Antonyms of noun waning

1 sense of waning

Sense 1
waning -- (a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon")
       Antonym of waxing (Sense 2)
      => waxing -- (a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waning

1 sense of waning

Sense 1
waning -- (a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon")
       => decrease, lessening, drop-off -- (a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales")

Antonyms of verb wane

2 of 3 senses of wane

Sense 2
wane -- (become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned")
       Antonym of wax (Sense 2)
      => wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")

Sense 3
wane -- (decrease in phase; "the moon is waning")
       Antonym of wax (Sense 3)
      => wax, full -- (increase in phase; "the moon is waxing")

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

3 senses of wane

Sense 1
decline, go down, wane -- (grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned")
       => 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
wane -- (become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned")
       => 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 3
wane -- (decrease in phase; "the moon is waning")
       => 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")

Antonyms of adj waning

1 sense of waning

Sense 1
waning (vs. waxing) -- ((of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon")

waxing (vs. waning) -- ((of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full")

Similarity of adj waning

1 sense of waning

Sense 1
waning (vs. waxing) -- ((of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon")