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Synonyms of subside in English:

subside


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See Spanish definition of amainar

verb

1‘I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides’

SYNONYMS
abate, let up, moderate, calm, lull, slacken, slacken off, ease, ease up, relent, die down, die out, peter out, taper off, recede, lessen, soften, alleviate, attenuate, remit, diminish, decline, dwindle, weaken, fade, wane, ebb, still, cease, come to a stop, come to an end, terminate
British quieten down
North American quiet down
ANTONYMS

intensify, worsen

2‘the ground was still waterlogged after the flood had subsided’

SYNONYMS
recede, ebb, fall back, flow back, fall away, fall, go down, get lower, sink, sink lower
abate, diminish
rare retrocede
ANTONYMS

rise

3‘the molten core of a volcano subsides into the earth’

SYNONYMS
sink, sink back, settle, cave in, fall in, collapse, crumple, give way, drop down, sag, slump

4‘Sarah subsided into a chair’

SYNONYMS
slump, flop, sink, sag, slouch, loll, fall back, collapse, settle
informal flump, plonk oneself, plop oneself
ANTONYMS

rise