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Another word for ebb

ebb Synonyms

ebb

n.

recession, decline, outward flow, shrinkage, wane, waste, reflux, reduction, lessening, ebb tide, diminution, abatement, regression, withdrawal, decrease, depreciation, decay, falling-off.

Antonyms flow, increase*, rise.

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ebb

v.

recede, subside, abate, retire, flow back, sink, decline, decrease, drop off, melt, fall away, peter out, wane, languish, fall off, decay, dwindle.

Antonyms flow*, rise, increase. See syn. study at wane.wane.

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Another word for ebb

noun

The act or process of becoming less active or intense:

abatement, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence, wane. See increase

verb

To grow or cause to grow gradually less:
abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off). See increase
To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark:
recede, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See approach
To become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase

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He listened intently to the ebb and flow of these sounds.
She didn't know what he was, only that the ebb and flow of magic and energy between them felt … natural.
Gabriel sat in silent thought, comforted by the ebb and flow of the waves.
Pieces of amber torn from the sea-floor are cast up by the waves, and collected at ebb-tide.
The health of the city depends, of course, to a large extent on this ebb and flow.

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