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Synonyms for settling

Most common

subsiding dregs

All synonyms

Noun

Other

dregs

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

Forms

Plural
settlings → subsidings, subsidences, abatements…

Example sentences

  • subsiding Tom needs to underpin his house as it's subsiding.
  • dregs She poured some cold dregs of tea into the two cups.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
settlingsteady
subsidingsteady
dregsrising

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

By length

5 letters
dregs1
9 letters
abatement3, subsiding3
10 letters
subsidence3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abatement3 = 3 syllables).