Thesaurus / waxings
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synonyms for waxings
- boost
- development
- escalation
- expansion
- gain
- hike
- increment
- inflation
- merger
- raise
- rise
- surge
- upsurge
- upturn
- access
- accession
- accretion
- accrual
- accumulation
- aggrandizement
- augmentation
- breakthrough
- burgeoning
- cumulation
- elaboration
- enlargement
- exaggeration
- extension
- incorporation
- intensification
- maximization
- multiplication
- optimization
- spread
- step-up
- swell
- swelling
- upgrade
- waxing
- acceleration
- advance
- ascent
- upswing
- hike
- upsurge
- surge
- upturn
- inflation
- growth
- increment
- progress
- climb
- boost
- distention
- upgrade
- raise
- addition
- swell
- accession
- advancement
- breakthrough
- enlargement
- accretion
- multiplication
- augmentation
- promotion
- aggrandizement
- waxing
- intensification
- doubling
- heightening
- step-up
- piling up
- stacking up
- disaster
- romp
- drubbing
- whipping
- thrashing
- embarrassment
- debacle
- beating
- flight
- confusion
- trashing
- overthrow
- upset
- shambles
- walkover
- comedown
- ruin
- retreat
- hiding
- vanquishment
- shutout
- clobbering
- waxing
- washout
- overthrow
- massacre
- collapse
- drubbing
- whipping
- thrashing
- slaughter
- rout
- annihilation
- failure
- licking
- fall
- beating
- conquest
- trashing
- vanquishment
- trouncing
- waxing
- crushing defeat
- shellacking
- whitewashing
- whipping
- repulse
- conquest
- setback
- check
- trashing
- blow
- drubbing
- ruin
- ambush
- overthrow
- beating
- trimming
- breakdown
- collapse
- massacre
- slaughter
- killing
- break
- failure
- discomfiture
- fall
- rebuff
- destruction
- count
- loss
- reverse
- embarrassment
- mastery
- thrashing
- extermination
- annihilation
- debacle
- trap
- rout
- triumph
- defeasance
- vanquishment
- whitewashing
- scalping
- whaling
- trouncing
- paddling
- KO
- waxing
- subjugation
- shellacking
- downthrow
- insuccess
- nonsuccess
- drubbing
- rout
- annihilation
- debacle
- conquest
- beating
- whipping
- repulse
- setback
- licking
- check
- blow
- ruin
- ambush
- overthrow
- trimming
- breakdown
- collapse
- massacre
- slaughter
- killing
- break
- failure
- discomfiture
- fall
- rebuff
- destruction
- count
- loss
- reverse
- embarrassment
- mastery
- extermination
- trap
- trashing
- triumph
- defeasance
- vanquishment
- trouncing
- whitewashing
- whaling
- paddling
- KO
- waxing
- subjugation
- shellacking
- scalping
- downthrow
- insuccess
- nonsuccess
- ambush
- annihilation
- beating
- blow
- break
- breakdown
- check
- collapse
- conquest
- count
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- discomfiture
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- killing
- licking
- loss
- massacre
- mastery
- overthrow
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- setback
- slaughter
- thrashing
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- triumph
- whipping
- downthrow
- insuccess
- KO
- nonsuccess
- paddling
- scalping
- shellacking
- subjugation
- trouncing
- waxing
- whaling
- whitewashing
- blow
- loss
- massacre
- collapse
- embarrassment
- drubbing
- rout
- thrashing
- setback
- killing
- failure
- debacle
- breakdown
- beating
- triumph
- destruction
- repulse
- conquest
- licking
- check
- trashing
- whipping
- trimming
- slaughter
- break
- discomfiture
- fall
- rebuff
- count
- reverse
- mastery
- extermination
- annihilation
- ambush
- trap
- ruin
- defeasance
- vanquishment
- whitewashing
- scalping
- whaling
- waxing
- trouncing
- paddling
- KO
- subjugation
- shellacking
- downthrow
- insuccess
- nonsuccess
- prosperity
- success
- advance
- hike
- rise
- advancement
- expansion
- improvement
- increase
- production
- gain
- surge
- unfolding
- crop
- buildup
- flowering
- aggrandizement
- cultivation
- boost
- vegetation
- proliferation
- swell
- enlargement
- produce
- augmentation
- multiplication
- evolution
- extension
- maturing
- evolvement
- thickening
- maturation
- germination
- widening
- stretching
- waxing
- up
- beefing up
- fleshing out
- heightening
- upping
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antonyms for waxings
MOST RELEVANT
- worsening
- fall
- drop
- deduction
- decline
- failure
- slump
- subtraction
- shrinkage
- lessening
- reduction
- decrease
- stagnation
- hindrance
- rise
- creation
- construction
- good fortune
- yielding
- accomplishment
- win
- victory
- building
- success
- boon
- achievement
- surrender
- forfeit
- underdevelopment
- worsening
- decline
- stop
- failure
- lessening
- diminishment
- abatement
- compression
- abridgment
- reduction
- destruction
- decrease
- stagnation
- halt
- loss
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How to use waxings in a sentence
I might tell of waxings and waning of love between us, but the whole was waning.
TONO BUNGAYH. G. WELLSIts waxings and wanings were marked by curious "trepidations" of brightness extremely perplexing to theory.
A POPULAR HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURYAGNES M. (AGNES MARY) CLERKE