Definition for Taper:

• To make or become smaller toward the end; lessen gradually.

Synonyms for Taper:

• adj.

  •narrow (adjective)
  • Incapacious,
  • thin out,
  • taper off.
  •narrowing (adjective)
  • tapering.

• n.

  •
  • dip,
  • slump.
  •
  • reduction,
  • curtailment,
  • Diminishment,
  • diminution,
  • narrow,
  • cutback,
  • abatement,
  • slowdown,
  • slash,
  • cut.
  •
  • spill,
  • match,
  • cord.
  •light (noun)
  • sun.
  •light source (noun)
  • Tungsten lamp,
  • flashlight,
  • headlight,
  • oil lamp,
  • flame,
  • light,
  • mercury-vapor lamp,
  • star,
  • sun,
  • arc lamp,
  • table lamp,
  • neon light,
  • street lamp,
  • flare,
  • beacon,
  • pilot light,
  • spotlight,
  • lamp,
  • floor lamp,
  • klieg light,
  • moon,
  • jack-o'-lantern,
  • searchlight,
  • fire,
  • desk light,
  • Illuminator,
  • fluorescent light,
  • floodlight,
  • incandescent light,
  • candle,
  • lantern,
  • moonbeam,
  • torch,
  • light bulb.
  •taper (noun)
  • point,
  • candle,
  • wax light,
  • sharpen.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • point,
  • sharpen.
  •decrease (verb)
  • thin out,
  • reduce,
  • narrow,
  • fade,
  • lessen,
  • wane,
  • recede,
  • close,
  • abate,
  • die out,
  • dwindle,
  • taper off,
  • thin,
  • wind down,
  • bate,
  • diminish,
  • subside,
  • drain,
  • die away,
  • weaken.
  •diminish (verb)
  • shear,
  • shave,
  • curtail,
  • deflate,
  • deplete,
  • cull,
  • compress,
  • diminish,
  • lessen,
  • truncate,
  • decrease,
  • reduce,
  • dwindle,
  • lighten,
  • clip,
  • shrink,
  • drain,
  • nip,
  • compact,
  • pare,
  • concentrate,
  • contract,
  • downgrade,
  • abridge,
  • decrement,
  • minimize,
  • prune,
  • bob,
  • weed,
  • condense,
  • abbreviate,
  • shorten,
  • trim,
  • crop,
  • erode.
  •recede (verb)
  • taper off.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cutback,
  • Diminishment.
  •
  • reduction,
  • curtailment,
  • slowdown,
  • ebb,
  • diminution,
  • abatement.
  •
  • abate,
  • rebate.
  •craftsman
  • builder.
  •decrease
  • peter.
  •diminish
  • die out.
  •lessen
  • wind down,
  • slow down,
  • de-escalate.
  •peter
  • tail off,
  • tail away,
  • peter out.
  •recede
  • Retrocede,
  • recede,
  • die off.
  •sharpen
  • acuminate,
  • strop.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Incapacious,
  • spare,
  • luminary,
  • convexity,
  • shim,
  • spark plug,
  • gossamer,
  • approach,
  • stricture,
  • cutback,
  • ADJ,
  • abatement,
  • thin,
  • corder,
  • channelise,
  • close up,
  • paster,
  • degrade,
  • stars,
  • filament,
  • draw in,
  • slow up,
  • die out,
  • meet,
  • disparage,
  • wedge,
  • restrict,
  • pyramidical,
  • cadmium,
  • intersect,
  • pointedness,
  • slow,
  • flint,
  • focalise,
  • igniter,
  • die off,
  • candlewick,
  • bespeak,
  • channelize,
  • close in,
  • dip,
  • plummet,
  • come down,
  • Bander,
  • betoken,
  • head,
  • insulator,
  • barb,
  • decline,
  • whet,
  • converge,
  • dwindling,
  • repoint,
  • strop,
  • core,
  • finespun,
  • illuminant,
  • Portfire,
  • go down,
  • run together,
  • straiten,
  • charge,
  • place,
  • Gluer,
  • cigarette lighter,
  • burner,
  • recede,
  • striper,
  • rush candle,
  • slender,
  • flambeau,
  • lighter,
  • de-escalate,
  • aculeate,
  • conical,
  • reset,
  • set,
  • direct,
  • slash,
  • fade,
  • ratchet,
  • centre,
  • cut,
  • strapper,
  • match,
  • come together,
  • guide,
  • scant,
  • close with,
  • subside,
  • spill,
  • go in,
  • indicate,
  • die away,
  • Candle power,
  • Retrocede,
  • signal,
  • constrictive,
  • depreciate,
  • draft,
  • point,
  • tapering,
  • constriction,
  • Glim,
  • heart,
  • Bonder,
  • narrow,
  • funnel,
  • thin out,
  • slim,
  • ignition,
  • strap,
  • stripper,
  • candela,
  • cord,
  • drop,
  • waste away,
  • wax light,
  • narrowing,
  • weaken,
  • brand,
  • focalize,
  • manoeuver,
  • thread-like,
  • recorder,
  • aim,
  • contracted,
  • contraction,
  • focus,
  • delicate,
  • show,
  • reduction,
  • braider,
  • bate,
  • centralize,
  • peter out,
  • level,
  • hone,
  • edge,
  • abate,
  • Bougie,
  • remit,
  • wane,
  • taped,
  • orient,
  • scanty,
  • convex shape,
  • Enterer,
  • acuminate,
  • maneuver,
  • roper,
  • light source,
  • coarctation,
  • constrict,
  • fine,
  • Wich,
  • bristle with,
  • Luminant,
  • oilstone,
  • taper off,
  • diminution,
  • fall in with,
  • slowdown,
  • rushlight,
  • lampwick,
  • sharpen,
  • center,
  • peter,
  • tapered,
  • lower,
  • file,
  • spur,
  • tail off,
  • lacer,
  • tent,
  • unexpanded,
  • sealer,
  • source of light,
  • pyramidal,
  • steer,
  • concenter,
  • cuspidate,
  • tail away,
  • slacken,
  • Snape,
  • grind,
  • slow down,
  • limit,
  • marrow,
  • Spiculate,
  • conic,
  • crown,
  • fuse,
  • sponge,
  • wick,
  • primer,
  • pinch,
  • belter,
  • swab,
  • unite,
  • rebate,
  • curtailment,
  • fall,
  • ebb,
  • firebrand,
  • heighten,
  • Diminishment,
  • close,
  • paper thin,
  • confine,
  • wrapper,
  • die down,
  • slump,
  • sparker,
  • builder,
  • wind down,
  • fall off.

Antonyms for Taper:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    accumulate, appear, balloon, blow up, build, burgeon, elongate, emerge, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, go up, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, raise, rise, show up, snowball, soar, strengthen, swell, thicken, wax, widen, step up.

• v.

  • decrease
    grow, strengthen, go up, raise, increase, enlarge, extend, rise, expand.
  • Other antonyms:
    blow up, balloon, swell, soar, accumulate, snowball, distend, expand, emerge, wax, show up, escalate, increase, intensify, build, burgeon, mushroom, enlarge, rise, elongate, mount, appear, lengthen, grow.