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What is another word for
tapering
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▲
Adjective
Narrowing or thinning in width
Having a pointed or conical tip or top
Diminishing in level or extent
Resembling a knife or its effects
Restricted or low in size or space
(
of a body part
)
Low in body fat or mass
Noun
The act or process of narrowing or reducing in width, extent or amount
Verb
Present participle for to diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end
Present participle for to gradually lessen in amount or intensity
Present participle for to make or become sharp or physically sharper
Present participle for to become or make less wide
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Narrowing or thinning in width
narrowing
attenuating
thinning
dwindling
thin
“A turn to the right revealed a long
tapering
hallway leading to a break area furnished with tables and chairs.”
Adjective
▲
Having a pointed or conical tip or top
pointed
tapered
sharp
acuminate
conic
conical
lanceolate
pyramidal
taper
wedged
acuminous
fusiform
lanceolar
pointy
acicular
conoid
mucronate
spired
piked
arrowlike
sagittate
sagittal
spiky
cuspidate
acute
edged
subulate
fine
needle-like
aculeate
cusped
thin
thinning
narrowing
dwindling
cone-shaped
diminished
cuspidated
aciculated
infundibular
cuspated
coned
strobiloid
conoidal
funnel-shaped
peaked
tipped
aciculate
spiked
keen
jagged
barbed
pronged
cornered
spearlike
sharp-edged
spear-like
sharp-cornered
spear-shaped
wedge-shaped
V-shaped
cuspate
sharpened
whetted
honed
knifelike
spikelike
needle-shaped
acute-angled
razor-sharp
razor-like
more ❯
“From the bridge, you can also spot the
tapering
tip of the Eiffel Tower peeking above the skyline.”
Adjective
▲
Diminishing in level or extent
contracting
decreasing
diminishing
lessening
shrinking
petering out
gradually reducing
declining
dwindling
dimming
slackening
ebbing
drooping
subsiding
receding
failing
abating
slumping
weakening
deteriorating
atrophying
collapsing
withering
degenerating
vanishing
moribund
fading
winding down
tailing off
dissolving
growing faint
giving way
on the way out
on the decline
sinking
on one's last legs
flagging
evaporating
evanescing
tapering off
dying out
melting away
obsolescent
drawing to a close
on the wane
fading away
in remission
in a state of deterioration
attenuating
in a slump
falling off
disintegrating
crumbling
“The companies used a
tapering
rate of overtime pay for supervisors.”
Adjective
▲
Resembling a knife or its effects
knifelike
sharpened
honed
whetted
pointed
jagged
cuspidate
edged
serrated
peaked
keen
spiked
acuminate
unblunted
aciculate
tipped
acute
pointy
acuminous
cuspate
acuate
fine
apical
barbed
briery
horned
needlelike
piercing
pronged
gnawing
prickly
salient
shooting
spiky
spiny
splintery
stabbing
stinging
tapered
thorny
tined
lancinating
razor-sharp
sharp-edged
knife-edged
keen-edged
needle-pointed
ground fine
sharp
stropped
cutting
trenchant
edgy
spired
razor-edged
knife-like
razor-like
ground
penetrating
razor
fine-edged
acicular
piked
needle-shaped
acute-angled
Adjective
▲
Restricted or low in size or space
narrow
tight
close
limited
restricted
confined
compact
cramped
confining
constricted
congested
meagre
UK
squeezed
choked
circumscribed
compressed
incapacious
pinched
scanty
small
bounded
defined
definite
determinate
exiguous
finite
jammed
measured
scant
spare
sparse
tapered
tiny
contracted
incommodious
meager
US
narrowing
near
strait
straitened
fixed
paltry
pent
shrunken
taper
narrow-gauged
inadequate
poky
minimal
slender
uncomfortable
little
delimited
thin
light
packed
negligible
slim
hemmed in
claustrophobic
enclosed
shut in
constrained
curbed
crowded
bound
insufficient
checked
slight
scarce
skimpy
minute
measly
narrowed
deficient
poor
piddling
stingy
sparing
jam-packed
pathetic
modest
flimsy
skimp
bare
hand-to-mouth
thin on the ground
demarcated
reduced
limitary
suffocating
stifling
restricting
wedged
airless
boxy
bijou
terminable
encircled
closed
cramp
compassed
restrained
hampered
kept
cell-like
oppressive
stipulated
with no room to swing a cat
wanting
rare
shy
mingy
failing
scrimpy
low
shallow
sketchy
remote
frail
minuscular
outside
marginal
thinning
overcrowded
in short supply
not enough
too few
too small
few and far between
barely sufficient
too little
overfull
matchbox
nominal
off
faint
two-by-four
closed in
tucked up
tightly packed
jammed in
fragile
petty
short
pitiful
miserable
puny
miserly
beggarly
tenuous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a body part
)
Low in body fat or mass
narrow
lean
slight
slim
lithe
skinny
slender
svelte
thin
trim
attenuated
fine
gracile
lissom
pinched
rangy
spindly
attenuate
boney
bony
lanky
spare
sylphlike
tapered
willowy
wiry
fatless
clean-limbed
slightly built
delicate
graceful
snake-hipped
size-zero
lank
spindling
lithesome
weak
lissome
wispy
aciculate
frail
acicular
gaunt
skeletal
rarefied
elongated
thinned
slimmed
refined
thread-like
stretched out
thinned down
scrawny
stick
angular
rawboned
scraggy
as thin as a reed
light
macilent
stark
skin and bone
without an ounce of fat
puny
feeble
undersized
twiggy
underdeveloped
reedy
stalky
small
wasted
undernourished
shriveled
US
gangly
underweight
rickety
beanpole
fragile
cadaverous
threadlike
slinky
fleshless
lightweight
meager
US
twiglike
gangling
wan
starved
beanstalk
ethereal
featherweight
emaciated
haggard
shrivelled
UK
weedy
meagre
UK
wizened
pint-sized
thin as a rail
all skin and bones
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or process of narrowing or reducing in width, extent or amount
thinning
contraction
narrowing
tightening
lessening
reduction
restricting
reduction in width
“These actions led to the
tapering
of the real-estate boom in Japan.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end
narrowing
thinning
attenuating
becoming narrower
becoming thin
thinning out
becoming narrow
becoming thinner
thinning down
coming to a point
constricting
straitening
fining
making thinner
making thin
“All the tasting glasses came in the same shape, meaning that they
taper
towards the bottom.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to gradually lessen in amount or intensity
diminishing
decreasing
lessening
abating
dwindling
waning
moderating
lowering
easing
declining
ebbing
shrinking
subsiding
falling
receding
reducing
relenting
remitting
palling
weakening
slackening
fading
contracting
slumping
plummeting
plummetting
draining
closing
wilting
bating
de-escalating
dropping off
tapering off
letting up
falling away
phasing down
draining away
ratcheting down
dying down
petering out
tailing off
falling off
dying out
dying away
winding down
dying off
slackening off
trailing off
thinning out
trailing away
phasing out
thinning down
dropping
sinking
attenuating
easing off
mitigating
tempering
alleviating
curtailing
quelling
relaxing
depreciating
lightening
curbing
decrementing
downscaling
cutting
minimizing
US
flagging
softening
minimising
UK
plunging
cutting back
cutting down
toning down
downsizing
withering
slashing
restraining
growing less
fading away
drooping
scaling down
going down
depleting
slowing down
depressing
clipping
minifying
melting away
going downhill
easing up
nosediving
coming to an end
devaluating
limiting
rolling back
evaporating
bringing down
allaying
drying up
assuaging
trimming
dampening
growing smaller
dipping
deteriorating
degenerating
descending
subduing
eroding
tumbling
quietening
diving
denting
slowing
crashing
vanishing
settling
marking down
dialing down
whittling down
wearing down
wearing away
knocking down
dropping away
becoming smaller
paring down
running low
slacking off
calming down
taking a nosedive
diluting
dulling
impairing
decaying
regressing
failing
paring
collapsing
calming
dissolving
crumbling
checking
restricting
taking the edge off
trailing
blurring
stepping down
taking down
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
making cutbacks in
degrading
blunting
deadening
axing
relieving
palliating
cheapening
mollifying
couching
narrowing
rationing
shaving
disappearing
extenuating
dimming
slaking
ceasing
melting
stifling
slacking
downturning
trimming down
trimming back
atrophying
terminating
cratering
making less
making smaller
quieting
devaluing
sloping
wasting
getting less
taking the sting out
taking the bite out
wasting away
rounding down
becoming less
cooling off
settling down
becoming weaker
going through the floor
growing faint
becoming lower
tailing away
getting smaller
narrowing down
slimming down
coming to a stop
falling short
losing edge
becoming weak
quietening down
hitting the floor
releasing
modulating
muting
damping
muffling
dying
shortening
stopping
finishing
rebating
disengaging
damping down
pruning
modifying
retiring
languishing
squelching
soothing
abasing
cushioning
smothering
petering
docking
abbreviating
retrenching
decimating
turning down
wearing off
fizzling
repressing
getting lower
going downwards
slipping
taking it easy
cooling
lulling
stilling
decelerating
dying away or out
dying away or down
unlaxing
putting a damper on
cutting down on
going easy
fizzling out
fading out
cutting back on
running out
giving out
relapsing
making reductions in
retrenching on
losing
tottering
lapsing
skidding
levelling off
buckling
dragging
backsliding
dropping down
flopping
chilling out
bowing out
cooling it
disintegrating
evanescing
discounting
caving in
losing value
hitting the dirt
declining in price
tipping over
going into a tailspin
decreasing in value
taking a header
folding up
breaking down
casting down
whittling
amortising
UK
downgrading
tightening
amortizing
US
qualifying
running down
undervaluing
cutting in price
lowering in price
giving way
giving in
drawing to a close
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
reining in
writing down
deducting
slenderizing
subtracting
writing off
disgrading
rendering worthless
demeriting
reducing the price of
offering at a giveaway price
driving down
thinning
desisting
taming
getting thinner
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
slacking up
coming down
losing weight
suppressing
appeasing
