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dwindle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dwindle

1 to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing

Synonyms of dwindle

abate, de-escalate, decrease, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce

Words Related to dwindle

compress, condense, constrict, contract

abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle

deflate, shrink

moderate, modify, modulate, qualify

Near Antonyms of dwindle

blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell

elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

add (to), complement, supplement

enhance, heighten, intensify

Antonyms of dwindle

aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise

2 to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in

Synonyms of dwindle

abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down) , recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane

Words Related to dwindle

compress, condense, constrict, contract

evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish

slacken, slow (down)

alleviate, relax

flag, sink, weaken

cave (in), collapse, deflate

Near Antonyms of dwindle

appear, emerge, show up

blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen

Antonyms of dwindle

accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax

Synonym Discussion of dwindle

decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle mean to grow or make less. decrease suggests a progressive decline in size, amount, numbers, or intensity.

- slowly decreased the amount of pressure

lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number.

- has been unable to lessen her debt

diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total.

- his visual acuity has diminished

reduce implies a bringing down or lowering.

- you must reduce your caloric intake

abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount.

- the storm abated

dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller.

- their provisions dwindled slowly

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