subside

sub·side

intransitive verb \səb-ˈsīd\

sub·sid·edsub·sid·ing

Definition of SUBSIDE

1

: to sink or fall to the bottom : settle

2

: to tend downward : descend; especially : to flatten out so as to form a depression

3

: to let oneself settle down : sink <subsided into a chair>

4

: to become quiet or less <as the fever subsides> <my anger subsided>

— sub·si·dence \səb-ˈsī-d^ən(t)s, ˈsəb-sə-dən(t)s\ noun

Examples of SUBSIDE

1. The pain will subside in a couple of hours.
2. After his anger had subsided, he was able to look at things rationally.
3. We'll have to wait until the wind subsides.
4. The road will remain closed until the water subsides.

Origin of SUBSIDE

Latin subsidere, from sub- + sidere to sit down, sink; akin to Latin sedēre to sit — more at sit

First Known Use: 1607

Related to SUBSIDE

Synonyms

abate, decline, de-escalate, 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, decrease, taper, taper off, wane

Antonyms

accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax

Related Words

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

Near Antonyms

appear, emerge, show up; blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen

See Synonym Discussion at abate

Rhymes with SUBSIDE

abide, allied, applied, aside, astride, backside, backslide, bankside, beachside, bedside, beside, bestride, betide, blear-eyed, blindside, blow-dried, blue-eyed, broadside, bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide, confide, courtside, cowhide, cross-eyed, curbside, dayside, decide, deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed, downside, downslide, dry-eyed, ebb tide, elide, field guide, fireside, flip side, flood tide, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed, free ride, freeze-dried, Girl Guide, glass-eyed, graveside, green-eyed, hagride, hang glide, hard-eyed, hawkeyed, hayride, high tide, hillside, horsehide, inside, in stride, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside, landslide, low tide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-eyed, neap tide, nearside, nightside, noontide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside, prompt side, provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide, red tide, reside, ringside, riptide, roadside, seaside, self-pride, sharp-eyed, shipside, shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed, stateside, statewide, storewide, Strathclyde, streamside, strong side, tailslide, tongue-tied, topside, trackside, trailside, untried, upside, vat-dyed, walleyed, war bride, waveguide, wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed, worldwide, yuletide

sub·side

intransitive verb \səb-ˈsīd\   (Medical Dictionary)

sub·sid·edsub·sid·ing

Medical Definition of SUBSIDE

: to lessen in severity : become diminished <the fever subsided>

—sub·si·dence \səb-ˈsīd-^ən(t)s, ˈsəb-səd-ən(t)s\ noun