Synonyms for decreasing

Most common

diminishing · dwindling · waning

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Adjective

Antonyms

increasing, growing, cumulative

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   On the decrease.

Example sentences

• diminishing The deficit has been diminishing little by little.
• dwindling The company's profit is slowly dwindling away.
• waning My interest in the subject is waning the more I learn about it.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

waning²

9 letters

dwindling³

11 letters

diminishing⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (waning² = 2 syllables).