tapered

The word “tapered” has 2 syllables: ta-pered

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪ.pɚd/

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In the thesaurus, “tapered” has 150 synonyms and 68 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tapered along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tapered

abated
aciculate
acuate
acuminate
acuminous
acute
alleviated
apical
attenuated
barbed
briery
calibrated
circumscribed
close
collapsed
compressed
condensed
cone-shaped
coned
confining
conic
conoid
conoidal
constricted
contracted
cramped
cuspate
cuspidate
de-escalated
declined
decreased
decrescent
definite
deflated
determinate
diminished
dwindled
eased
ebbed
edged
evaporated
exclusive
exiguous
fell
fell away
fine
fixed
flagged
funnel-shaped
gave out
gnawing
gradational
graded
gradual
ground fine
honed
horned
imperceptible
incapacious
inching
incremental
increscent
jagged
keen
keen-edged
knife-edged
knifelike
lancinating
lessened
let up
limited
linear
lowered
meager
measured
moderated
near
needle-pointed
needlelike
palled
paltry
peaked
pent
phased
phased down
piecemeal
piercing
pinched
pointed
pointy
precarious
precise
prickly
progressive
pronged
pyramidal
razor-sharp
receded
registered
relaxed
relented
remitted
salient
sank
scant
scanty
select
sequential
serialized
serrated
set
sharp
sharp-edged
sharpened
shooting
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
slackened
slender
slim
small
spare
spiked
spiky
spiny
splintery
stabbing
step-by-step
stepped
stinging
strait
strobilate
strobiloid
subsided
sunk
taper
tapered off
tapering
thin
thorny
threadlike
tight
tined
tipped
unblunted
vanished
waned
weakened
whetted

Antonyms for tapered

abrupt
accepting
accumulated
acute
appeared
away
ballooned
blew up
blunt
bourgeoned
broad
broad-minded
built
burgeoned
changeable
discontinuous
distended
dull
dynamic
elongated
emerged
enlarged
escalated
expanded
far
fat
free
generous
giving
grew
imprecise
increased
indefinite
inexact
intensified
lengthened
liberal
loose
meteoric
mild
mounted
mushroomed
nice
open
picked up
poor
rose
saltatory
sharp
showed up
smooth
snowballed
soared
spendthrift
strong
sudden
swelled
thick
tolerant
unconfined
unfixed
unlimited
unrestricted
volatile
wasting
waxed
wide
widening

Meanings of tapered

verb
1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. To diminish gradually.
adjective
1. Narrowing gradually towards a point.
2. Lit with a taper.

Example Sentences

The carpenter tapered the edges of the wooden plank.
His new jeans were stylishly tapered at the ankles.
The road gradually tapered into a narrow path.
Her workout routine tapered off before the competition.
The candle tapered to a fine point at the top.

On this page you'll find 218 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tapered, such as: abated, abrupt, accepting, accumulated, aciculate, acuate, acuminate.

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abandoned

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renewed
renovated
reorganized
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repealed
rescinded
restored
retracted
retrenched
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revived
revoked
rolled back
salved
sank
set aside
shallow
shortchanged
shortened
shrank
shrunk
slackened
slashed
soft
softened
soothed
stripped
stript
struck down
subdued
subsided
subtracted
sunk
superficial
suspended
tapered
tapered off
tempered
thawed
threw out
took off
trimmed
truncated
vacated
vanished
vetoed
voided
waned
wasted away
weak
weakened
whittled
withdrew
wrote off

abbreviated

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abridged
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abstracted
aphoristic
bare
boiled down
breviloquent
brief
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close to the ground
compact
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constricted
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crisp
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diminutive
docked
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elided
encapsulated
ephemeral
epigrammatic
epitomized
fast
fleeting
impermanent
in a nutshell
inclusive
laconic
lessened
little
low
lowered
miniaturized
moderated
modified
momentary
not protracted
pared
petite
pint-sized
pithy
pocket
pocket-sized
precise
pruned
recapitulated
reduced
retrenched
runty
sawed-off
scaled-down
sententious
short
short and sweet
short-lived
short-range
short-term
shortened
shortish
shrank
shrunk
skimpy
slashed
slight
small
squat
squatty
stocky
stubby
stunted
subtracted
succinct
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summarized
summary
summed up
syncopated
synoptic
tapered
terse
thick
thickset
tiny
to the point
transient
transitory
trimmed
truncated
undersized
unprolonged
unsustained
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abridged

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abrupt
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breviloquent
brief
broken
canned
capsule
clear
compact
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crisp
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epigrammatic
epitomized
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fast
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in a nutshell
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lacking
laconic
lean
lessened
little
lowered
made plain
marrowy
meager
meaty
miniature
miniaturized
minute
moderated
modified
momentary
pared
part
partial
peewee
pint-sized
pithy
pocket
pocket-size
pocket-sized
portable
pruned
recapitulated
reduced
retrenched
rough
rude
rudimentary
scaled-down
short
short and sweet
short-lived
short-range
short-term
shortened
shortish
shrank
shrunk
sketchy
slashed
small
subtracted
succinct
sudden
summarized
summary
summed up
syncopated
synoptic
tabloid
tapered
terse
tiny
to the point
transient
transitory
trimmed
truncated
unaccomplished
uncomplicated
unconsummated
under construction
undeveloped
undone
unexecuted
unpolished
wee

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