| Main Entry: | diminish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or cause to be less |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, attenuate, become smaller, close, contract, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, depreciate, die out, drain, dwindle, ebb, extenuate, fade away, lessen, lower, minify, moderate, peter out, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, shrivel, slacken, subside, taper, temper, wane, weaken |
Antonyms: |
develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | dwindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away; taper off |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, become smaller, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, grow less, lessen, peter out, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wither |
Antonyms: |
develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, save, swell |
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subside; decline |
Synonyms: |
abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, die down, die out, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease off, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, flag, flow back, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
flow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | go out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become extinguished |
Synonyms: |
become dark, burn out, cease, darken, die, die out, dim, expire, fade out, flicker, stop shining |
Antonyms: |
inflame |
| Main Entry: | let up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause |
Synonyms: |
abate, cease, decrease, die down, die out, diminish, ease, ease off, ease up, ebb, fall, moderate, release, relent, slacken, slow down, stop, subside, wane |
Antonyms: |
continue |
| Main Entry: | peter out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwindle, decrease |
Synonyms: |
abate, come to nothing, die out, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run dry, run out, stop, taper off, wane |
Antonyms: |
develop, grow, increase |
| Main Entry: | taper/taper off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease to a point |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down |
Antonyms: |
go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | vanish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear |
Synonyms: |
be lost, become invisible, clear, dematerialize, die, die out, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, go away, melt |
Antonyms: |
appear, arrive, come |
| Main Entry: | wane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, lessen |
Synonyms: |
abate, atrophy, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, dim, draw to a close, drop, dwindle, ease off, ebb, fade, fade away, fail, fall, fall short, let up, moderate, peter out, relent, shrink, sink, slack off, slacken, subside, taper off, waste away, weaken, wind down, wither |
| Notes: | wane means to gradually decrease in strength or size, while wax means to increase in size or strength |
Antonyms: |
grow, increase, raise, rise |