All declining synonyms
de·cline
D d adjective declining
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- lessening — to become less.
- falling — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- abating — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- fading — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- dwindling — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- sinking — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
noun declining
- aging — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
- senescent — growing old; aging.
- thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- striction — the act of constricting.
- ageing — Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient.