Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb taper

2 senses of taper

Sense 1
taper -- (diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off")
       => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")

Sense 2
sharpen, taper, point -- (give a point to; "The candles are tapered")
       => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)
          Phrasal Verb-> taper off#2; taper off#1

Antonyms of adj tapered

1 sense of tapered

Sense 1
tapered, tapering, narrowing -- (becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs")

INDIRECT (VIA narrow) -> wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")

Similarity of adj tapered

1 sense of tapered

Sense 1
tapered, tapering, narrowing -- (becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs")
       => narrow (vs. wide) -- (not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page")