worsening synonyms

Here's a list of possible synonyms and antonyms for the term worsening:

Princeton's WordNet

  1. deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening(noun)

    process of changing to an inferior state

    Synonyms:
    fall, downslope, declivity, declination, worsening, decline in quality, declension, impairment, descent, decline, deterioration

    Antonyms:
    meliorative, amendatory, amelioratory, bettering, remedial, corrective, ameliorative, ameliorating(a)

  2. worsening(adj)

    changing something with the result that it becomes worse

    Synonyms:
    deterioration, decline in quality, declension

    Antonyms:
    corrective, meliorative, amelioratory, remedial, amendatory, ameliorative, ameliorating(a), bettering

  3. worsening(adj)

    changing for the worse

    Antonyms:
    bettering, meliorative, ameliorating(a), amelioratory, corrective, ameliorative, remedial, amendatory

PPDB, the paraphrase database

List of paraphrases:

deteriorating, deterioration, aggravation, exacerbation, degradation, deepening, exacerbating, aggravating, widening, escalation


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