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waning

verb , present participle of wane

Synonyms and Antonyms of waning

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned

Synonyms of waning

abating, declining, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, draining (away), dropping (off), dwindling, dying (away or down or out), easing, ebbing, falling, falling away, lessening, letting up, lowering, moderating, palling, phasing down, ratcheting (down) also racheting (down) , receding, relenting, remitting, shrinking, subsiding, tapering, tapering off

Words Related to waning

compressing, condensing, constricting, contracting

evaporating, fading (away), frittering (away), giving out, melting (away), petering (out), tailing (off), vanishing

slackening, slowing (down)

alleviating, relaxing

flagging, sinking, weakening

caving (in), collapsing, deflating

Near Antonyms of waning

appearing, emerging, showing up

blowing up, distending, elongating, lengthening

Antonyms of waning

accumulating, ballooning, building, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), enlarging, escalating, expanding, growing, increasing, intensifying, mounting, mushrooming, picking up, rising, snowballing, soaring, swelling, waxing

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