helping
tranquilizing
US
undermining
tranquillising
UK
placating
lenifying
pacifying
numbing
composing
controlling
dissipating
benumbing
quenching
sapping
dispelling
buffering
extinguishing
containing
deflating
mellowing
sating
quashing
sweetening
destroying
sagging
gentling
falling steeply
loosening
falling sharply
ameliorating
cutting off
cauterizing
US
constricting
going away
overcoming
cauterising
UK
dropping rapidly
debilitating
retarding
absorbing
smoothing
hushing
banishing
sliding
dispersing
going
breaking
putting damper on
putting the lid on
satisfying
growing dim
enervating
coming to nothing
coming to a halt
taking a dive
letting up on
enfeebling
salving
blocking
disabling
vitiating
dulcifying
inhibiting
watering down
crippling
disempowering
hindering
adjusting
halting
loosing
comforting
devalorizing
subjugating
silencing
healing
damming
stemming
making less intense
subverting
obtunding
rising above
balming
commuting
piping down
staying
choking off
getting rid of
making weaker
defusing
ruining
dumping
putting an end to
worsening
putting out a fire
pouring oil on
throwing cold water on
anesthetizing
US
ending
staunching
curing
clearing
stanching
wrecking
succoring
US
preventing
rotting
lagging
doing damage control
retrograding
emaciating
pouring cold water on
dampening down
putting a lid on
succouring
UK
holding back
breaking up
taking the heat off
faltering
regulating
untightening
revising
chillin
chilling
blanketing
diffusing
reining
addressing
improving
guttering
keeping in check
growing weaker
minimalizing
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
gratifying
satiating
fainting
making reasonable
excusing
fixing
masking
losing ground
fixing up
taking sting out
patching things up
muzzling
making less active
playing down
anaesthetizing
UK
temperating
muddying up
reducing the force of
resolving
desensitizing
US
etiolating
devitalizing
passing
killing
becoming less intense
closing out
decreasing the volume
keeping it down
straitening
reducing the effect of
offsetting
gruntling
freshening
allying
frosting
freezing
infrigidating
blowing over
withdrawing
clearing up
devolving
ebbing away
smoothing down
anaesthetising
UK
scaling back
tiring
disimproving
growing weak
reducing punishment
losing its effect
losing strength
losing its effectiveness
losing intensity
spoiling
stabilizing
US
running dry
falling through
withering away
prostrating
becoming moribund
having one foot in the grave
hebetating
liberalising
UK
liberalizing
US
desensitising
UK
dismissing
making narrower
protecting against
eliminating
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
passing away
treating
wizening
taking pressure off
reducing the impact of
softening the impact of
lessening the impact of
neutralizing
US
defending against
shielding against
stabilising
UK
neutralising
UK
feeling weak
losing energy
feeling faint
becoming listless
making less strict
nursing
making less formal
easing up on
putting to rest
chasing away
driving off
driving away
becoming narrower
getting narrower
laying off
cooling out
safeguarding against
minishing
smoothing out
clearing the air
attending
weathering
eating away
fretting
nibbling
brightening
doctoring
remedying
nourishing
counteracting
scattering
lowering in value
punctuating
varying
consoling
solacing
biting
paling
arresting
lissing
interrupting
making better
rehabilitating
assisting
aiding
paling into insignificance
decreasing in importance
losing significance
bringing respite to
chipping away at
gnawing away at
taking its toll
doing a number on
biting at
eating away at
bringing an end to
bringing aid to
bringing aid
taking a load off
taking load off
making something bearable
threatening
damaging
losing lustre
growing dull
destabilizing
US
disrupting
sabotaging
undoing
clearing out
becoming less in number
becoming less dense
becoming less numerous
resisting
opposing
withstanding
demolishing
bringing to a standstill
destabilising
UK
thwarting
undercutting
chipping away
detracting from
foiling
more ❯
“The severity of symptoms will eventually
taper
off after two weeks.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make or become sharp or physically sharper
sharpening
whetting
stropping
honing
edging
grinding
stoning
filing
acuminating
dressing
making sharp
making sharper
making acute
putting a point on
putting an edge on
barbing
cutting
forging
pointing
polishing
shining
burnishing
furbishing
glossing
smoothening
giving an edge to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become or make less wide
narrowing
constricting
contracting
diminishing
choking
compacting
compressing
condensing
cramping
reducing
restricting
shrinking
strangling
circumscribing
clenching
collapsing
confining
constringing
decreasing
focusing
focussing
limiting
pinching
restraining
straitening
strangulating
tautening
tensing
tightening
astringing
tucking
getting smaller
making narrower
making smaller
becoming narrower
becoming smaller
drawing in
getting narrower
getting thinner
narrowing down
drawing together
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