Thesaurus / winding down
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synonyms for winding down
- lie down
- recline
- sit back
- take it easy
- unwind
- breathe easy
- calm down
- catch one's breath
- chill out
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- cool off
- feel at home
- hang loose
- loosen up
- make oneself at home
- mellow out
- put one's feet up
- rest
- settle back
- sit around
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a load off
- take ten
- wind down
- mitigate
- dilute
- erode
- slacken
- minimize
- ease
- shrink
- impair
- dwindle
- decrease
- abate
- narrow
- diminish
- curtail
- lighten
- weaken
- decline
- cut
- clip
- taper
- abridge
- attenuate
- degrade
- crop
- downsize
- soft-pedal
- drain
- contract
- amputate
- truncate
- close
- moderate
- thin
- cut back
- taper off
- minify
- de-escalate
- become smaller
- die down
- grow less
- roll back
- slack up
- slow down
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- wind down
- trim
- lower
- cut
- dwindle
- shorten
- lessen
- pare
- slash
- diminish
- curtail
- cut down
- weaken
- shave
- dilute
- clip
- abridge
- slim
- impair
- impoverish
- depress
- debase
- bankrupt
- ruin
- rebate
- moderate
- depreciate
- truncate
- deflate
- break
- discount
- cheapen
- diet
- abate
- pauperize
- drain
- taper
- recede
- contract
- chop
- cut back
- step down
- tone down
- turn down
- scale down
- bant
- go on a diet
- lose weight
- mark down
- nutshell
- roll back
- slow down
- take off weight
- taper off
- wind down
- breathe
- relax
- lean
- unwind
- spell
- slack
- slacken
- nod
- slumber
- recline
- loaf
- repose
- loll
- lounge
- doze
- nap
- snooze
- dream
- idle
- laze
- let down
- let up
- sit down
- lie down
- stretch out
- drowse
- unbend
- unlax
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- compose oneself
- ease off
- ease up
- lie by
- lie still
- put feet up
- refresh oneself
- slack off
- take a break
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take ten
- take time out
- wind down
- decelerate
- hinder
- retard
- moderate
- slacken
- relax
- lessen
- lag
- reduce
- stall
- decrease
- abate
- curb
- diminish
- impede
- curtail
- temper
- handicap
- mire
- choke
- detain
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- brake
- reef
- loiter
- stunt
- postpone
- regulate
- check
- bog down
- cut back
- cut down
- hold back
- hold up
- set back
- anchor it
- back-water
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- hit the brakes
- keep waiting
- let down flaps
- lose speed
- lose steam
- reduce speed
- rein in
- retardate
- wind down
- abate
- close
- diminish
- drain
- dwindle
- fade
- lessen
- narrow
- recede
- reduce
- rescind
- subside
- thin
- wane
- weaken
- bate
- come to a point
- die away
- die out
- thin out
- wind down
- recess
- conclude
- sack
- restrict
- abort
- cease
- determine
- cancel
- complete
- cut off
- abolish
- eliminate
- halt
- discontinue
- dismiss
- wrap up
- expire
- adjourn
- discharge
- annul
- dissolve
- perfect
- issue
- end
- fire
- scratch
- lapse
- drop
- bound
- bounce
- desist
- limit
- result
- wrap
- close
- extinguish
- confine
- scrub
- tether
- achieve
- define
- run out
- ultimate
- wind up
- put an end to
- prorogue
- bring to an end
- come to an end
- prorogate
- wind down
- recline
- quieten
- rest
- calm down
- take it easy
- sit back
- ease off
- loosen up
- quiet down
- slow down
- take a break
- wind down
- dim
- abate
- ebb
- dwindle
- subside
- atrophy
- wither
- decrease
- fade
- slacken
- peter out
- shrink
- weaken
- decline
- drop
- relent
- sink
- fall
- fail
- moderate
- let up
- die out
- taper off
- die down
- die away
- draw to a close
- ease off
- fade away
- fall short
- slack off
- waste away
- wind down
- breathe
- recuperate
- relax
- rest
- ease off
- mellow out
- sit down
- slow down
- stop for a breath
- take a break
- take ten
- wind down
- dwindle
- lessen
- recede
- abate
- subside
- bate
- drain
- wane
- reduce
- thin
- fade
- close
- diminish
- rescind
- narrow
- weaken
- taper off
- die away
- die out
- thin out
- wind down
- shutter
- do
- end
- halt
- conclude
- cap
- terminate
- clear
- clinch
- discontinue
- culminate
- fold
- cease
- ultimate
- determine
- consummate
- call off
- cut loose
- shut down
- wind up
- wrap up
- button down
- button up
- call it a day
- drop the curtain
- fold up
- pack it in
- put a lid on
- put to bed
- sew up
- wind down
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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