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Detailed Synonyms for dwindling in English

dwindling:

dwindling [the ~] noun

  1. the dwindling
    the cut down expenses; the reduction; the saving; the retrenchment; the diminution; the finance management; the decrease; the curtailment; the economy; the shortening; the slackening; the foreshortening; the recess; the dwindling; the salary cut; the market; the cut
  2. the dwindling
    – a becoming gradually less 1
    the dwindling; the dwindling away
    – a becoming gradually less 1
    • dwindling [the ~] noun
    • dwindling away [the ~] noun
      • there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family1

dwindling adj

  1. dwindling
  2. dwindling
    – gradually decreasing until little remains 1
    dwindling; tapering; tapering off
    – gradually decreasing until little remains 1

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Related Definitions for "dwindling":

  1. gradually decreasing until little remains1
  2. a becoming gradually less1

dwindle:

to dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)

  1. to dwindle
    to decrease; to decline; to shrink; to remove; to dwindle; wain; to take away; to go thieving; be shortcoming
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • decline verb (declines, declined, declining)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • remove verb (removes, removed, removing)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • wain verb
    • take away verb (takes away, took away, taking away)
    • go thieving verb (goes thieving, went thieving, going thieving)
  2. to dwindle
    to decrease; to diminish; to reduce; to curtail; to lessen; to scale down; to dwindle; shrink away; to mark down
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • mark down verb (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  3. to dwindle
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • drop verb (drops, dropped, dropping)
  4. to dwindle
    to diminish; to shrink; to dwindle
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
  5. to dwindle
    to dwindle
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
  6. to dwindle
    to diminish; to shrivel; to shrink; to shrink back; to dwindle; to subside; to wizen; to shrivel up
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • subside verb (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • wizen verb (wizens, wizened, wizening)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
  7. to dwindle
    – become smaller or lose substance 1
    to dwindle; dwindle away; dwindle down
    – become smaller or lose substance 1

Conjugations for dwindle:

present
  1. dwindle
  2. dwindle
  3. dwindles
  4. dwindle
  5. dwindle
  6. dwindle
simple past
  1. dwindled
  2. dwindled
  3. dwindled
  4. dwindled
  5. dwindled
  6. dwindled
present perfect
  1. have dwindled
  2. have dwindled
  3. has dwindled
  4. have dwindled
  5. have dwindled
  6. have dwindled
past continuous
  1. was dwindling
  2. were dwindling
  3. was dwindling
  4. were dwindling
  5. were dwindling
  6. were dwindling
future
  1. shall dwindle
  2. will dwindle
  3. will dwindle
  4. shall dwindle
  5. will dwindle
  6. will dwindle
continuous present
  1. am dwindling
  2. are dwindling
  3. is dwindling
  4. are dwindling
  5. are dwindling
  6. are dwindling
subjunctive
  1. be dwindled
  2. be dwindled
  3. be dwindled
  4. be dwindled
  5. be dwindled
  6. be dwindled
diverse
  1. dwindle!
  2. let's dwindle!
  3. dwindled
  4. dwindling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "dwindle":

  1. become smaller or lose substance1
    • Her savings dwindled down1

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