LETTING UP Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

letting up 1 of 2

adjective

as in dying (down)

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letting up

2 of 2

verb

present participle of let up

as in ending

to come to an end the rain let up just as we reached the house

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as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the windmill slowed down as the wind let up

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Recent Examples of letting up

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After already scoring the best domestic weekend in box-office history, Spider-Man is not letting up. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 Shifts in geopolitics, mercurial trade policies and evolving compliance requirements have been reshaping global sourcing, and the changes show no signs of letting up. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026 Cornyn, Tillis let up John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, the Republican senators who've been withholding their support to fully confirm Blanche as attorney general, are letting up. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 On every metric—sales, profit, assets and market value—these bellwether companies, 787 from Asia, collectively scaled to record levels, most likely reaping gains from not letting up. — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Arizona’s Pocket Fire, burning north of Sedona for more than a week, shows no sign of letting up. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 27 June 2026 There was to be no letting up at Gillette Stadium. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 24 June 2026 The fact that travel isn’t letting up despite the higher costs isn’t a surprise, said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics consulting company. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 May 2026 Data center spending, which is the main source of Nvidia’s revenue, hasn’t shown signs of letting up. — Ian King, Fortune, 20 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting up

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The administration further proposed ending data collection on racial disparities in school discipline.

— Claire Sibonney, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Pakistan, which played a key role in brokering a 60-day ceasefire in June, sent a high-level delegation to Iran on Monday to discuss ending the war, the military said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ending

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The researchers’ models suggest that areas near the escarpment could have lost as much as 8 kilometers of rock, with erosion decreasing farther away from the ancient cliff.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
How Perimenopause Affects Bones and Muscle Perimenopause typically begins in a woman’s late 40s or early 50s and lasts about seven years, marked by decreasing estrogen, according to PennState Health.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of decreasing

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Key Background The crisis appeared to be subsiding somewhat Friday as Spanish authorities said a majority of the 60,000 people who crossed into Ceuta from Morocco over the past several days had returned home.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
India, one of the world's most prolific IPO markets, was gearing up for issues worth $50 billion as tension in the Middle East were subsiding.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of subsiding

Verb

In 2024, the company wrapped a probe after auditor EY abruptly resigned mid-audit, concluding there was no evidence of fraud or misconduct.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
In all, the study reviewed 485 grievance complaints, concluding that the absence of accountability and transparency keeps conditions of detention, the grievances filed, and their outcome hidden from public scrutiny.

— Vanessa Romo, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of concluding

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In the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, France's initial mediating role gave way to a pro-Armenia stance, alienating Baku and diminishing its leverage with Yerevan, which now increasingly favors the US.

— Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
During Anahulu Ho Emi, the third and final phase, the focus is diminishing, surrendering and reflecting.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of diminishing

Verb

The federal government was required to set new rules for addressing shortages this year because the old rules are expiring.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
This financial setback adds to a critical period for AEW, which faces uncertainties with its WBD TV rights deal expiring in 2028 amid a potential WBD/Paramount+ merger.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026