dwindling
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a becoming gradually less
there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
- fading away hyponym
Related & opposite
- dwindle derivation
Sense 2 adjective
gradually decreasing until little remains
Related & opposite
- decreasing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwindle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fading away |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | decreasing |