Decline
Suffer
Suffer verb - Get worse.
Usage example: His grades suffered
Decline and suffer are semantically related in be impaired topic. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a verb "Suffer".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Both Michael Jackson and Gary Coleman unfortunately would deal with legal and financial problems and suffer a long decline.
- The Fallout effect also reduces a tile's resource output until scrubbed by workers, so a city can suffer a gradual decline as an after-effect even if it survives the initial attack.
Source: Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke -
Good for her, but sucky for the editorial board, the guy who was going to be the new editor, and all the journal's readers, since the journal will undoubtedly suffer a precipitous decline in quality.
Cite this Source
Suffer and Decline. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decline/suffer
Decline & Suffer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/decline/suffer>.
Suffer or Decline. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/decline/suffer.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "decline" and "suffer" have occurred on timeline