Synonyms of taper off

taper off

verb

as in to decrease

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decrease
• diminish
• subside
• die (away or down or out)
• drain (away)
• decline
• fall away
• fall
• ease
• drop (off)
• shrink
• vanish
• rachet (down)
• phase down
• ratchet (down)
• taper
• moderate
• ebb
• let up
• recede
• pall
• lower
• tail (off)
• remit
• lessen
• wane
• slow (down)
• relent
• dwindle
• weaken
• fade (away)
• evaporate
• abate
• melt (away)
• de-escalate
• peter (out)
• fritter (away)
• collapse
• compress
• contract
• cave (in)
• give out
• alleviate
• relax
• condense
• constrict
• slacken
• flag
• sink
• deflate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increase
• build
• rise
• pick up
• grow
• expand
• mount
• accumulate
• intensify
• swell
• escalate
• enlarge
• wax
• mushroom
• soar
• appear
• show up
• snowball
• balloon
• emerge
• blow up
• burgeon
• bourgeon
• elongate
• lengthen
• distend

Examples of taper off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Russia’s turn-of-the-century prosperity had tapered off with the 2008 financial crisis and falling oil revenue. —Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

For tea drinkers, cardiometabolic risk decreased the most for those who drank up to three cups daily, but the benefits tapered off after that. —Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024

These carbonate rocks formed in tropical waters and recorded a tropical marine environment that teemed with bacterial life that gradually tapered off as the planet cooled. —Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024

Cook said not everyone will be able to taper off the medication, so some people will likely end up taking it indefinitely. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024