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Antonyms for ebb
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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. ebbadjective

    Antonyms:
    flood, flow

  2. ebbnoun

    The receding movement of the tide.

    The tides ebbed at noon.

    Antonyms:
    flow, flood

  3. ebbnoun

    to fall away or decline

    The dying man's strength ebbed away.

    Antonyms:
    flow, flood

  4. ebbnoun

    to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

    Antonyms:
    flow, flood

  5. ebbnoun

    Antonyms:
    flood, flow

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ebb

    The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.

    Antonyms:
    aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

    Synonyms:
    abate, decline, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

    Preposition:
    Abate in fury; abated by law.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ebb

    Antonyms:
    flow, increase, abound, swell

    Synonyms:
    retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ebb, ebbing, wanenoun

    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

    Antonyms:
    surge, tide

    Synonyms:
    ebbing, reflux, wane

  2. ebb, refluxverb

    the outward flow of the tide

    Antonyms:
    tide, surge

    Synonyms:
    ebbing, reflux, wane

  3. ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb offverb

    flow back or recede

    "the tides ebbed at noon"

    Antonyms:
    tide, surge

    Synonyms:
    ebb off, ebb down, ebb away, ebb out

  4. ebbverb

    hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

    Antonyms:
    tide, surge

    Synonyms:
    ebb off, ebb down, ebb away, ebb out

  5. ebbverb

    fall away or decline

    "The patient's strength ebbed away"

    Antonyms:
    tide, surge

    Synonyms:
    ebb off, ebb down, ebb away, ebb out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ebbnoun

    Synonyms:
    reflux, refluence, decline, wane, deterioration, retrogression

  2. ebbverb

    Synonyms:
    recede, return, retire, decline, wane, deteriorate, decay

How to use ebb in a sentence?

  1. Venu Krishna:

    The core issue is that global growth is slowing and while the trade war concerns ebb and flow there's a general sense that they are here for longer, we don't see a catalyst that will push small-caps higher.

  2. Patrick Cantlay:

    I still think it's about preparing for each individual tournament as best you can, because it's so complicated, there can be so much ebb and flow, it's not worth trying to get caught up in all that points business.

  3. Kira Wampler:

    Sometimes it is going to ebb and flow in different ways, and sometimes you are going to flow very heavily around work, because you are getting ready to relaunch the brand and try to hit these huge milestones for a startup within two months of joining, and other times, it is end of the school year and there is the recital and the school play and da-da-da and those things are important, too.

  4. Paul Dergarabedian:

    The ebb and flow of the popularity of streaming is mainly determined by the ups and downs of the pandemic, that has created not only a conundrum for studios, but also for consumers who are torn between their desire to see blockbuster films on the big screen at their local multiplex or from the comfort of the couch at home.

  5. William Butler Yeats:

    You shall go with me, newly-married bride,And gaze upon a merrier multitude.White-armed Nuala, Aengus of the Birds,Feachra of the hurtling form, and himWho is the ruler of the Western Host,Finvara, and their Land of Heart's Desire.Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.

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#1056continue
#1482develop
#1767flow
#2479enlarge
#3400enhance
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#4532extend
#4817flood
#8252tide
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#9536surge
#16522swell
#20804abound
#23117revive
#29947magnify
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#36507amplify
#55038aggravate
#108146foment

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