Antonyms for subside
səbˈsaɪdsub·side

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 6 votes

1. subside

   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, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

Matched Categories

1. • Descend
   • Sink

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. subside, lessenverb

   wear off or die down

   "The pain subsided"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, minify, diminish, lessen, sink, decrease

2. subsideverb

   sink to a lower level or form a depression

   "the valleys subside"

   Synonyms:
   lessen, settle, sink

3. subside, settleverb

   sink down or precipitate

   "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, settle, locate, take root, determine, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, lessen, decide

4. sink, subsideverb

   descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

   "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

   Synonyms:
   drop, settle, fall off, drop down, go down, go under, dip, slump, lessen, sink, slide down, pass, lapse, bury

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subsideverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, sink, abate, fall

How to use subside in a sentence?

1. Lance Armstrong:

   Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

2. Nicole Zoerink:

   We all have the same goal. Patients are not pressured into ALTO's if their pain does not subside.Doctors in the study acknowledge, sometimes, an opioid is the proper course of action. But this program promises to make sure safe and effective alternatives are not overlooked. Patients, meanwhile, are thankful. We've had patients thank us for being innovative and creative.

3. The EPA:

   Air monitoring and sampling will continue until removal of heavily contaminated soil in the derailment area is complete and odors subside in the community.

4. Anchorman Pavel Lobkov:

   As the economic crisis deepens, this mood will subside. People will start asking questions (like) why life is so bad, is it really that the United States is really to blame for everything.

5. Phil Flynn:

   I think you're going to see more capital spending cuts - it usually happens when prices start to bottom out, it's significant that the market is now reacting positively to positive news, which means some of the fear is now starting to subside.

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