What is another word for weakening?
384 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ wˈiːkənɪŋ], [ wˈiːkənɪŋ], [ w_ˈiː_k_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for weakening:- falling (adjective)
- flagging (adjective)
- lessening (adjective)
- act (noun)
- attenuation (noun)
- attrition (noun)
- debilitating (noun)
- debilitative (noun)
- decline (noun)
- devaluation (noun)
- diminution (noun)
- ebb (noun)
- enervating (noun)
- moderating (noun)
- disabling (verb)
- enfeebling (verb)
- other synonyms
- famished
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Weakening:
adj.
•falling (adjective)- more slipping,
- more sliding,
- most ebbing,
- most sliding,
- most settling,
- de creasing,
- more weakening,
- de scending,
- more ebbing,
- sub siding,
- more toppling,
- more diminishing,
- most diminishing,
- de-creasing,
- more collapsing,
- most toppling,
- most decreasing,
- more abating,
- more decreasing,
- most collapsing,
- most weakening,
- more declining,
- more subsiding,
- most abating,
- most slipping,
- more settling,
- de-scending,
- most subsiding,
- sub-siding,
- most declining.
- more sagging,
- more wasting,
- more slumping,
- most slackening,
- most lightening,
- more dropping,
- more depreciating,
- more dwindling,
- most moderating,
- most quieting,
- more slackening,
- most sagging,
- most depreciating,
- more quieting,
- most narrowing,
- most dwindling,
- more slowing,
- most plummeting,
- most slumping,
- more moderating,
- more lightening,
- more plummeting,
- most slowing,
- most wasting,
- more narrowing,
- most dropping.
n.
•act (noun) •attenuation (noun) •attrition (noun) •debilitating (noun) •debilitative (noun) •decline (noun)- de-generation,
- re-lapses,
- de-clines,
- de-scents,
- re cessions,
- dis-solution,
- de-volution,
- re cession,
- de-cline,
- on skids,
- de volutions,
- re lapse,
- de scents,
- on the skid,
- de-generations,
- de-cays,
- de-scent,
- de generations,
- de generation,
- on skid,
- dis solutions,
- re-lapse,
- re-cessions,
- de volution,
- re lapses,
- de cays,
- de-volutions,
- falling offs,
- worsenings,
- dis-solutions,
- re-cession,
- devolutions,
- de scent,
- dwindlings,
- de-cay,
- de clines,
- de cline,
- de cay,
- dis solution.
- de valuations,
- write downs,
- de valuation,
- de-valuations,
- de-valuing,
- write-downs,
- writedowns,
- de-valuation,
- de valuing,
- writedown.
- low waters,
- petering outs,
- outward flows,
- retrocessions,
- re fluxes,
- backflows,
- re-treats,
- fading aways,
- re treats,
- retro-fluxes,
- retro cessions,
- re-flux,
- retro fluxes,
- retro cession,
- retro-cessions,
- retro-cession,
- retro flux,
- retro-flux,
- re-fluxes,
- going outs,
- flaggings,
- refluxes,
- retrofluxes,
- re-treat,
- refluences,
- re flux.
v.
•disabling (verb)- Abrogating,
- incapacitating,
- Hamstringing,
- Neutralizing,
- tampering,
- disabling,
- Botching,
- Cramping,
- Paralyzing,
- Prostrating,
- crippling,
- Benumbing,
- Scotching,
- anesthetizing,
- deadening,
- Hobbling,
- screwing up,
- Dulling,
- Handicapping,
- Laming,
- enfeebling,
- Vitiating,
- stupefying,
- invalidating,
- undermining,
- stunning,
- Impairing,
- Hampering,
- hindering,
- disarming,
- Sapping.
