Synonyms for subside
səbˈsaɪd

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subside, lessen(verb)

   wear off or die down

   "The pain subsided"

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

2. subside(verb)

   sink to a lower level or form a depression

   "the valleys subside"

   Synonyms:
   lessen, settle, sink

3. subside, settle(verb)

   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, subside(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.83 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subside(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   sink, settle

2. subside(v. n.)

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subside(v)

   Synonyms:
   decrease, sink, abate, fall

How to pronounce subside?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

How to say subside in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use subside in a sentence?

1. Steven Carrigan:

   I’m still worried, I have knots to my stomach, finally starting to subside a little bit. It’s an overwhelming feeling that they’re safe and back with me.

2. Chris Jarvis:

   With the worst of the bad news priced in following last weeks capitulation trade, a very shorted oil market has traders running for cover, we continue to believe the pressures that have created this downdraft for oil prices are beginning to deflate and subside. Aggressive short traders are now paying the price.

3. Mohamed Salah Khalifa:

   I fear that it will be used broadly when it is applied, the (anti-terrorism) law was imposed during exceptional circumstances when the country was exposed to danger but, after these dangers subside, there should be a balance between protecting the state and its institutions and preserving human rights.

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. 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.

Images & Illustrations of subside