- Types Of Speech
- You can use abate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Abate
- A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, b, e, and t, 2 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter a. Abate starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters a, ab, aba, abat, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, bate, ..
- Definition
- Become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Abate is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with e, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is abate a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Abate in Pig Latin is said as "abateay or abateway".
- Unigram
- a | b | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ab | ba | at | te
- Trigram
- aba | bat | ate
- Quadrigram
- abat | bate
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- become less in amount or intensity;
"The storm abated";
"The rain let up after a few hours" - make less active or intense
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Ablate | remove an organ or bodily structure |
| Abolish | do away with "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" |
| Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
| Abrogate | revoke formally |
| Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
| Adjust To | |
| Allay | satisfy (thirst) "The cold water quenched his thirst" |
| Alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Abate
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
View English words with the unique letters used in abate. Words With The Letters Abet
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abatement | the act of abating "laws enforcing noise abatement" |
| Hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| Letup | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished "there was never a letup in the noise" |
| Lull | a period of calm weather "there was a lull in the storm" |
| Reprieve | the act of reprieving postponing or remitting punishment |
| Respite | a pause from doing something (as work) "we took a 10-minute break" "he took time out to recuperate" |
| Suspension | a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Diminish | decrease in size, extent, or range "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| Fall | the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions) "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| Lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battue (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +2 | battue | ||
| Beat (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | beat | ||
| Beauty (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +4 | abetuy | ||
| Beaut (5 letters) | 7 | 9 +1 | beaut | ||
| Beta (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | beat | ||
| Butea (5 letters) | 7 | 9 +1 | beaut | ||
| Bate (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | beat | ||
| Abate (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | abate | ||
| Abet (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | beat | ||
| Be At (5 letters) | |||||
| Bateaux (7 letters) | 16 +9 | 18 +10 | bateaux | ||
| Betta (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | betta | ||
| Bateau (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +2 | aabetu |
Abate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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