Synonyms of subsided

subsided

verb

past tense of subside

as in decreased

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreased
• diminished
• fell
• eased
• ebbed
• vanished
• declined
• shrank
• receded
• waned
• dwindled
• abated
• lessened
• evaporated
• relented
• tapered
• moderated
• lowered
• palled
• died (away or down or out)
• dropped (off)
• weakened
• drained (away)
• remitted
• fell away
• tapered off
• let up
• de-escalated
• ratcheted (down)
• phased down
• racheted (down)
• compressed
• alleviated
• contracted
• collapsed
• relaxed
• condensed
• slackened
• constricted
• melted (away)
• faded (away)
• slowed (down)
• petered (out)
• frittered (away)
• tailed (off)
• sank
• gave out
• flagged
• deflated
• caved (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• intensified
• grew
• built
• swelled
• rose
• expanded
• mounted
• escalated
• accumulated
• soared
• enlarged
• emerged
• appeared
• waxed
• picked up
• mushroomed
• burgeoned
• snowballed
• ballooned
• showed up
• lengthened
• distended
• elongated
• blew up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subsided

But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Questions about security failures But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

But her worries subsided on the day of, after seeing Hunnam rigged up and spewing. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026

The heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas has subsided since a ceasefire last October, but Israeli fire has killed more than 1,360 Palestinians in Gaza, according to health officials in the territory. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

By 2018, the protests largely had subsided as leaders of the Players Coalition sought to advance the fight beyond kneeling. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

By the time the panic subsided, roughly 70% of the world’s grocery stores had run out of toilet paper at some point. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Though impending rainstorms are likely to make rescue operations more difficult, officials say a previous threat from a lake that had formed on the border between Nepal and Tibet has substantially subsided. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026