Antonyms for decline
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-klahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklaɪn |
- accept
- accomplishment
- achievement
- advance
- agree
- allow
- approve
- ascend
- ascent
- betterment
- build
- compliment
- continue
- develop
- development
- enhance
- enlarge
- even
- expand
- extend
- flourish
- go along
- go up
- grant
- grow
- growth
- improve
- improvement
- increase
- indulge
- laud
- level
- perfection
- praise
- progress
- raise
- reach
- rise
- sanction
- say yes
- strength
- strengthen
- strengthening
- success
- upgrade
- use
- want
- win
Definition of decline
Origin :- late 14c., "to turn aside, deviate," from Old French decliner "to sink, decline, degenerate, turn aside," from Latin declinare "to lower, avoid, deviate, to bend from, inflect," from de- "from" (see de-) + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klei-n-, suffixed form of *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Sense has been altered since c.1400 by interpretation of de- as "downward." Meaning "not to consent, politely refuse," is from 1630s. Related: Declined; declining.
- noun lessening
- noun downward change in value, position
- verb say no
- verb lessen, become less
- verb descend
- Percival watched the decline with a conviction that he was dreaming.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They only thought a lawyer could help them--but I'm far too busy--of course I decline.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- We protect iron-workers, and decline to protect our own daughters.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
- And so for the present we take leave of the Athenians, in the hour of their decline.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- While these negotiations went on, Arthur continued gradually to decline.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I cannot repay it, except by my thanks; and those only on condition that he will decline his suit.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- There is yet another cause for the decline of the white population.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Lumley, burning with resentment, longed to decline the offer; but, alas!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was dreadfully unromantic, but Minnie did not fall into a decline.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
Synonyms for decline
- abate
- abatement
- abjure
- abstain
- avoid
- backslide
- backsliding
- balk
- beg to be excused
- bypass
- cheapen
- comedown
- cropper
- decay
- declivity
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degenerate
- degeneration
- demur
- deny
- depreciate
- depression
- descent
- desist
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devolution
- diminish
- diminution
- dip
- disapprove
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- dismiss
- dissolution
- dive
- don't buy
- downfall
- downgrade
- downslide
- downswing
- downtrend
- downturn
- droop
- drop
- drop-off
- dwindle
- dwindling
- ebb
- ebbing
- enfeeblement
- fade
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fall off
- fall-off
- falling off
- flag
- flop
- forbear
- forgo
- gainsay
- go down
- go downhill
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- hill
- hit the skids
- incline
- languish
- lapse
- lose value
- loss
- lower
- lowering
- nix
- not accept
- not hear of
- not think of
- on the skids
- pass on
- pine
- pitch
- pratfall
- recede
- recession
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- relapse
- renounce
- reprobate
- repudiate
- retrograde
- return
- revert
- rot
- sag
- send regrets
- senility
- set
- settle
- shrink
- shy
- sink
- skids
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slump
- spurn
- subside
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- wane
- waning
- weaken
- weakening
- worsen
- worsening
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