All decline synonyms
deΒ·cline
D d verb decline
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- pine β Archaic. painful longing.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- droop β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- retrograde β moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- relapse β to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- backslide β to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- languish β to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- slope β to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- slant β to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- turn down β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- pass on β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- fall off β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- go to pot β a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- go to the dogs β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- hit the skids β get into difficulties
- beg off β to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
- pass up β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- baulk β the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
- wilt β to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
noun decline
- deterioration β the act or process of deteriorating.
- falloff β a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- degeneration β the process of degenerating
- regression β the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- lessening β to become less.
- downturn β an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- recession β a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- slump β to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- abatement β Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
- backsliding β If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- comedown β If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had.
- cropper β a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
- decrepitude β Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- degeneracy β If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- devolution β Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- diminution β the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- dissolution β the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- dive β to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- downfall β descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.