Subside Synonyms and Antonyms

səb-sīd
To become or cause to become less active or intense
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abate
  2. bate
  3. die away
  4. down
  5. off
  6. or out)
  7. ease
  8. ebb
  9. fall
  10. lessen
  11. fall off
  12. lapse
  13. let up
  14. moderate
  15. remit
  16. slacken
  17. slack off
  18. wane
Antonyms:
  1. rise
  2. increase
  3. grow
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sink
  2. wane
  3. ebb
  4. fall
  5. dwindle
  6. settle
  7. recede
  8. abate
  9. calm
  10. decrease
  11. descend
  12. diminish
  13. lessen
  14. lower
  15. lull
  16. moderate
  17. relapse
  18. shrink
  19. slacken
  20. taper
  21. withdraw
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To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decrease

Words Related to Subside

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Subside Sentence Examples

  • The flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels.

  • When her sobs began to subside, he spoke in as calm a voice as he could muster.

  • At the point where the river Santa breaks through the Cordillera Negra that range begins to subside, while the Maritime Cordillera continues as one chain to and beyond the frontier of Ecuador.

  • From this time forward it began to subside, very gradually but unmistakably.

  • Take a few slow deep breaths and feel the stress subside.

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