tapers

VERB

decrease to a point

Synonyms

WEAK

abate bate close come to a point die away die out diminish drain dwindle fade lessen narrow recede reduce rescind subside thin thin out wane weaken wind down

Antonyms

WEAK

go up increase rise

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abate dwindle lessen recede subside taper off

STRONG

bate close diminish drain fade narrow reduce rescind thin wane weaken

WEAK

die away die out thin out wind down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enlarge extend grow increase rise

STRONG

expand raise strengthen

WEAK

go up

Example Sentences

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After learning the basics of tap dancing from a boarder in the house where he was living, he caught the eye of more experienced tappers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

So Ananda has built a network of 55 tappers who supply their harvest to him daily, enabling exports to Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the Middle East.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The Waimaha, whose culture was nearly decimated by rubber tappers and missionaries, for example, make Parry sleep away from them until he has gained their trust.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Trained as a ballet dancer, he didn’t know how to tap and felt the pressure of being in a show with virtuoso tappers like Gregory Hines and Gregg Burge.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

It's you supposedly respectable citizens who are always on the lookout to get something for nothing,' says I, 'that support the lotteries and wild-cat mines and stock exchanges and wire tappers of this country.

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.