tapering

tapering is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Taper. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Taper
2. adjective. Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
3. noun. the act of gradually lowering the size or amount

   "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"

4. adjective. gradually decreasing until little remains

   Synonyms: dwindling

5. adjective. becoming gradually narrower

   "long tapering fingers"

   "trousers with tapered legs"

   Synonyms: narrowing, tapered

Synonyms

dwindling, narrowing, tapered

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tapering:

partigen, retaping

Common word forms

taper, taperingly

Words from these letters

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