Synonyms for subsidence
səbˈsaɪd ns, ˈsʌb sɪ dnssub·si·dence

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1. subsidence

   Synonyms:
   settlement, sinking, retreat, refluence, ebb, decrease

   Antonyms:
   rising, affluence, flow, inundation, agitation, swelling, intumescence, increase

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1. 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, absolution

2. settling, subsiding, subsidencenoun

   a gradual sinking to a lower level

   Synonyms:
   remittal, subsiding, cave in, settling, remission

3. cave in, subsidencenoun

   the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

   Synonyms:
   remittal, subsiding, cave in, settling, remission

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Sinking
   • Suspension

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1. subsidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   sinking, settling

2. subsidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb

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1. subsidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   decrease, abatement

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1. List of paraphrases for "subsidence":

   collapse, slump

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1. Brad Rippey:

   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.