Words Like DECLINE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DECLINE.

54 Alternative Words Similar to decline

1 Declination Noun      Synonym Words Like Declination
2 Decay Noun      Synonym Words Like Decay
3 Descent Noun      Synonym Words Like Descent
4 Declivity Noun      Synonym Words Like Declivity
5 Fall Noun      Synonym Words Like Fall
6 Declension Noun      Synonym Words Like Declension
7 Downslope Noun      Synonym Words Like Downslope
8 Condition Noun      Synonym Words Like Condition
9 Decrease Noun      Synonym Words Like Decrease
10 Incline Noun      Synonym Words Like Incline
11 Side Noun      Synonym Words Like Side
12 Slope Noun      Synonym Words Like Slope
13 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
14 Refuse Verb      Synonym Words Like Refuse
15 Reject Verb      Synonym Words Like Reject
16 Correct Verb      Synonym Words Like Correct
17 Descend Verb      Synonym Words Like Descend
18 Diminish Verb      Synonym Words Like Diminish
19 Drop Verb      Synonym Words Like Drop
20 Inflect Verb      Synonym Words Like Inflect
21 Lessen Verb      Synonym Words Like Lessen
22 React Verb      Synonym Words Like React
23 Respond Verb      Synonym Words Like Respond
24 Turn Verb      Synonym Words Like Turn
25 Accept Verb      Antonym Words Like Accept
26 Better Verb      Antonym Words Like Better
27 Fail Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Fail
28 Sink Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Sink
29 Deviate Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Deviate
30 Stray Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Stray
31 Withdraw Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Withdraw
32 Avoid Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Avoid
33 Dip Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dip
34 Loss Noun      Hyponym Words Like Loss
35 Slippage Noun      Hyponym Words Like Slippage
36 Detumescence Noun      Hyponym
37 Neglect Noun      Hyponym Words Like Neglect
38 Godown Verb      Hypernym Words Like Godown
39 Comedown Verb      Hypernym Words Like Comedown
40 Repudiate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Repudiate
41 Turndown Verb      Hyponym Words Like Turndown
42 Dishonor Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dishonor
43 Dishonour Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dishonour
44 Bounce Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bounce
45 Inflame Verb      Hyponym Words Like Inflame
46 Slip Verb      Hyponym Words Like Slip
47 Tumble Verb      Hyponym Words Like Tumble
48 Suffer Verb      Hyponym Words Like Suffer
49 Lose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Lose
50 Impoverish Verb      Hyponym Words Like Impoverish
51 Sicken Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sicken
52 Retrograde Verb      Hyponym Words Like Retrograde
53 Devolve Verb      Hyponym Words Like Devolve
54 Steep Noun      Hyponym Words Like Steep

9 examples of decline

1 the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.
2 a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.
3 he declined, upon principle
4 to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.
5 to decline a noun or an adjective
6 the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.
7 the decline of a fever
8 to die of a decline
9 prices slumped

10 definitions of decline

1 To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
2 To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen
3 To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw
4 To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent.
5 To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
6 To cause to decrease or diminish.
7 To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid
8 To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of.
9 To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
10 A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state
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