All waning synonyms
wane
W w adjective waning
- fading — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- declining — deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- diminishing — Make or become less.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- abating — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- ebbing — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- lessening — to become less.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
noun waning
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- 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.
- cropper — a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
- reflux — a flowing back; ebb.
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- senescent — growing old; aging.
- decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- striction — the act of constricting.
- ageing — Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- backflow — a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction