Synonyms for ebb
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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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.

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

   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. ebb

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

   Antonyms:
   flow, increase, abound, swell

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ebb, ebbing, wanenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   ebbing, reflux, wane

   Antonyms:
   surge, tide

2. ebb, refluxverb

   the outward flow of the tide

   Synonyms:
   ebbing, reflux, wane

   Antonyms:
   tide, surge

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

   flow back or recede

   "the tides ebbed at noon"

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

   Antonyms:
   tide, surge

4. ebbverb

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

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

   Antonyms:
   tide, surge

5. ebbverb

   fall away or decline

   "The patient's strength ebbed away"

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

   Antonyms:
   tide, surge

Matched Categories

1. • Decline
   • Hem In
   • Recede

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1. ebbnoun

   Synonyms:
   regression, regress, retrocession, retrogression, reflux, refluence, return

2. ebbnoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, decay, deterioration, degeneracy

3. ebbnoun

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminution, abatement, decrement, subsidence

4. ebbverb

   Synonyms:
   recede, retire, flow back

5. ebbverb

   Synonyms:
   decline, decrease, decay, wane, sink, fall away

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1. ebbnoun

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

2. ebbverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "ebb":

   reflux, eib, valley

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How to use ebb in a sentence?

1. Mitch McConnell:

   Every place we visited, American prestige is certainly at a low ebb, and there's a great deal of concern about the Russians raising their profile.

2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

3. Laurence Hope:

   For this is Wisdom to love, to live To take what fate, or the Gods may give. To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flow To have, - to hold - and - in time, - let go

4. 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.

5. Paul Dergarabedian:

   Disney has done a very good job of keeping the ebb and flow of their marketing and information at just the right pace.