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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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