growing smaller
Becoming less large
Becoming reduced in size, amount, or extent over time.
Growing smaller describes a gradual diminishment rather than sudden change: The tumor is growing smaller with treatment, Their lead in the polls keeps growing smaller.
The phrase captures the paradox of growth in reverse—an active process of shrinking.
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
- scaling downReducing proportionally
- contractingReducing in volume
receding · fading · fading away · waning · withering · wasting away · shriveling · wearing thin · miniature · tiny · compact · condensing · deflating · collapsing · narrowing · tapering · retreating · ebbing
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growing smallerexpanding
Growing in scope
enlarging · getting bigger · swelling · inflating · ballooning
growing smallergrowing
Increasing or enlarging
increasing · rising · mounting · escalating · multiplying
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