Synonyms for subsidence
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of becoming less active or severe.
- n. 2
A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.
Related words
- Word family
- subside
Forms
- Plural
- subsidences → subsidings, settlings, remissions, remittals…
Example sentences
- subsiding Tom needs to underpin his house as it's subsiding.
- abatement No cure was possible, despite the abatement of symptoms.
By length
- 3 letters
- ebb1
- 8 letters
- decrease2, settling3, remittal
- 9 letters
- remission3, abatement3, subsiding3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decrease2 = 2 syllables).