in decline
On the downslope
Losing strength, quality, or prominence over time.
Something in decline is past its peak and deteriorating: The empire was in decline long before it fell.
The phrase applies to health, institutions, industries, or abstract qualities: Manufacturing jobs have been in decline for decades, His mental faculties are in decline.
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- on the waneDecreasing in power
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- past its primeBeyond peak condition
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
losing steam · crumbling · falling apart · deteriorating · going downhill · slipping · falling · sinking · on its last legs · withering · decaying · eroding · shrinking · languishing · dying breed · twilight · sunset · glory days
- declinedecrease, downswing, diminish, deterioration, degeneration
- decliningwaning, fading, diminishing, decreasing, ebbing
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
in declineascending
Moving upward
on the rise · rising · growing · increasing · climbing
in declineflourishing
Prospering vigorously
thriving · prospering · booming · blossoming · going strong
decline, declined, declining, declination, incline, inclined, inclining, inclination, recline