adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of taper form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Narrowing gradually towards a point.
2. 2
   Lit with a taper. obsolete

Adjective

1. 1
   becoming gradually narrower wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acanthoidacanthousacicularacuateaculeateaculeiform

Example

More examples

"He tapered off to one cigarette a day."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.