Dwindling

Synonyms for "dwindling" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

at restcalm catabasis cloistered collapsecoming apartcontractive cool cracking crash crumbling decadent deceleration declension declinedecline and falldeclining decreasing decrescendo decrescent

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degenerate deliquescent deteriorating

Noun(5 words)

attrition decline decrease decreasing deplete

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Noun(8 words)

diminish diminutiondwindling awayfadefade awayfizzles fizzling lessen

diminishing diminuendo disintegrating dive downtrend downturn draining drooping drop dying ebb ebbing effete even-tenored fading failing fall falling flagging fragmenting

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going to pieceshalcyon hushed impassive isolated languishing lapse lessening marcescent molderingon the wanepacific peaceable

Related words (69)

peaceful pining placid plunge quiescent quiet receding reductive regressive remission reposeful reposing restful resting retiring retreat retreating retrograde retrogressive secluded

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Verb(1 words)

petering

Noun(10 words)

recede reduceremaining quantityreserve shrink shrinkingspanish disminuirstock wane waning

Adjective(2 words)

taperingtapering off

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More general

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amount change declinedecline in importancedecrease diminution drop-off lesseningloss of prominencephenomenon process quantity reductionresource measuretrend

More specific

14 entries

available fundsbiodiversity declinebudget contractionbudget depletionbuffer stockdwindling enrollmentdwindling fundingdwindling stockinventory shrinkagepolicy relevance declinepopulation declinepublic interest erosionreserve stockresource depletion

Collocations

11 entries

dwindling attentiondwindling budgetdwindling confidencedwindling demanddwindling enrollmentdwindling fundsdwindling numbersdwindling populationdwindling reservesdwindling resourcesdwindling supply

Inflections

3 entries

dwindled dwindles dwindlings

Derivations

4 entries

dwindle dwindler dwindlingly dwindlingness

similar

1 entries

decreasing

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Their numbers are dwindling.

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From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.

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Dwindling resources have hampered the efforts of police to stem the rise of violent crime in the city.

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Our water supplies are dwindling.

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