ease off

Questions about ease off

What does ease off mean?

ease off means "become less intense". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ease off?

Close synonyms include ease up, slacken off, flag, ease up, let up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ease off a common word?

ease off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.