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Declining

🔄 Synonyms of "Declining"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
retrogradenoun	Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
downverb	(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
regressive	That tends to return, revert or regress.
retrogressivenoun	Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
decreasingnoun	On the decrease.
falling	a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
deteriorating	Getting worse.
regressing	Undergoing regression
failingnoun	weakness; defect

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
deteriorating	Getting worse.
downverb	(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
dyingnoun	Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
falling	a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
failingnoun	weakness; defect
retrogradeverb	(transitive) (geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
regressing	Undergoing regression
retrogressivenoun	Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
regressive	That tends to return, revert or regress.
decreasingnoun	On the decrease.
subsidingnoun	The act by which something subsides.
dwindlingnoun	declining; growing less
waningnoun	Becoming weaker or smaller.
loweringnoun	The act of something being lowered.
degressive	Tending to decrease.
diminishingnoun	becoming smaller
decreaseverb	(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
shrinkingnoun	The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
diminished	lessened, reduced
lesseningnoun	A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.