WANE Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word wane. (close relations)
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decline | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • change toward something smaller or lower • a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline • a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current • a downward slope or bend verb • grow worse • not accept as true • show unwillingness towards • grow smaller • go down • fall in value • inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | ||||||||
decrease | verbv | |||||||
noun • a change downward • a process of becoming smaller or shorter • the amount by which something decreases • the act of decreasing or reducing something verb • decrease in size, extent, or range • make become smaller | ||||||||
ebb | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) • the outward flow of the tide verb • flow back or recede • hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb • fall away or decline | ||||||||
abate | verbv | |||||||
verb • make less active or intense • become less in amount or intensity | ||||||||
diminish | verbv | |||||||
verb • decrease in size, extent, or range • lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | ||||||||
dwindle | verbv | |||||||
verb • become smaller or lose substance | ||||||||
fade | verbv | |||||||
noun • a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer • gradually ceasing to be visible verb • become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly • lose freshness, vigor, or vitality • disappear gradually • become feeble | ||||||||
lessen | verbv | |||||||
verb • decrease in size, extent, or range • make become smaller • wear off or die down | ||||||||
recede | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull back or move away or backward • retreat • become faint or more distant | ||||||||
shrink | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a physician who specializes in psychiatry verb • wither, as with a loss of moisture • draw back, as with fear or pain • reduce in size; reduce physically • become smaller or draw together • decrease in size, range, or extent | ||||||||
slacken | verbv | |||||||
verb • become slow or slower • make less active or fast • become looser or slack • make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | ||||||||
subside | verbv | |||||||
verb • wear off or die down • sink to a lower level or form a depression • sink down or precipitate • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | ||||||||
wither | verbv | |||||||
verb • wither, as with a loss of moisture • lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | ||||||||
ebbing | verbv | |||||||
noun • a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | ||||||||
go down | verbv | |||||||
verb • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way • go under • grow smaller • be recorded or remembered • be ingested • be defeated • disappear beyond the horizon • stop operating |