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

Quality has always done more work than volume, and the data wall is what happens when the that high-quality pile dwindles down. — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

At the final stop, so to speak, before Antarctica, the weather is harshly volatile, and in the wilderness surrounding the few small cities and towns, civilization dwindles almost to nothing. — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

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