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Synonyms for wane

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

abate fade dwindle subside

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

abate, fade, dwindle, subside, diminish, recede, go down, die, sink, mortify, waste, wasten, weaken, lessen

Noun

1. Decline — A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc

decline, decrease, decay, fail, failure, declension, deterioration, lapse

2. Ebb

ebb, ebbing

Antonyms

increase, wax, elevate

All antonyms of wane →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

  2. n. 1

    A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

  3. n. 2

    The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

Related words

Word family
waneless
Phrases
wax and wane

Forms

Plural
wanes → declines, decreases, decays, fails…
Past participle
waned
e.g. waned → abated, faded, dwindled, subsided…

Example sentences

  • fade Relaxing with loved ones makes the tiredness fade.
  • diminish This doesn't give him the right to diminish Muslims.
  • subside She waited nervously for his anger to subside.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wanerising
faderising
diminishsteady
subsiderising
dwindlesteady

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

By length

3 letters
die1, ebb1
4 letters
fail1, sink1, fade1
5 letters
waste1, decay2, lapse1, abate2
6 letters
weaken2, lessen2, recede2, ebbing2, wasten
7 letters
failure2, decline2, subside2, dwindle2, mortify3
8 letters
decrease2, diminish3
10 letters
declension3
13 letters
deterioration6

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
décroître
Italiano
decrescere
Español
decrecer