Synonyms of petering (out)

petering (out)

verb

present participle of peter (out)

as in melting (away)

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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