Synonyms for wane
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1. ebb, ebbing, wane(verb)

   a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

   Synonyms:
   ebbing, reflux, ebb

   Antonyms:
   wax, climb, rise, mount, full

2. decline, go down, wane(verb)

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms:
   reject, go down, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, decline, slump, turn down

   Antonyms:
   wax, rise, full, climb, mount

3. wane(verb)

   become smaller

   "Interest in his novels waned"

   Synonyms:
   go down, decline

   Antonyms:
   mount, full, rise, wax, climb

4. wane(verb)

   decrease in phase

   "the moon is waning"

   Synonyms:
   go down, decline

   Antonyms:
   full, wax, climb, rise, mount

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1. wane

   Synonyms:
   fade, pale, decrease, diminish, decline, fail, sink, ebb, deteriorate, recede, pine, droop, attenuate, contract

   Antonyms:
   brighten, increase, improve, mend, advance, rally, develop, recover, expand

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wane(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminish, grow less

2. wane(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   decline, fail, sink

3. wane(n.)

   Synonyms:
   diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement

4. wane(n.)

   Synonyms:
   decline, declension, decay, failure, falling off

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