" taper off "

1: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;

  * e.g., " ... at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abate,

•  de-escalate,

•  decline,

•  decrease,

•  die (away or down or out),

•  diminish,

•  drain (away),

•  drop (off),

•  dwindle,

•  ease,

•  ebb,

•  fall,

•  fall away,

•  lessen,

•  let up,

•  lower,

•  moderate,

•  pall,

•  phase down,

•  ratchet (down),

•  recede,

•  relent,

•  remit,

•  shrink,

•  subside,

•  taper,

•  wane

•  Antonyms : 

•  accumulate,

•  balloon,

•  build,

•  burgeon,

•  enlarge,

•  escalate,

•  expand,

•  grow,

•  increase,

•  intensify,

•  mount,

•  mushroom,

•  pick up,

•  rise,

•  snowball,

•  soar,

•  swell,

•  wax