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Synonyms for waxing
verb become large, fullerAntonyms for waxing
- abridge
- cease
- compress
- contract
- decline
- decrease
- diminish
- drop
- fall
- halt
- lessen
- lower
- recede
- reduce
- shrink
- slump
- stop
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defeats
noun. overthrow, beating
- KO
- ambush
- annihilation
- beating
- blow
- break
- breakdown
- check
- collapse
- conquest
- count
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- discomfiture
- downthrow
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- insuccess
- killing
- lacing
- licking
- loss
- massacre
- mastery
- nonsuccess
- paddling
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- scalping
- setback
- shellacking
- slaughter
- subjugation
- thrashing
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- triumph
- trouncing
- vanquishment
- waxing
- whaling
- whipping
- whitewashing
enlarging
adjective. increasing in size
growing
adjective. increasing
- amplifying
- animate
- augmenting
- budding
- burgeoning
- crescent
- crescive
- developing
- dilating
- enlarging
- expanding
- flourishing
- fructifying
- germinating
- living
- maturing
- mushrooming
- pullulating
- spreading
- sprouting
- stretching
- swelling
- thriving
- viable
- waxing
growth
noun. development, progress
- advance
- advancement
- aggrandizement
- augmentation
- beefing up
- boost
- buildup
- crop
- cultivation
- enlargement
- evolution
- evolvement
- expansion
- extension
- fleshing out
- flowering
- gain
- germination
- heightening
- hike
- improvement
- increase
- maturation
- maturing
- multiplication
- produce
- production
- proliferation
- prosperity
- rise
- sprouting
- stretching
- success
- surge
- swell
- thickening
- unfolding
- up
- upping
- vegetation
- waxing
- widening
increase
noun. addition, growth
- access
- accession
- accretion
- accrual
- accumulation
- aggrandizement
- augmentation
- boost
- breakthrough
- burgeoning
- cumulation
- development
- elaboration
- enlargement
- escalation
- exaggeration
- expansion
- extension
- gain
- hike
- incorporation
- increment
- inflation
- intensification
- maximization
- merger
- multiplication
- optimization
- raise
- rise
- spread
- step-up
- surge
- swell
- swelling
- upgrade
- upsurge
- upturn
- waxing
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