Synonyms for Tapering:

• adj.

  •conical (adjective)
  • pointed,
  • tapered.
  •conical/conic (adjective)
  • more cone-shaped,
  • most coneshaped,
  • more tapered,
  • more funnelshaped,
  • coneshaped,
  • most tapered,
  • most funnelshaped,
  • more coneshaped,
  • funnel shaped,
  • most strobilate,
  • more funnel-shaped,
  • most funnel-shaped,
  • more coned,
  • more conoidal,
  • more funnel shaped,
  • most conoidal,
  • more strobilate,
  • most conoid,
  • cone shaped,
  • funnelshaped,
  • more cone shaped,
  • more strobiloid,
  • more conoid,
  • most funnel shaped,
  • more pyramidal,
  • most strobiloid,
  • most coned,
  • most pyramidal,
  • most cone shaped,
  • most cone-shaped.
  •knifelike (adjective)
  • knifelike,
  • Gnawing.
  •narrow (adjective)
  • straiter,
  • threadlike,
  • Incapacious,
  • linear.
  •narrowing (adjective)
  • taper,
  • Acuminous,
  • wedged,
  • Lanceolar,
  • fusiform.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • briery,
  • keen-edged,
  • knife-edged,
  • sharp-edged,
  • Unblunted,
  • splintery,
  • apical,
  • ground fine,
  • spikiest,
  • needlelike,
  • spikier,
  • razor-sharp.

• n.

  •
  • aerodynamic,
  • concave,
  • clean,
  • bent,
  • closed,
  • chunky,
  • concentric,
  • asymmetrical,
  • bulbous,
  • angular.
  •act (noun)
  • tapering.
  •decreasing (noun)
  • decreasing.
  •narrowing (noun)
  • narrowing.

• v.

  •diminishing (verb)
  • nipping,
  • Bobbing,
  • Truncating,
  • minimizing,
  • reducing,
  • draining,
  • Weeding,
  • contracting,
  • paring,
  • pruning,
  • Compacting,
  • Depleting,
  • Curtailing,
  • shrinking,
  • compressing,
  • Abridging,
  • Abbreviating,
  • decrementing,
  • Culling,
  • trimming,
  • downgrading,
  • eroding,
  • shearing,
  • dwindling,
  • lessening,
  • condensing,
  • clipping,
  • Concentrating,
  • shaving,
  • shortening,
  • deflating,
  • Cropping,
  • lightening,
  • diminishing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sharp.
  •cone-shaped
  • conical.
  •Other relevant words:
  • distort,
  • Luffing,
  • decrement,
  • constricting,
  • abating,
  • Odontoid,
  • constricted,
  • droop,
  • restricted,
  • craggy,
  • Muricated,
  • allay,
  • closing,
  • toothed,
  • Draughting,
  • Bristling,
  • Aiming,
  • impair,
  • slacking,
  • dangle,
  • diminish,
  • repointing,
  • abbreviation,
  • cusped,
  • briary,
  • alleviate,
  • Snaggy,
  • constrictive,
  • decline,
  • candling,
  • acanthous,
  • acanthoid,
  • attenuated,
  • slimming,
  • rough,
  • detract,
  • cut,
  • shrinkage,
  • Bating,
  • acicular,
  • heading,
  • Bespeaking,
  • qualify,
  • attenuation,
  • horned,
  • Spurred,
  • magnetic tape,
  • Sharpening,
  • crowning,
  • sharp-pointed,
  • mitigate,
  • ensiform,
  • Indicating,
  • lessen,
  • curtail,
  • Betokening,
  • leveling,
  • taped,
  • Pectinated,
  • tined,
  • Mucronated,
  • heightening,
  • curtailment,
  • rebate,
  • Two-edged,
  • spinous,
  • sagittate,
  • assuage,
  • dwindle,
  • spiky,
  • orienting,
  • focusing,
  • barbed,
  • relaxation,
  • prickly,
  • fading,
  • unbated,
  • receding,
  • tapering off,
  • aculeated,
  • Thistly,
  • fall,
  • modification,
  • subsiding,
  • contort,
  • coarctation,
  • acute,
  • drop,
  • acuminated,
  • pointing,
  • narrowed,
  • Digitated,
  • cuspidate,
  • aculeate,
  • thin,
  • sagittiform,
  • slim,
  • stricture,
  • Wedging,
  • keen,
  • slender,
  • stabbing,
  • hispid,
  • lancinating,
  • spiked,
  • constriction,
  • pronged,
  • Maneuvering,
  • starlike,
  • Aciform,
  • Mucronate,
  • Dentiform,
  • Arrowheaded,
  • spiny,
  • Angustation,
  • alter,
  • salient,
  • abridgment,
  • decrease,
  • Spined,
  • Wicking,
  • peaked,
  • Cornute,
  • remission,
  • contraction,
  • Charging,
  • Levelling,
  • Beveling,
  • thorny,
  • wilt,
  • straitened,
  • Spiculate,
  • Aculeiform,
  • Denticulated,
  • lessened,
  • targeting,
  • Manoeuvring,
  • directing,
  • reduction,
  • Cornuted,
  • abate,
  • Stelliform,
  • needle-sharp,
  • Placing,
  • horny,
  • steering,
  • cutback,
  • guiding,
  • abridgement,
  • deteriorate,
  • drafting,
  • retrenchment,
  • Signalling,
  • diminution,
  • signaling,
  • Arrowy,
  • studded,
  • coning,
  • deform,
  • deface,
  • Needle-pointed,
  • condensation,
  • cuspidated,
  • acuate,
  • Stellated,
  • Spicular,
  • abatement,
  • modify.

Antonyms for Tapering:

• adj.

  • conical
    nice, blunt, mild, dull.
  • narrowing
    widening.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    increasing, wide, broad.

Hyponym for Tapering:

• n.

  • act
    lowering.