tapers

The word “tapers” has 2 syllables: ta-pers

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪpɚz/


What is synonym and antonym for tapers?

In the thesaurus, “tapers” has 60 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tapers

  • abate
  • abates
  • alleviates
  • bate
  • close
  • collapses
  • come to a point
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • die away
  • die out
  • diminish
  • diminishes
  • drain
  • dwindle
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • evaporates
  • fade
  • falls
  • falls away
  • flags
  • gives out
  • lessen
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • narrow
  • palls
  • phases down
  • recede
  • recedes
  • reduce
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • rescind
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • subside
  • subsides
  • taper off
  • tapers off
  • thin
  • thin out
  • vanishes
  • wane
  • wanes
  • weaken
  • weakens
  • wind down

Antonyms for tapers

  • accumulates
  • appears
  • balloons
  • blows up
  • bourgeons
  • builds
  • burgeons
  • distends
  • elongates
  • emerges
  • enlarge
  • enlarges
  • escalates
  • expand
  • expands
  • extend
  • go up
  • grow
  • grows
  • increase
  • increases
  • intensifies
  • lengthens
  • mounts
  • mushrooms
  • picks up
  • raise
  • rise
  • rises
  • shows up
  • snowballs
  • soars
  • strengthen
  • swells
  • waxes

Meanings of tapers

  • noun
    1. A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle.
    2. (by extension) a small light.
    3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
    4. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
    5. One who operates a tape machine.
    6. Someone who works with tape or tapes.

Example Sentences

  • The candle tapers towards the top, making it easier to light.
  • His interest in the hobby slowly tapers as he gets busier with work.
  • The road tapers into a narrow path leading to the forest.
  • She designed a dress that tapers at the waist for a sleek silhouette.
  • The river tapers as it approaches the small village.

On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tapers, such as: abate, abates, accumulates, alleviates, appears, balloons, bate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abbreviates

  • abates
  • abridges
  • abstracts
  • compresses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • digests
  • diminishes
  • docks
  • downsizes
  • dwindles
  • elides
  • encapsulates
  • epitomizes
  • lessens
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • pares
  • prunes
  • recapitulates
  • reduces
  • retrenches
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • slashes
  • summarizes
  • sums up
  • syncopates
  • tapers
  • trims
  • truncates

abandons

eases

  • abates
  • abbreviates
  • abets
  • abridges
  • accelerates
  • advances
  • aids
  • allays
  • alleviates
  • alleviations
  • ameliorates
  • amends
  • appeasements
  • assists
  • assuagements
  • assuages
  • betters
  • clips
  • collapses
  • comforts
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • corrects
  • crops
  • cures
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • dents
  • depletes
  • detaches
  • diminishes
  • diminishments
  • disentangles
  • docks
  • downscales
  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • ebbs
  • emends
  • enhances
  • enriches
  • evaporates
  • expedites
  • facilitates
  • falls
  • falls away
  • fixes
  • flags
  • forwards
  • frees
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  • gives out
  • greases
  • hastens
  • heals
  • helps
  • hurries
  • improves
  • knocks down
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lightens
  • loosens
  • lowers
  • meliorates
  • mends
  • minimizes
  • mitigates
  • mitigations
  • moderates
  • moderations
  • modifies
  • modulates
  • mollifications
  • mollifies
  • nicks
  • palliates
  • palls
  • pares
  • perfects
  • phases down
  • promotes
  • prunes
  • qualifies
  • quickens
  • recedes
  • rectifies
  • reduces
  • refines
  • reforms
  • relaxes
  • releases
  • relents
  • reliefs
  • relieves
  • remedies
  • remits
  • repairs
  • retrenches
  • rushes
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • simplifies
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • slacks
  • slashes
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • softens
  • soothes
  • speeds
  • streamlines
  • subsides
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • tempers
  • trims
  • truncates
  • unbinds
  • unclogs
  • undoes
  • unfastens
  • untangles
  • unties
  • vanishes
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles

tapers off

  • abate
  • abates
  • alleviates
  • bate
  • close
  • collapses
  • come to a point
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • die away
  • die out
  • diminish
  • diminishes
  • drain
  • dwindle
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • evaporates
  • fade
  • falls
  • falls away
  • flags
  • gives out
  • lessen
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • narrow
  • palls
  • phases down
  • recede
  • recedes
  • reduce
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • rescind
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • subside
  • subsides
  • tapers
  • thin
  • thin out
  • vanishes
  • wane
  • wanes
  • weaken
  • weakens
  • wind down

falls

  • abates
  • alleviates
  • angles
  • avalanche
  • backslides
  • bites the dust
  • bombs
  • bows
  • bows out
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • breaks the law
  • buckles
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • cants
  • capitulates
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • checks out
  • chute
  • cocks
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • concedes
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • consumes
  • contracts
  • crashes
  • craters
  • croaks
  • crumples
  • de-escalates
  • deceases
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • deluge
  • demises
  • departs
  • descends
  • dies
  • diminishes
  • dips
  • disappears
  • dives
  • downrush
  • dries up
  • droops
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • ends
  • errs
  • evaporates
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls away
  • falls from grace
  • falters
  • flags
  • flatlines
  • flood
  • flops
  • flume
  • flumps
  • flunks
  • folds
  • force
  • forfeits
  • founders
  • fountain
  • free-falls
  • gives out
  • gives up
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • hands over
  • heels
  • inclines
  • infringes
  • keels
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • knuckles under
  • lapses
  • leans
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lists
  • loses
  • lowers
  • messes up
  • misses
  • moderates
  • nose-dives
  • offends
  • outpouring
  • palls
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • phases down
  • plonks
  • plops
  • plummets
  • plunges
  • plunks
  • pops off
  • precipitates
  • precipitation
  • predeceases
  • rapids
  • recedes
  • reclines
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • remits
  • retreats
  • shoot
  • shower
  • shrinks
  • shute
  • sinks
  • sins
  • skids
  • slackens
  • slants
  • slides
  • slips
  • slopes
  • snuffs it
  • spout
  • steps out
  • strays
  • strikes out
  • stumbles
  • submits
  • subsides
  • succumbs
  • surrenders
  • takes the count
  • tanks
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws
  • tilts
  • tips
  • topples
  • torrent
  • transgresses
  • trespasses
  • trips
  • tumbles
  • vanishes
  • violates
  • wanders
  • wanes
  • washes out
  • watercourse
  • waterfall
  • weakens
  • white water
  • wipes out

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