Answer to "On the decline" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WANING , but the solution may also be WORSE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).

On the decline crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WANING	38 %	6
ASLOPE	31 %	6
WORSE	19 %	5
DECADENT	6 %	8
FADING	6 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: On the decline

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• declining
• declining in number
• declining in popularity
• decline
• subsidence
• fall off
• fall away
• fall
• lower
• fall below
• down
• dwindle

Crossword Answer definitions

WANING verb

1. To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
2. Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
3. Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
4. Said of a time period that comes to an end.
5. To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
6. To cause to decrease.

WANING adjective

1. Becoming weaker or smaller.
2. Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

WANING noun

1. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense.
2. The fact or act of becoming smaller.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result WANING

• On the decline
• Approaching the third quarter, say
• Like a last-quarter moon
• Decreasing in intensity
• Diminishing
• Declining in power
• In decline
• Declining
• Growing faint.
• Going down.

More clues leading to the result ASLOPE

• Slanted
• Angled
• At a slant
• Not even?
• Not level
• Inclined
• On the decline?
• Going downhill?
• Diagonally
• Slanting

More clues leading to the result WORSE

• Less desirable
• Less favorable
• More severe
• "For Better or __"
• Inferior
• A medic might tie one on
• Badder, more formally
• Closer to last
• Not as well
• Aggravated

More clues leading to the result DECADENT

• Self-indulgent
• Beyond lavish
• Hedonistic
• Gone to seed morally
• Like the eaters of rich chocolate desserts?
• Morally corrupt
• Morally degenerate
• What dictators call democracies.
• Going into decline
• Regressing

More clues leading to the result FADING

• Getting lighter
• Becoming hard to see
• Languishing.
• Withering
• Not doing well in a race
• Like some memories
• On the decline
• Like the sun at sunset
• On the way out
• Losing color