Other synonyms:
•famished •Other relevant words:- bankruptcy,
- extenuation,
- debasing,
- dip,
- abbreviate,
- infirmity,
- declination,
- fall,
- disrepair,
- devitalization,
- droop,
- faltering,
- miniaturization,
- tempering,
- deteriorate,
- debilitation,
- depress,
- flaw,
- collapse,
- descent,
- winding down,
- injury,
- let-up,
- slacken,
- contraction,
- chasten,
- debility,
- twilight,
- deteriorating,
- slide,
- breakage,
- depreciation,
- decrescence,
- sinkage,
- abating,
- depression,
- Diminishment,
- downturn,
- Degenerating,
- Marring,
- assuage,
- evisceration,
- simplicity,
- detract,
- encroachment,
- Damping,
- give out,
- easing,
- weakness,
- failing,
- loosen,
- defuse,
- decreasing,
- crack-up,
- inroad,
- destroy,
- wasting,
- break,
- die out,
- scathe,
- reducing,
- grueling,
- deduction,
- disablement,
- hurt,
- impairment,
- imperfection,
- wear,
- deterioration,
- lowering,
- spoiling,
- declining,
- ebbing,
- sag,
- Diluting,
- letup,
- ruining,
- Delaying,
- inanition,
- abate,
- Subduing,
- decay,
- soften,
- fail,
- deafening,
- deduct,
- alleviation,
- scaling down,
- fall off,
- infringement,
- dampen,
- atrophy,
- subsidence,
- destruction,
- relief,
- eliminate,
- damage,
- bate,
- running down,
- sinking,
- draining,
- Collapsing,
- drop,
- Enervative,
- relaxation,
- subdue,
- trying,
- ruination,
- decadence,
- Relenting,
- mutilation,
- degrade,
- subtraction,
- mayhem,
- dying off,
- sabotage,
- Attenuating,
- enervate,
- wear out,
- deaden,
- commute,
- extenuating,
- harm,
- Effemination,
- extinguish,
- Emasculating,
- exhaustion,
- adulterating,
- Ruinousness,
- reduction,
- wilting,
- remission,
- dampening,
- minimizing,
- Subverting,
- decrement,
- exhausting,
- disintegration,
- weaken,
- degeneration,
- Blunting,
- Fatiguing,
- vitiation,
- tiredness,
- unnerving,
- tapering off,
- dilapidation,
- wane,
- fading,
- detriment,
- degrading,
- abridgment,
- fade out,
- lessen,
- dilution,
- relaxing,
- moderation,
- loss,
- impair,
- thinning,
- sagging,
- breakdown,
- mischief,
- gruelling,
- dying,
- worsening,
- Decaying,
- disappearing,
- diminish,
- reduce,
- diminishing,
- Maiming,
- downfall,
- Derailing,
- sickening,
- palliate,
- Languishing,
- slump,
- consumption,
- loosening,
- abatement,
- Languishment,
- deflation,
- hurting,
- mitigation,
- depressing,
- lassitude,
- curtail,
- damaging,
- modify,
- failure,
- fatigue,
- undermine,
- mitigate,
- dispel,
- allay,
- Incapacitation,
- decrease,
- subsiding.
Paraphrases for Weakening:
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Equivalence
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Verb, gerund or present participle
slackening.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
diminution.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
slackening, loosening, relaxation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
deterioration, impairment, easing, depreciation, relaxing, vulnerability, devaluation, reduction, worsening, degradation, depression.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
dampening, deteriorating, minimizing, Impairing, Stagnating, eroding, affecting, impeding, downplaying, dwindling, decreasing, damaging, depreciating, Hampering, moderating, debilitating, constraining, Curtailing, receding, Harming, hindering, wavering, Obstructing, interfering, faltering, shaking, unwavering, inhibiting, hurting, Diluting, retreating, less, restricting, declining, reduced, reducing, Attaining, abating, confining, losing, Impacting, withering, unswerving, being, wondering, stalling, releasing, striving, falling, halting, slashing, limiting, yielding, letting, lowering, lessening, slowing, relaxing, worsening.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
weakness, undermining, downgrading, softening, weak, erosion, lowering, lessening, decline, dilution, slowing, weaker, slowdown, decrease, attenuation, downturn, contraction, curtailment.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
waning, diminishing, destabilizing, undercutting, Alleviating, compromising, dropping, undermining, softening, easing, loosening.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Weakening:
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n.
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act
strengthening.
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Other antonyms:
comeback, invigoration, improvement, recuperation, intensifying, progress, revitalization, rally, rejuvenation, snapback, recovery, rehabilitation, Rejuvenescence, invigorating.
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act
Hypernym for Weakening:
n.
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act
wilt, Etiolation, wilting, dilution.
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event
enervation, atrophy, attenuation, exhaustion, loosening, withering, relaxation, fall, enfeeblement, debilitation, slackening, downfall, fading.
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act
Hyponym for Weakening:
n.
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act
diminution, step-down, reduction, decrease.
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event
transformation, shift, transmutation.
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act