abating
The word “abating” has 3 syllables: a-bat-ing
It's pronounced as /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for abating?
In the thesaurus, “abating” has 205 synonyms and 99 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for abating along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for abating
- abbreviating
- abolishing
- aborting
- abridging
- abrogating
- allaying
- alleviating
- analeptic
- annihilating
- annulling
- assuaging
- avoiding
- bankrupting
- banning
- bereaving
- breaking down
- calling
- calling off
- canceling
- cancelling
- ceasing
- cheating
- clipping
- closing
- collapsing
- compressing
- concluding
- condensing
- consolatory
- consoling
- constricting
- contracting
- countermanding
- cropping
- crumbling
- curing
- curtailing
- cutting
- cutting back
- cutting down
- de-escalating
- declinatory
- declining
- decreasing
- decrescent
- deducting
- deflating
- defrauding
- denting
- denuding
- depleting
- depreciating
- depriving
- descending
- desisting
- diminishing
- disallowing
- disannulling
- discontinuing
- discounting
- disfurnishing
- dismissing
- dissolving
- divesting
- docking
- doing away with
- downscaling
- downsizing
- dropping
- dwindling
- dying
- dying down
- easing
- ebbing
- eliminating
- encouraging
- ending
- enjoining
- eradicating
- erasing
- evaporating
- expiring
- fading away
- falling
- falling away
- finishing
- flagging
- forbidding
- freeing
- giving out
- health-giving
- heart-warming
- impoverishing
- inspiriting
- invalidating
- invigorating
- knocking down
- knocking off
- lapsing
- leaving off
- lessening
- letting up
- lightening
- liquidating
- losing momentum
- lowering
- minimizing
- mitigating
- moderating
- modifying
- modulating
- narrowing
- negating
- nicking
- nullifying
- nulling
- outlawing
- overriding
- overruling
- overturning
- palling
- paring
- passing
- phasing down
- plummeting
- plunging
- prohibiting
- pruning
- qualifying
- quashing
- quieting
- quitting
- reassuring
- recalling
- receding
- reducing
- refreshing
- rejecting
- relaxing
- relenting
- relieving
- remedying
- remitting
- removing
- repealing
- rescinding
- restoring
- retracting
- retrenching
- reversing
- revitalizing
- revivifying
- revoking
- rolling back
- sagging
- setting aside
- settling
- shortchanging
- shortening
- shrinking
- shriveling up
- sinking
- slackening
- slashing
- sliding
- slipping
- slowing
- slumping
- softening
- solacing
- soothing
- stopping
- striking down
- stripping
- subsiding
- subtracting
- succoring
- suspending
- sustaining
- taking off
- tapering
- tapering off
- terminating
- throwing out
- toppling
- tottering
- tranquilizing
- trimming
- truncating
- tumbling
- upholding
- vacating
- vanishing
- vetoing
- voiding
- waning
- warming
- wasting
- weakening
- wearing down
- wearing off
- whittling
- winding up
- withdrawing
- writing off
Antonyms for abating
- abiding
- accumulating
- adding
- adjoining
- aggrandizing
- aggravating
- allowing
- amplifying
- annexing
- appearing
- appending
- approving
- augmenting
- authorizing
- ballooning
- biding
- blowing up
- boosting
- bourgeoning
- building
- burgeoning
- clearing
- commanding
- complementing
- compounding
- continuing
- decreeing
- depressing
- dilating
- dispiriting
- distending
- distressing
- disturbing
- elongating
- emerging
- enacting
- endorsing
- enduring
- enhancing
- enlarging
- escalating
- establishing
- expanding
- extending
- formalizing
- founding
- growing
- heightening
- holding on
- holding up
- improving
- increasing
- indorsing
- inflating
- instituting
- intensifying
- irritating
- keeping up
- lasting
- laying down
- leftover
- legalizing
- legislating
- legitimating
- legitimizing
- lengthening
- lingering
- magnifying
- mandating
- mounting
- multiplying
- mushrooming
- ordering
- passing
- perduring
- permitting
- persisting
- picking up
- prescribing
- prolonging
- protracting
- raising
- ratifying
- redoubling
- remaining
- residual
- rising
- running on
- sanctioning
- showing up
- snowballing
- soaring
- supplementing
- swelling
- upsetting
- validating
- warranting
- waxing
- worrying
Meanings of abating
- verb
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- noun
- Anesis.
Example Sentences
- The storm showed no sign of abating as strong winds continued to lash the coastline.
- With each passing hour, the fever showed signs of abating under the influence of medication.
- Despite the initial chaos, the panic among the crowd started abating as authorities restored order.
- The teacher waited patiently for the students' excitement to start abating before resuming the lesson.
- The noise from the construction site showed no signs of abating, disturbing the neighborhood throughout the day.
On this page you'll find 304 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abating, such as: abbreviating, abiding, abolishing, aborting, abridging, abrogating, accumulating.
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