dying out
Gradually becoming extinct
Dying out describes the gradual disappearance of something—a species, practice, language, or tradition—as its numbers or practitioners dwindle toward extinction.
The art of letter-writing is dying out.
Unlike sudden extinction, dying out implies a slow fade: Wild tigers are dying out across Asia.
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- obsolescenceState of becoming disused
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
going extinct · native species · decline · threatened · defunct · vulnerable · eradication · fading away · withering · moribund · final days · rare · depletion · remnant · elimination · snuffing · twilight · last
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
- extinctiondodo, extinct, passenger pigeon, extinct species, Tasmanian tiger
- depopulationpopulation loss, emptying, rural exodus, mass exodus, emigration
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
dying outthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · proliferating · spreading · multiplying · booming
dying outthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · spreading · catching on · reviving · resurging
dying outemerging
Coming into view
arising · springing up · taking off · spreading · growing
outside, out, outfit, dying, outcome, outrage, outgoing, outdo, outsider