DECLINING Synonyms

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• a becoming gradually less

• gradually decreasing until little remains

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

• weakening in force or intensity

• becoming lower or less in degree or value

• decreasing in amount or degree

• coming down freely under the influence of gravity

• flagstones collectively

• a walk of flagstones

• weak from exhaustion

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the act of becoming less

• a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

• a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

• a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension

• being a smooth continuous motion

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

• a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a downward slope or bend

• (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere

• a polite refusal of an invitation

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• correct in opinion or judgment

• socially right or correct

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• make right or correct

• make reparations or amends for

• censure severely

• adjust for

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• fall in value

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• treat a defect

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

• process of changing to an inferior state

• a downward slope or bend

• a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms