Abate Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-bāt
To make less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. let up
  2. ease
  3. reduce
  4. ebb
  5. fall
  6. lower
  7. moderate
  8. die away
  9. slake
  10. slack off
  11. remit
  12. slacken
  13. subside
  14. wane
  15. bate
  16. down
  17. off
  18. or out)
  19. allay
  20. alleviate
  21. annul
  22. slack
  23. assuage
  24. deduct
  25. die-down
  26. diminish
  27. fall off
  28. end
  29. eradicate
  30. lapse
  31. intermit
  32. invalidate
  33. lessen
  34. lull
  35. mitigate
  36. nullify
  37. omit
  38. lighten
  39. quash
  40. recede
  41. relax
  42. unbrace
  43. slow
  44. taper
  45. vitiate
  46. void
  47. weaken
  48. unstring
To take away (a quantity) from another quantity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deduct
  2. discount
  3. rebate
  4. subtract
  5. take
  6. knock off
To fall off in degree or intensity; subside:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decrease

Abate Sentence Examples

  • In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could leave.

  • I took Laura some homemade cookies, hoping to abate her sadness.

  • Taking pain medicine can cause headaches to abate.

  • The crowd's roar began to abate after a few minutes of excitement.

  • How can I cause feelings of doubt to abate and find confidence?

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