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Synonyms for ebb

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

wane abate decline decrease

All synonyms

Verb

1. Wane — to flow back or recede

wane, abate, decline, decrease, reflux, recede, subside, fall away, go down, sink, decay, diminish, ooze, go out, fade, dwindle, lapse, lessen

Other

return, withdraw, retire

Noun

deterioration, retrogression, degeneracy, regress, subsidence, fall-back, regression, abatement, retrocession, refluence, declension

Antonyms

tide, flow, flood

All antonyms of ebb →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    to flow back or recede

  2. n. 1

    The receding movement of the tide.

    The boats will go out on the ebb.

Related words

Phrases
ebb and flow ebb tide

Forms

Plural
ebbs → deteriorations, retrogressions, degeneracies, regresses…
Past participle
ebbed
e.g. ebbed → waned, abated, declined, decreased…

Example sentences

  • decline I had to decline the invitation because I was ill.
  • subside She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
  • wane Love's intensity can wane as familiarity grows.
  • recede My memory of her has begun to recede.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ebbsteady
declinesteady
subsiderising
wanerising
recedefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
sink1, fade1, wane1, ooze1
5 letters
decay2, lapse1, abate2
6 letters
return2, retire2, lessen2, reflux2, recede2
7 letters
decline2, subside2, dwindle2, regress2
8 letters
decrease2, withdraw2, diminish3
9 letters
abatement3, refluence
10 letters
regression3, subsidence3, degeneracy5, declension3
12 letters
retrocession4
13 letters
deterioration6, retrogression

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
refluer