

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreasing
• diminishing
• subsiding
• declining
• falling
• ebbing
• vanishing
• shrinking
• easing
• dwindling
• receding
• tapering
• lessening
• moderating
• weakening
• relenting
• dying (away or down or out)
• dropping (off)
• lowering
• abating
• draining (away)
• falling away
• evaporating
• ratcheting (down)
• tapering off
• remitting
• racheting (down)
• letting up
• phasing down
• palling
• de-escalating
• collapsing
• slackening
• contracting
• compressing
• melting (away)
• alleviating
• constricting
• fading (away)
• flagging
• condensing
• slowing (down)
• relaxing
• frittering (away)
• tailing (off)
• petering (out)
• giving out
• sinking
• deflating
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• expanding
• intensifying
• building
• burgeoning
• mounting
• waxing
• swelling
• soaring
• escalating
• accumulating
• emerging
• enlarging
• mushrooming
• appearing
• picking up
• snowballing
• bourgeoning
• ballooning
• lengthening
• showing up
• elongating
• blowing up
• distending