tapering off

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   gradually decreasing until little remains

   Synonymsdwindlingtapering

   Similardecreasing

Questions about tapering off

What does tapering off mean?

tapering off means "gradually decreasing until little remains".

What is another word for tapering off?

Close synonyms include dwindling, tapering. 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 tapering off a common word?

tapering off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.