Synonyms and Antonyms of subside
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also
rachet (down)
, recede, relent, remit, shrink, taper, taper off, wane
compress, condense, constrict, contract
evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish
slacken, slow (down)
alleviate, relax
flag, sink, weaken
cave (in), collapse, deflate
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
