Synonyms of ratcheting (down)

ratcheting (down)

verb

variants also racheting (down)

present participle of ratchet (down)

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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