wanes

The word “wanes” has 1 syllable: wanes

It's pronounced as /weɪnz/

What is synonym and antonym for wanes?

In the thesaurus, “wanes” has 85 synonyms and 42 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for wanes

abate
abates
alleviates
arrests
atrophy
checks
collapses
compresses
condenses
constricts
contracts
crashes
de-escalates
decelerations
decline
declines
decrease
decreases
deflates
die away
die down
die out
dim
diminishes
downshifts
draw to a close
drop
drops
dwindle
dwindles
ease off
eases
ebb
ebbs
evaporates
fade
fade away
fail
fall
fall short
falls
falls away
flags
gives out
halts
lessens
let up
lets up
letups
lowers
moderate
moderates
palls
peter out
phases down
plunges
recedes
relaxes
relent
relents
remissions
remits
retardations
retreats
shrink
shrinks
sink
sinks
slack off
slacken
slackens
slowdowns
slumps
stoppages
subside
subsides
taper off
tapers
tapers off
vanishes
waste away
weaken
weakens
wind down
wither

Antonyms for wanes

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

Meanings of wanes

noun
1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
2. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
3. The end of a period.
4. A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
5. A child.
6. A house or dwelling.
verb
1. To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
2. Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
3. Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
4. Said of a time period that comes to an end.
5. To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
6. To cause to decrease.

Example Sentences

As winter approaches, the daylight wanes earlier each day.
His interest in politics wanes as he grows older.
The influence of that ideology wanes with each passing generation.
She noticed her energy wanes towards the end of the workday.
The moon's brightness wanes after reaching full phase.

On this page you'll find 127 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wanes, such as: abate, abates, accelerations, accumulates, alleviates, appears, arrests.

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