Synonyms and Antonyms of dwindles
1
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
- the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing
abates, decreases, de-escalates, dents, depletes, diminishes, downscales, downsizes, drops, eases, knocks down, lessens, lowers, reduces
compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts
abbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittles
deflates, shrinks
minimizes
moderates, modifies, modulates, qualifies
blows up, dilates, distends, inflates, swells
elongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts
adds (to), complements, supplements
enhances, heightens, intensifies
redoubles
2
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in
abates, declines, decreases, de-escalates, dies (away or down or out), diminishes, drains (away), drops (off), eases, ebbs, falls, falls away, lessens, lets up, lowers, moderates, palls, phases down, ratchets (down) also
rachets (down)
, recedes, relents, remits, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes
compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts
evaporates, fades (away), fritters (away), gives out, melts (away), peters (out), tails (off), vanishes
slackens, slows (down)
alleviates, relaxes
flags, sinks, weakens
caves (in), collapses, deflates
accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons (also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mounts, mushrooms, picks up, rises, snowballs, soars, swells, waxes
