Synonyms of draining (away)

draining (away)

verb

present participle of drain (away)

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

as the city lost population, its political influence drained away

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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