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abate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of abate

1 to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

  • interest in the authorʼs home abated as her novels waned in popularity
Synonyms of 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, subside, taper, taper off, wane
Words Related to abate

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 of abate

appear, emerge, show up

blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen
Antonyms of abate

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

2 to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

  • a couple of aspirin should abate the pain
Synonyms of abate

de-escalate, decrease, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce
Words Related to abate

compress, condense, constrict, contract

abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle

deflate, shrink

minimize

moderate, modify, modulate, qualify
Near Antonyms of abate

blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell

elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

add (to), complement, supplement

enhance, heighten, intensify

redouble
Antonyms of abate

aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise

3 to put an end to by formal action

  • asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support
Synonyms of abate

abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate, void
Words Related to abate

countermand, override, overrule, overturn, veto

abort, call, call off, drop, recall, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, withdraw

ban, enjoin, forbid, outlaw, prohibit

disallow, dismiss, reject

annihilate, break down, eliminate, eradicate, erase, liquidate, remove, throw out, write off
Phrases Synonymous with abate

do away with, set aside
Near Antonyms of abate

enact, lay down, legislate

establish, found, institute

formalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, validate

pass, ratify

allow, approve, authorize, clear, endorse (also indorse), permit, sanction, warrant

command, decree, mandate, order, prescribe

4 to take away (an amount or number) from a total

  • I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price
Synonyms of abate

deduct, knock off, subtract, take off
Words Related to abate

decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, dwindle, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce

abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle
Near Antonyms of abate

adjoin, annex, append

complement, supplement

enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify

aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, multiply, raise
Antonyms of abate

add, tack (on)

5 to take something away from

  • recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project
Synonyms of abate

bereave, deprive, divest, strip
Words Related to abate

denude

cheat, clean (out), defraud, shortchange

bankrupt, disfurnish, impoverish

Synonym Discussion of abate

abate, subside, wane, ebb mean to die down in force or intensity. abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing.
    • the storm abated
subside implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation.
    • the protests subsided after a few days
wane suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive.
    • waning enthusiasm
ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.
    • the ebbing of daylight

synonyms see in addition decrease

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