Synonyms of dwindling

dwindling

verb

present participle of dwindle

1

as in reducing

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• decreasing
• depleting
• diminishing
• lowering
• lessening
• easing
• downsizing
• minimizing
• slashing
• denting
• cutting
• dropping
• shrinking
• abating
• knocking down
• compressing
• downscaling
• shortening
• de-escalating
• contracting
• trimming
• curtailing
• paring
• constricting
• cutting down
• whittling
• retrenching
• condensing
• truncating
• cutting back
• clipping
• pruning
• abridging
• cropping
• abbreviating
• nicking
• modifying
• deflating
• docking
• modulating
• moderating
• qualifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• expanding
• escalating
• augmenting
• raising
• enlarging
• boosting
• swelling
• amplifying
• extending
• inflating
• lengthening
• prolonging
• adding (to)
• blowing up
• dilating
• supplementing
• intensifying
• enhancing
• aggrandizing
• complementing
• distending
• heightening
• elongating
• protracting
• redoubling

2

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dwindling

As mayor, Raman may also be called on to solve the problem of the LAPD’s dwindling ranks. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

The story of the coming decades is not simply one of dwindling and aging. — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026

While plenty of pop’s biggest artists are still booking buzzy support, tighter budgets, shorter pipelines to stardom and dwindling attention spans are changing the market for pop tour openers and the agents who book them. — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2026

But dwindling vaccination rates are helping the disease break through, with dire consequences. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Sand and Lahn both campaigned on criticisms of the state's status quo, including a deepening budget deficit, an increasing cost of living, dwindling health care access, high cancer rates and water pollution. — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

However, conservationists are pushing ahead with new ways to protect the dwindling monarch population. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Today, 80 years on, survivors who witnessed the atrocities that Marie-Claude so meticulously put before the court — and the watching world — are sadly dwindling in number. — Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Investors weren’t kind to the hyperscalers over the past two weeks, scrutinizing their hefty expenses and dwindling cash flows. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026