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Shrinking

🔄 Synonyms of "Shrinking"

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Word	Definition
shrinkagenoun	The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

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Word	Definition
shrinkagenoun	The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
dwindlingnoun	declining; growing less
diminishingnoun	becoming smaller
waningnoun	Becoming weaker or smaller.
subsidingnoun	The act by which something subsides.
decliningnoun	decline
decreaseverb	(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
diminutionnoun	A lessening, decrease or reduction.
loweringnoun	The act of something being lowered.
lesseningnoun	A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
contractionnoun	(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
contractingnoun	Work done on a contract basis.
reduced	Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
slowdownnoun	A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, economic activity, etc.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
witheringnoun	Diminishing rapidly.
downturnverb	To decline.
declineverb	(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
hamperingnoun	That which hampers; an impediment.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.