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Synonyms for subsidence
səbˈsaɪd ns, ˈsʌb sɪ dnssub·si·dence
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subsidence
Synonyms:
settlement, sinking, retreat, refluence, ebb, decreaseAntonyms:
rising, affluence, flow, inundation, agitation, swelling, intumescence, increase
Princeton's WordNet
remission, remittal, subsidencenoun
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
"his cancer is in remission"
Synonyms:
remittance, settling, remission, remitment, subsiding, remission of sin, remittal, remit, cave in, absolutionsettling, subsiding, subsidencenoun
a gradual sinking to a lower level
cave in, subsidencenoun
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4075 | settlement | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#16225 | settling | |
#18374 | sinking | |
#24731 | remit | |
#25987 | remission | |
#28323 | slump | |
#28883 | remittance | |
#30671 | ebb | |
#45770 | subsidence | |
#57038 | absolution | |
#100295 | subsiding |
How to use subsidence in a sentence?
Complications in some areas include decades of over-pumping of groundwater, leading to land subsidence and decreased groundwater storage capability – you can see a couple of low well readings in the San Joaquin Valley, more realistically, there is a bit of lingering ‘groundwater drought’ in northeastern and southeastern California.
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