Dwindling away is a term that refers to something gradually reducing or decreasing to a smaller size, amount, or intensity. There are several other synonyms for this term, including fading away, dwindling down, petering out, waning, ebbing, tapering off, and declining. Each of these words describes a situation where something is slowly disappearing or coming to an end. When an object or an event dwindles away, it loses its significance or importance, and its impact fades away with time. People often use these synonyms in situations where they want to describe a gradual decrease, such as the dwindling of an organization's resources or the fading away of a memory.