Synonyms and Antonyms of dwindle
1
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
- the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing
abate, de-escalate, decrease, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce
compress, condense, constrict, contract
abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle
deflate, shrink
minimize
moderate, modify, modulate, qualify
blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell
elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract
add (to), complement, supplement
enhance, heighten, intensify
redouble
2
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also
rachet (down)
, recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
compress, condense, constrict, contract
evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish
slacken, slow (down)
alleviate, relax
flag, sink, weaken
cave (in), collapse, deflate
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
