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synonyms for waning

  • abating
  • ebbing
  • lessening
  • declinatory
  • decrescent
See also synonyms for: unwaning
On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waning, such as: abating, ebbing, lessening, declinatory, and decrescent.

antonyms for waning

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  • waxing
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How to use waning in a sentence

The benefits of vaccination, even if there is some waning, will last years.
WHY YOU SHOULD VACCINATE YOUR KIDS AGAINST COVID-19DR. ASHISH K. JHAOCTOBER 30, 2021TIME
The slowdown in ad job growth could indicate the “waning days” of the current economic expansion, or it could just be that agencies are opting to play it safe.
HEAR ME OUT: FLOC, BUT AS A MATCHMAKING SERVICE; TUESDAY’S DAILY BRIEFGEORGE NGUYENAUGUST 10, 2021SEARCH ENGINE LAND
His fusion band, Return to Forever, would soon become one of the most popular groups of the era, with several of its albums sailing into the Billboard Top 40 during a time when the marketability of jazz was on the wane.
REMEMBERING CHICK COREA, AN ENDLESSLY INQUISITIVE JAZZ PIONEERANDREW R. CHOWFEBRUARY 12, 2021TIME
Almost $60 billion worth of stock changed hands at $695 a share, most of it in one giant trade in the session’s waning seconds.
TESLA SLIDES ON FIRST DAY OF TRADING ON S&P 500 INDEXVERNE KOPYTOFFDECEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNE
On Sunday, the Jets fell to 0-12, after allowing a long touchdown pass in the game’s waning seconds.
A DIVISIVE JETS REPORTER, ACCUSED OF BULLYING, LOSES HIS PLACE ON THE BEATBEN STRAUSSDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
When it is new, and also when in its waning stages it is visible in the daytime, the spherical form is very apparent.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
My waning strength is a source of satisfaction: perhaps it indicates the approach of death.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
Any attack of illness that happened to the emperor was directly attributed to the waning popularity of the oath.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
The afternoon of a summer's day was deepening into twilight, but the waning light sufficed to show the features of the occupants.
ALONEMARION HARLAND
Such as still lingered shone with a changed and waning brightness, and began to faint in their stations.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTER
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO WANING

  • crumbling
  • declining
  • developing
  • fading
  • fermenting
  • getting along
  • getting on
  • maturing
  • mellowing
  • senescent
  • slumping
  • stale
  • waning
  • wearing out
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