abate

The word “abate” has 2 syllables: a-bate

It's pronounced as /əˈbeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for abate?

In the thesaurus, “abate” has 141 synonyms and 80 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abate

  • abbreviate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • avoid
  • ban
  • bankrupt
  • bereave
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cheat
  • clip
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • cool
  • countermand
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deflate
  • defraud
  • dent
  • denude
  • deplete
  • deprive
  • diminish
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discount
  • disfurnish
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • divest
  • do away with
  • dock
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • drop
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • evaporate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • flag
  • forbid
  • give out
  • impoverish
  • invalidate
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • lessen
  • let up
  • liquidate
  • lower
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • negate
  • nick
  • null
  • nullify
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overturn
  • pall
  • pare
  • phase down
  • prohibit
  • prune
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • recall
  • recede
  • reduce
  • reject
  • relax
  • relent
  • remediate
  • remit
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • retrench
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • set aside
  • shortchange
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slash
  • slow
  • strike down
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subside
  • subtract
  • suspend
  • take off
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw out
  • trim
  • truncate
  • vacate
  • vanish
  • veto
  • void
  • wane
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • withdraw
  • write off

Antonyms for abate

  • accumulate
  • add
  • adjoin
  • advance
  • aggrandize
  • allow
  • amplify
  • annex
  • appear
  • append
  • approve
  • augment
  • authorize
  • balloon
  • blow up
  • boost
  • bourgeon
  • build
  • burgeon
  • clear
  • command
  • complement
  • compound
  • decree
  • develop
  • dilate
  • distend
  • elongate
  • emerge
  • enact
  • endorse
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • establish
  • expand
  • extend
  • formalize
  • forward
  • found
  • grow
  • heighten
  • incite
  • increase
  • indorse
  • inflate
  • institute
  • intensify
  • lay down
  • legalize
  • legislate
  • legitimate
  • legitimize
  • lengthen
  • magnify
  • mandate
  • mount
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • order
  • pass
  • permit
  • pick up
  • prescribe
  • prolong
  • protract
  • raise
  • ratify
  • redouble
  • revive
  • rise
  • sanction
  • show up
  • snowball
  • soar
  • supplement
  • swell
  • validate
  • warrant
  • wax

Meanings of abate

  • noun
    1. Abatement.
    2. An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
  • verb
    1. (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
    2. To become null and void.
    3. To nullify; make void.
    4. To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
    5. To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
    6. To curtail; to deprive.
    7. To reduce in amount, size, or value.
    8. To decrease in size, value, or amount.
    9. To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
    10. To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
    11. To deduct or omit.
    12. To bar or except.
    13. To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
    14. To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
    15. To destroy, or level to the ground.
    16. To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

Example Sentences

  • Despite initial concerns, the patient's fever began to abate after receiving the appropriate treatment.
  • The community's enthusiasm for the project did not abate even in the face of challenges.
  • As the firefighting efforts intensified, the flames finally started to abate.
  • After the intense workout, it took a while for the athlete's fatigue to abate completely.
  • As the storm passed, the winds began to abate, calming the tumultuous sea.

On this page you'll find 221 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abate, such as: abbreviate, abolish, abort, abridge, abrogate, accumulate, add.

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Related Words

abbreviate

  • abate
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • boil down
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • de-escalate
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • digest
  • diminish
  • dock
  • downsize
  • dwindle
  • elide
  • encapsulate
  • epitomize
  • get to the meat
  • lessen
  • lower
  • moderate
  • modify
  • pare
  • prune
  • put in a nutshell
  • recapitulate
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • retrench
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • slash
  • stop short
  • sum up
  • summarize
  • syncopate
  • take out
  • taper
  • trim
  • truncate

abbreviated

  • abated
  • abridged
  • abrupt
  • abstracted
  • aphoristic
  • bare
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • chunky
  • close
  • close to the ground
  • compact
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • comprehensive
  • compressed
  • concentrated
  • concise
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • crisp
  • curt
  • curtailed
  • curtate
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut short
  • cut to the bone
  • cut-back
  • de-escalated
  • decreased
  • decurtate
  • deflated
  • digested
  • diminished
  • diminutive
  • docked
  • downsized
  • dwindled
  • economized
  • elided
  • encapsulated
  • ephemeral
  • epigrammatic
  • epitomized
  • fast
  • fleeting
  • impermanent
  • in a nutshell
  • inclusive
  • laconic
  • lessened
  • little
  • low
  • lowered
  • miniaturized
  • moderated
  • modified
  • momentary
  • not protracted
  • pared
  • petite
  • pint-sized
  • pithy
  • pocket
  • pocket-sized
  • precise
  • pruned
  • recapitulated
  • reduced
  • retrenched
  • runty
  • sawed-off
  • scaled-down
  • sententious
  • short
  • short and sweet
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • skimpy
  • slashed
  • slight
  • small
  • squat
  • squatty
  • stocky
  • stubby
  • stunted
  • subtracted
  • succinct
  • sudden
  • summarized
  • summary
  • summed up
  • syncopated
  • synoptic
  • tapered
  • terse
  • thick
  • thickset
  • tiny
  • to the point
  • transient
  • transitory
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • undersized
  • unprolonged
  • unsustained
  • wee

abbreviates

  • abates
  • abridges
  • abstracts
  • compresses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • digests
  • diminishes
  • docks
  • downsizes
  • dwindles
  • elides
  • encapsulates
  • epitomizes
  • lessens
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • pares
  • prunes
  • recapitulates
  • reduces
  • retrenches
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • slashes
  • summarizes
  • sums up
  • syncopates
  • tapers
  • trims
  • truncates

abolish

  • abate
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • atomize
  • avoid
  • ban
  • black out
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • consume
  • countermand
  • cut
  • dash
  • decimate
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devour
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discard
  • disestablish
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • ditch
  • do away with
  • doom
  • drop
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • end
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • excise
  • expel
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • flatten
  • forbid
  • fragment
  • inhibit
  • invalidate
  • jettison
  • kill
  • kill off
  • liquidate
  • negate
  • nix
  • null
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • oust
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • powder
  • prohibit
  • pulverize
  • put an end to
  • put kibosh on
  • put the kibosh on
  • quash
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recall
  • reject
  • remove
  • repeal
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scrub
  • set aside
  • shatter
  • smash
  • splinter
  • squelch
  • stamp out
  • strike down
  • subvert
  • supersede
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • tear down
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • total
  • undo
  • vacate
  • veto
  • vitiate
  • void
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • withdraw
  • wreck
  • write off
  • zap

abolished

  • abated
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • blew up
  • blighted
  • blotted out
  • broke down
  • broken
  • bygone
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • crashed
  • crushed
  • cut
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • decimated
  • defunct
  • demolished
  • departed
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disappeared
  • discarded
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • done for
  • doomed
  • doused
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exanimate
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • exterminated
  • extinct
  • extinguished
  • extirpated
  • fallen
  • felled
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • fragmented
  • frittered
  • gone
  • gutted
  • inactive
  • incinerated
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • liquidated
  • lost
  • misspent
  • misused
  • negated
  • no longer known
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • obsolete
  • ousted
  • out-of-date
  • outlawed
  • outmoded
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • passed on
  • past
  • perished
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • snuffed out
  • splintered
  • squandered
  • struck down
  • subverted
  • superseded
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • tore down
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unknown
  • unremembered
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vanquished
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

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