declines

The word “declines” has 2 syllables: de-clines

It's pronounced as /dɪˈklaɪnz/


What is synonym and antonym for declines?

In the thesaurus, “declines” has 251 synonyms and 146 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for declines along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for declines

Antonyms for declines

  • accedes
  • accepts
  • acclivities
  • accords
  • accretions
  • accruals
  • accumulates
  • accumulations
  • acquiesces
  • addenda
  • addendums
  • additions
  • adopts
  • advancements
  • advances
  • affords
  • aggrandizements
  • agrees
  • allows
  • ameliorates
  • appears
  • approves
  • arises
  • ascends
  • ascents
  • assents
  • augmentations
  • authorizes
  • balloons
  • betters
  • blows up
  • boosts
  • bourgeons
  • builds
  • burgeons
  • chooses
  • climbs
  • commissions
  • concedes
  • condones
  • consents
  • continuations
  • countenances
  • developments
  • develops
  • distends
  • elongates
  • embraces
  • emerges
  • enhancements
  • enhances
  • enlargements
  • enlarges
  • enriches
  • escalates
  • espouses
  • evens
  • evolutions
  • exaltations
  • expands
  • extensions
  • flattens
  • flowerings
  • flowers
  • fortifies
  • furnishes
  • gains
  • gives
  • glacis
  • grades
  • gradients
  • grants
  • grows
  • growths
  • handpicks
  • headways
  • heightens
  • heydays
  • hills
  • improves
  • inclinations
  • inclines
  • increases
  • increments
  • intensifies
  • leans
  • lengthens
  • lets
  • levels
  • licences
  • licenses
  • lifts
  • marches
  • meliorates
  • mounts
  • mushrooms
  • okays
  • oks
  • permits
  • picks up
  • pitches
  • planes
  • primes
  • proceeds
  • progresses
  • provides
  • raises
  • rakes
  • receives
  • renewals
  • restorations
  • revitalizations
  • rises
  • sanctions
  • selects
  • shows up
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • snowballs
  • soars
  • spikes
  • step ups
  • step-ups
  • straightens
  • strengthens
  • supplements
  • supplies
  • supports
  • swallows
  • swells
  • takes
  • tilts
  • tolerates
  • upgrades
  • uphills
  • uprises
  • ups
  • upsweeps
  • upswings
  • upticks
  • uptrends
  • upturns
  • vouchsafes
  • warrants
  • waxes
  • welcomes

Meanings of declines

  • noun
    1. Downward movement, fall.
    2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
    3. A weakening.
    4. A reduction or diminution of activity.
    5. The act of declining or refusing something.
  • verb
    1. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
    2. To become weaker or worse.
    3. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
    4. To cause to decrease or diminish.
    5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
    6. To refuse, forbear.
    7. (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
    8. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
    9. To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

Example Sentences

  • The report shows how the economy declines during periods of political instability.
  • She usually declines invitations that interfere with her family time.
  • As the sun declines, the shadows grow longer across the field.
  • He declines any assistance, preferring to solve problems on his own.
  • The quality of service often declines when a company expands too quickly.

On this page you'll find 397 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to declines, such as: abasements, abatements, abates, abjures, accedes, accepts, acclivities.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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