57 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ wˈɪtə͡l ɐwˈe͡ɪ], [ wˈɪtə‍l ɐwˈe‍ɪ], [ w_ˈɪ_t_əl ɐ_w_ˈeɪ]

Related words: whittling away, whittle down, whittle off, whittle away at, whittled away, whittling out

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Similar words for whittle away:

• wear away (noun)
• whittle away (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• undermine (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Synonyms for Whittle away:

• n.

  •
  • halve,
  • trim down,
  • top-slice,
  • shrivel,
  • decrease,
  • lower,
  • minimize,
  • reduce,
  • cut back.
  • wear away (noun)
  • wear away.
  • whittle away (noun)
  • whittle down.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • damage.
  • undermine (verb)
  • enfeeble,
  • attenuate,
  • undercut,
  • sap,
  • wear,
  • threaten,
  • ruin,
  • erode,
  • mine,
  • wreck,
  • cripple,
  • frustrate,
  • blunt,
  • subvert,
  • soften,
  • disable,
  • sabotage,
  • thwart,
  • dig,
  • hurt,
  • foil,
  • tunnel,
  • debilitate,
  • excavate,
  • corrode,
  • impair.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words:
  • sandbags,
  • knock the bottom out of,
  • eat away,
  • hollow out,
  • torpedoed,
  • clip wings,
  • sandbagged,
  • sandbag,
  • dig out,
  • eats away,
  • eating away,
  • torpedo,
  • knock bottom out of,
  • poke full of holes,
  • clip one's wings,
  • sandbagging,
  • torpedoing,
  • Torpedoes.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • undermine.