Synonyms of waning

waning 1 of 3

adjective

as in declining

Related Words

• declining
• dying
• failing
• decaying
• feeble
• precious
• weak
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• weakened
• sapped
• languid
• wasted
• decayed
• wimpy
• frail
• overrefined
• degenerate
• enervated
• overripe
• decadent
• enervate
• dissipated
• effete
• soft
• degraded
• dissolute
• debased
• demoralized
• immoral
• depraved
• washed-up
• debauched

waning

2 of 3

noun

as in fading

Related Words

• fading
• declining
• wilting
• withering
• ebbing
• decay
• shriveling
• deterioration
• decline
• decaying
• decadence
• degeneration
• declension
• dying
• demise
• expiration
• decease
• perishing
• death
• expiry
• descent
• exit
• expiring
• reversion
• regression
• retrogression
• end

Dissimilar Words

• growth
• maturing
• development
• maturation
• ripening
• flowering
• flourishing
• blossoming
• softening
• mellowing

waning

3 of 3

verb

present participle of wane

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of waning

Adjective

Even better, the peak of this shower, which should produce on average between 8 to 10 meteors per hour, will arrive under dark skies thanks to a meager waning crescent moon. — Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026

Noun

But Trumpism is also what Gramsci called a morbid symptom of the interregnum, an expression of a country riven by political polarization and by economic inequity, and struggling to come to terms with the waning of its singular status. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

Nervous excitement waxed in time with the waning of the solar crescent, which grew thinner with each minute as the moon's silhouette sank ever deeper into the sun. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

There's enough of a waning in immunity that six months after your initial infection in the winter, people tend to get another maybe less robust, less severe infection in the summer. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

There’s the decline in regular religious attendance, which now stands at 34 percent, and the corresponding waning of associated ceremonies. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

But Wells points out that in addition to the natural waning of the virus, other public health measures, such as vaccination and isolation, are instrumental in stopping its spread. — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025

Verb

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Education Department expanded the look-back window for borrowers who had attended several closed schools, including Brooks. — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

In a world where students are averaging seven and a half hours a day on screens and attention spans are waning, Connecticut teachers say that students’ reading stamina and comprehension are declining. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026

But with waning membership, UFW’s influence has largely been confined to politics in the last 25 years. — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Willis converted two fourth downs on rushing attempts, then scrambled and embraced violent contact on a two-yard TD on third down in the waning seconds of the first half, punctuating a 15-play, 91-yard drive and putting Miami up 21-7 at the half. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

In the waning seconds of the second quarter, though, Darnold's ball security issues crept up again. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Van Orden has altered his rhetoric only slightly in the waning days of the campaign. — Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

However, around that time, the moon appeared almost full, according to the study, rather than the waning crescent shape van Gogh depicted. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Iran’s ability to choke off regional oil exports, however, appears to be waning. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 Oct. 2026