Synonyms 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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Descend
   • Sink

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1. subsideverb

   Synonyms:
   sink, settle

2. subsideverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less

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1. subsideverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, sink, abate, fall

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1. Nicholas Smith:

   The panic is starting to subside, so, instead of being intensely focused on China, people are starting to look more broadly at the international picture, and, the rest of the developed world seems to be chugging along reasonably well outside of some problems in commodities nations and emerging markets. North America and Europe are doing just fine and that's what really drives things as far as Japan is concerned--the shopping malls of rich nations.

2. Jesse Hurwitz:

   Diminishing labor market slack has led to a modest increase in wage growth, evident across several measures of worker compensation, we expect that wage growth will continue to move up gradually, helping core inflation return toward target once the headwinds from lower import prices subside.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.