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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Descend
   • Sink

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use subside in a sentence?

1. Bricklin Dwyer:

   Our view is that we get a pretty clear signal that the first-quarter soft patch was just that, a temporary soft patch that will subside and we will get a bit of a bounce back.

2. Susan Hough:

   It was kind of more of a Wild West industry back a hundred years ago, and the technology wasn’t as sophisticated, people would just pump oil, and in some cases the ground would subside—fairly dramatically.

3. John Norris:

   Inflation will eventually subside, but there is the uncertainty of not knowing when the Fed will stop.

4. Moon Jae-in:

   If the period of no dialogue is prolonged, the passion for dialogue could subside.

5. 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.