Synonyms of tapering off

tapering off

verb

present participle of taper off

as in decreasing

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tapering off

The rain will be tapering off and skies will be clearing in the afternoon. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The large multi-state outbreak in 2013 went from June to August before tapering off. — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2026

The first-round showers and storms will move eastward through the rest of Saturday morning with the activity tapering off in the early afternoon. — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 6 June 2026

For most movies, the opening weekend is the most lucrative, with ticket sales tapering off from there. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2026

Overnight showers and thunderstorms are tapering off across the Kansas City metro, but forecasters say the bigger concern comes later Monday, when severe weather is likely, the National Weather Service said. — Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026

Showers could linger into Wednesday night before gradually tapering off, with cooler air settling in and lows dropping into the 50s. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026

There may be some consolation in the fact that some housing experts, like Cotality's chief economist, Selma Hepp, think that the recent period of skyrocketing housing costs may be tapering off. — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026

On Saturday, Ventura County could see wind gusts between 20 and 30 mph, and isolated gusts of 40 mph, starting in the mid-morning and tapering off later in the afternoon. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026