Decline Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms for declinedɪˈklaɪnde·cline

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1. declinenoun

   Antonyms:incline

2. declinenoun

   To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

   The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.

   Antonyms:incline

3. declinenoun

   To become weaker or worse.

   My health declined in winter.

   Antonyms:incline

4. declinenoun

   To refuse, forbear.

   On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.

   Antonyms:incline

5. declinenoun

   To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.

   Antonyms:incline

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. decline

   The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:abate, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

   Antonyms:aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Preposition:Abate in fury; abated by law.

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1. Declinenoun

   Synonyms:Decline, Decay, Consumption.

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1. decline, diminutionnoun

   change toward something smaller or lower

   Synonyms:fall, decay, downslope, descent, declension, declivity, decrease, step-down, reduction, declination, diminution

   Antonyms:melioration, improvement

2. decline, declinationnoun

   a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

   Synonyms:dec, fall, decay, downslope, descent, celestial latitude, declension, declivity, regrets, declination, diminution

   Antonyms:melioration, improvement

3. decay, declinenoun

   a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

   Synonyms:disintegration, fall, decay, downslope, descent, radioactive decay, decomposition, declension, declivity, declination, diminution

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

4. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslopeverb

   a downward slope or bend

   Synonyms:extraction, pin, stemma, crepuscule, parentage, dip, pedigree, gloam, bloodline, twilight, diminution, decline in quality, dec, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, regrets, declivity, decay, surrender, worsening, declination, descent, lineage, fall, filiation, autumn, stock, deterioration, evenfall, origin, celestial latitude, line, line of descent, downfall, declension, drop, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, capitulation

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

5. worsen, declineverb

   grow worse

   "Conditions in the slum worsened"

   Synonyms:wane, reject, refuse, exasperate, pass up, turn down, aggravate, slump, worsen, go down, correct, exacerbate

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

6. refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, declineverb

   refuse to accept

   "He refused my offer of hospitality"

   Synonyms:freeze off, reject, rule out, go down, deny, resist, worsen, winnow out, lower, correct, lour, spurn, pooh-pooh, wane, disapprove, disdain, scorn, pass up, defy, turn away, refuse, eliminate, slump, turn down

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

7. refuse, declineverb

   show unwillingness towards

   "he declined to join the group on a hike"

   Synonyms:defy, turn away, refuse, correct, worsen, pass up, turn down, deny, slump, resist, wane, go down, reject

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

8. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms:reject, go down, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, wane, slump, turn down

   Antonyms:improvement, melioration

9. declineverb

   go down

   "The roof declines here"

   Synonyms:wane, refuse, pass up, turn down, slump, worsen, correct, go down, reject

   Antonyms:melioration, improvement

10. decline, slump, correctverb

    go down in value

    "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

    Synonyms:right, even out, reject, chasten, go down, adjust, refuse, slouch, objurgate, discipline, set, redress, correct, sink, rectify, worsen, even up, slide down, counterbalance, chastise, wane, compensate, sort out, even off, fall off, pass up, make up, castigate, slump, turn down

    Antonyms:melioration, improvement

11. declineverb

    inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

    Synonyms:wane, refuse, pass up, turn down, slump, worsen, correct, go down, reject

    Antonyms:melioration, improvement

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Condition
   • Decrease
   • Drop
   • Fall
   • React

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nerf

   the term in gaming ones, as slang, to make it weaker or worse

   there is a nerf to the skills in-game.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019

2. suge

   a sudden increase or a sudden strong rush

   Submitted by 283966 on October 22, 2019

3. waned

   have smaller part of its visible

   waned in popularity

   Submitted by acronimous on March 4, 2014

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. declineverb

   Synonyms:lean downward

2. declineverb

   Synonyms:decay, sink, droop, languish, pine, fail, become feeble

3. declineverb

   Synonyms:deteriorate, degenerate, be impaired

4. declineverb

   Synonyms:decrease, lessen, diminish, wane, fall away

5. declineverb

   Synonyms:refuse, reject

6. declineverb

   Synonyms:(Gram.) inflect, vary

7. declinenoun

   Synonyms:deterioration, degeneracy, decay, diminution, falling off

8. declinenoun

   Synonyms:consumption, phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. declinenoun

   Synonyms:deterioration, retrogradation, diminution, retrogression, degeneracy, declension, declination, decay, progressive emaciation, marasmus

   Antonyms:progress, advancement, improvement

2. declineverb

   Synonyms:lean, incline, bend, languish, sink, wane, diminish, decrease, deteriorate, retrograde, deviate, stray, shun, refuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "decline":

   decrease, drop, reduction, downturn, drop-off, fall, deterioration, declining, dieback, regression, decay, reduce, decadence, recession, lower, diminution, degradation, decreased, decreasing, slowdown, retreat, refuse, lowering, contraction, reduced, demise, slump, setback, diminish, dip, down, downfall, loss, collapse

