Antonyms for diminishingdi·min·ish·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:0.0 / 0 votes

1. diminishingadjective

   becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

   "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

   Antonyms:
   increasing

How to use diminishing in a sentence?

1. Brendan Ahern:

   China represents a significant growth opportunity for global financial service companies, developed markets such as the United States and Europe are highly competitive and mature which have led to fee compression and diminishing opportunities.

2. Dominik Stillhart:

   Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are not diminishing. They are growing. We see the fighting is increasing in intensity, it is vital, at this time, that donors maintain their commitment to the most vulnerable in Afghanistan.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   The President has a way of saying no NAFTA and then putting forth something that's very much like NAFTA and so how different is it ? Any trade agreement has to increase the paycheck of America's workers, protect our environment, create growth in our country without diminishing people in other countries as well, so we'll have to see.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   The real haves are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real have nots are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

5. The Midrash:

   Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.

How to pronounce diminishing?

How to say diminishing in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1515","2"],["1572","1"],["1587","2"],["1598","1"],["1600","1"],["1637","2"],["1638","1"],["1643","1"],["1644","1"],["1648","1"],["1649","2"],["1650","2"],["1651","1"],["1652","1"],["1655","1"],["1656","1"],["1658","3"],["1659","6"],["1664","2"],["1667","1"],["1668","4"],["1669","1"],["1670","1"],["1672","1"],["1673","1"],["1675","5"],["1676","1"],["1678","8"],["1679","2"],["1680","5"],["1681","8"],["1682","37"],["1683","12"],["1684","4"],["1685","7"],["1686","1"],["1687","2"],["1688","3"],["1689","3"],["1690","6"],["1691","1"],["1692","3"],["1693","3"],["1694","1"],["1695","1"],["1696","2"],["1698","9"],["1699","4"],["1700","8"],["1701","5"],["1702","11"],["1703","16"],["1704","5"],["1705","5"],["1706","10"],["1707","12"],["1708","19"],["1709","7"],["1710","11"],["1711","7"],["1712","9"],["1713","9"],["1714","15"],["1715","17"],["1716","15"],["1717","8"],["1718","25"],["1719","9"],["1720","12"],["1721","17"],["1722","23"],["1723","10"],["1724","18"],["1725","39"],["1726","34"],["1727","34"],["1728","28"],["1729","44"],["1730","40"],["1731","28"],["1732","17"],["1733","20"],["1734","46"],["1735","47"],["1736","11"],["1737","41"],["1738","72"],["1739","41"],["1740","37"],["1741","38"],["1742","95"],["1743","26"],["1744","78"],["1745","38"],["1746","18"],["1747","40"],["1748","86"],["1749","25"],["1750","63"],["1751","72"],["1752","33"],["1753","101"],["1754","91"],["1755","74"],["1756","49"],["1757","49"],["1758","87"],["1759","88"],["1760","79"],["1761","83"],["1762","40"],["1763","101"],["1764","83"],["1765","45"],["1766","115"],["1767","148"],["1768","126"],["1769","60"],["1770","173"],["1771","97"],["1772","130"],["1773","96"],["1774","113"],["1775","194"],["1776","162"],["1777","142"],["1778","116"],["1779","85"],["1780","82"],["1781","235"],["1782","96"],["1783","91"],["1784","217"],["1785","274"],["1786","180"],["1787","241"],["1788","281"],["1789","304"],["1790","242"],["1791","267"],["1792","281"],["1793","352"],["1794","307"],["1795","278"],["1796","394"],["1797","280"],["1798","238"],["1799","328"],["1800","496"],["1801","739"],["1802","664"],["1803","907"],["1804","760"],["1805","705"],["1806","791"],["1807","1017"],["1808","727"],["1809","1065"],["1810","832"],["1811","1230"],["1812","1065"],["1813","941"],["1814","1068"],["1815","1191"],["1816","971"],["1817","1599"],["1818","1562"],["1819","1479"],["1820","1336"],["1821","1395"],["1822","2156"],["1823","1470"],["1824","1972"],["1825","2222"],["1826","1725"],["1827","1770"],["1828","2102"],["1829","1952"],["1830","2613"],["1831","2643"],["1832","2660"],["1833","2439"],["1834","2617"],["1835","2765"],["1836","2920"],["1837","3354"],["1838","3256"],["1839","2843"],["1840","3632"],["1841","2894"],["1842","2819"],["1843","3555"],["1844","2995"],["1845","3228"],["1846","3214"],["1847","2961"],["1848","3462"],["1849","3205"],["1850","3953"],["1851","4096"],["1852","4441"],["1853","4875"],["1854","4504"],["1855","4763"],["1856","4796"],["1857","4198"],["1858","4698"],["1859","4689"],["1860","4537"],["1861","3072"],["1862","2691"],["1863","3081"],["1864","3511"],["1865","3767"],["1866","4140"],["1867","3792"],["1868","4599"],["1869","3634"],["1870","3814"],["1871","3725"],["1872","4768"],["1873","4501"],["1874","4509"],["1875","4546"],["1876","4747"],["1877","4511"],["1878","4641"],["1879","4530"],["1880","5111"],["1881","5482"],["1882","5801"],["1883","7143"],["1884","5922"],["1885","5899"],["1886","5244"],["1887","5744"],["1888","5948"],["1889","5545"],["1890","5373"],["1891","6173"],["1892","6246"],["1893","7603"],["1894","6268"],["1895","6577"],["1896","8057"],["1897","6757"],["1898","7140"],["1899","7748"],["1900","7954"],["1901","7612"],["1902","8320"],["1903","8426"],["1904","9467"],["1905","8666"],["1906","8802"],["1907","9220"],["1908","9323"],["1909","8265"],["1910","8379"],["1911","9305"],["1912","8821"],["1913","9270"],["1914","9016"],["1915","8308"],["1916","7560"],["1917","7149"],["1918","6404"],["1919","7042"],["1920","9323"],["1921","8839"],["1922","8359"],["1923","7351"],["1924","7016"],["1925","6964"],["1926","6942"],["1927","7388"],["1928","7884"],["1929","7180"],["1930","7759"],["1931","7275"],["1932","5995"],["1933","5819"],["1934","6771"],["1935","7036"],["1936","8013"],["1937","8351"],["1938","6781"],["1939","7968"],["1940","6804"],["1941","6590"],["1942","5757"],["1943","4877"],["1944","4668"],["1945","4755"],["1946","6990"],["1947","7620"],["1948","8958"],["1949","8889"],["1950","9199"],["1951","9048"],["1952","8989"],["1953","9229"],["1954","8973"],["1955","9162"],["1956","9898"],["1957","10413"],["1958","10560"],["1959","11006"],["1960","12602"],["1961","15143"],["1962","15108"],["1963","15842"],["1964","17237"],["1965","19029"],["1966","19206"],["1967","20697"],["1968","22488"],["1969","21764"],["1970","22646"],["1971","23732"],["1972","23326"],["1973","23202"],["1974","21587"],["1975","22983"],["1976","23543"],["1977","23718"],["1978","23454"],["1979","23836"],["1980","24976"],["1981","23622"],["1982","25423"],["1983","24897"],["1984","25722"],["1985","27453"],["1986","29324"],["1987","27208"],["1988","28384"],["1989","30703"],["1990","32346"],["1991","31139"],["1992","34685"],["1993","32937"],["1994","36809"],["1995","38420"],["1996","39716"],["1997","38722"],["1998","42594"],["1999","42190"],["2000","47735"],["2001","48737"],["2002","50468"],["2003","53618"],["2004","56461"],["2005","57097"],["2006","60583"],["2007","65664"],["2008","82567"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency