Synonyms of dwindles

dwindles

verb

present tense third-person singular of dwindle

1

as in reduces

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reduces
• decreases
• diminishes
• depletes
• lowers
• eases
• lessens
• abates
• downsizes
• minimizes
• drops
• shrinks
• compresses
• slashes
• dents
• knocks down
• shortens
• cuts
• de-escalates
• constricts
• downscales
• whittles
• condenses
• curtails
• pares
• truncates
• crops
• retrenches
• deflates
• contracts
• cuts down
• abbreviates
• trims
• abridges
• prunes
• modulates
• clips
• modifies
• cuts back
• docks
• nicks
• moderates
• qualifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increases
• expands
• enlarges
• escalates
• raises
• augments
• amplifies
• boosts
• swells
• extends
• dilates
• inflates
• lengthens
• prolongs
• adds (to)
• elongates
• intensifies
• blows up
• complements
• enhances
• aggrandizes
• distends
• heightens
• supplements
• protracts
• redoubles

2

as in decreases

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreases
• diminishes
• subsides
• shrinks
• vanishes
• declines
• falls
• wanes
• eases
• ebbs
• recedes
• lessens
• tapers
• weakens
• palls
• moderates
• lowers
• evaporates
• drops (off)
• relents
• abates
• dies (away or down or out)
• drains (away)
• falls away
• tapers off
• remits
• lets up
• ratchets (down)
• collapses
• rachets (down)
• de-escalates
• phases down
• constricts
• compresses
• slackens
• condenses
• fades (away)
• slows (down)
• relaxes
• tails (off)
• alleviates
• contracts
• melts (away)
• peters (out)
• gives out
• sinks
• fritters (away)
• deflates
• flags
• caves (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grows
• increases
• rises
• expands
• intensifies
• builds
• accumulates
• soars
• enlarges
• swells
• escalates
• emerges
• appears
• mushrooms
• mounts
• waxes
• picks up
• burgeons
• shows up
• snowballs
• lengthens
• elongates
• balloons
• blows up
• distends

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dwindles

Chapter 9 — Caleb Caleb tries not to pay attention as the group dwindles. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

Torres' daughter's work dwindles during the rainy season in Texas, and the family only can afford one complete meal a day. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

But their patience dwindles, her son Telemachus (Tom Holland, his eternal boyishness put to great use) is getting easier to goad into a fight, and the blind swineherd Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) is all that’s left of the king’s loyal servants. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

With legacy systems, drivers can practically feel the cart lose its spirit as the voltage dwindles. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026

And the mosquito population dwindles with each generation. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

What these men accomplished is worth remembering and revering even as their number dwindles. — Miami Herald, 27 May 2026

Suzanne is electric with anger even as her physical strength dwindles. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026

An anti-road novel in which the road dwindles and is swallowed up by the land and then re-forms, looping back to its starting place. — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026