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Words popularity by usage frequency

ranking	word
#189	set
#228	line
#234	right
#311	down
#434	stock
#505	dec
#972	loss
#1104	lower
#1232	fall
#1323	blood
#1847	correct
#2036	reduce
#2158	drop
#2518	origin
#2680	reduced
#2750	reduction
#3071	pin
#4498	crash
#4933	decrease
#5420	moderate
#5491	discipline
#5615	decline
#5808	eliminate
#6341	autumn
#6635	adjust
#7052	collapse
#7229	sink
#7367	refuse
#7537	decreased
#7851	deny
#8206	retreat
#8574	reject
#8602	extraction
#8623	settle
#8636	regression
#9094	dip
#9957	resist
#10122	twilight
#10134	decay
#11185	degradation
#11564	surrender
#11777	spill
#12080	ancestry
#12520	decreasing
#12580	lowering
#13070	descent
#13763	declining
#14991	decomposition
#15260	compensate
#15349	pedigree
#15790	lineage
#17934	tumble
#18076	dusk
#18285	mitigate
#18311	deterioration
#19418	contraction
#19772	recession
#20174	demise
#21475	diminish
#21804	setback
#24372	regrets
#24932	slowdown
#25048	lessen
#25148	descend
#26478	redress
#27947	downfall
#28176	downturn
#28323	slump
#29907	defy
#30671	ebb
#31890	rectify
#31947	disapprove
#33235	worsening
#34727	scorn
#35337	worsen
#37610	disdain
#38113	disintegration
#38177	declination
#40780	decadence
#40873	abate
#44647	exacerbate
#45796	parentage
#49878	nightfall
#52227	wane
#53466	diminution
#55038	aggravate
#55573	subside
#55809	bloodline
#60606	slouch
#67974	counterbalance
#80167	capitulation
#105258	chastise
#113548	spurn
#116269	downslope
#117527	declension
#121790	dieback
#145906	crepuscule
#184683	castigate
#185304	gloaming
#203490	lour
#227873	exasperate
#228340	filiation
#246567	chasten
#253199	declivity
#327568	evenfall

How to use decline in a sentence?

1. Rachel Maginn Rosser:

   She was in the best shape of her life. She was working out five times a week with a personal trainer. She loved to go out and have fun. She was a social butterfly. And she got sick, and it was just a slow decline from there.

2. Kalpana Kochhar:

   The BOJ basically looks at inflation expectations and the output gap. Even if we were to lower our forecast, we see the output gap closing, as long as there's not a very sharp decline in either, one could say (the BOJ is) on the right path.

3. Julian Evans-Pritchard:

   Demand for newly built urban housing is now entering an era of protracted structural decline.

4. Stephen Innes:

   (The) sell-off on the ... flu scare was mollified by a timely decline in U.S. crude inventories.

5. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou:

   The decline in oil prices is the biggest factor here. It is a problem for policymakers and a problem for the world because it creates disinflation, no market is immune ... and until markets find an equilibrium for oil prices we are going to have a lot of volatility.

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• رفArabic
• праскланя́ць, скланя́цьBelarusian
• упадък, наклонявам се надолу, склон, отказвам, скланям, влошавам се, западане, западам, спадам, влошаванеBulgarian
• declivi, declinar-se, caiguda, refusar, declinar, debilitar-seCatalan, Valencian
• skloňovat, pokles, klesat, odmítnoutCzech
• sinken, Fall, zurückgehen, Rückgang, ablehnen, abnehmen, deklinieren, Abnahme, fallen, GefälleGerman
• declinar, rechazarSpanish
• کاهش می یابدPersian
• alamäki, taivuttaa, lasku, heikentyä, heikentyminen, laskea, pudotus, heiketä, pudota, kieltäytyäFinnish
• bendaFaroese
• refuser, accorderFrench
• meath, meathlú, meathlaighIrish
• claon, rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
• ירידה, נחלש, היחלשות, היטה, ירד, סירב, נפילה, דחהHebrew
• refizeHaitian Creole
• hanyatlik, gyengül, hanyatlásHungarian
• declinareItalian
• ბრუნებაGeorgian
• abnegō, declinesLatin
• afname, helling, achteruitgaan, afwijzen, afzwakken, verzwakking, verbuigen, verval, terugval, achteruitgang, afnemen, weigeren, vervallen, terugvallen, verzwakkenDutch
• avslåNorwegian
• deklinować, [[odmieniać]] ([[przez]] [[przypadekPolish
• declive, declinar, declínio, recusarPortuguese
• спад, склонять, упадок, уклон, ухудшение, склон, сокращение, спускRussian
• одбити, odbitiSerbo-Croatian
• medlut, utförsbacke, nedförsbackeSwedish
• 下降Chinese

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