taper off

What does taper off mean?

taper off means "end weakly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for taper off?

Close synonyms include peter out, fizzle out, fizzle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taper off a common word?

taper off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for taper off come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.