ebb

1. 1.

   a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

   Synonymsebbingwane

   Broaderdecline
2. 2.

   the outward flow of the tide

   Synonymsreflux

   Broaderflow

   Part ofebbtide

Other forms of ebb

plural

ebbs·

past tense

ebbed·

present participle

ebbing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ebb

What does ebb mean?

ebb means "flow back or recede". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ebb?

ebb has 1 syllable: ebb. In IPA it is /ˈɛb/.

What is another word for ebb?

Close synonyms include ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off, ebbing. 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.

What is the opposite of ebb?

The recorded antonyms are tide.

Is ebb a common word?

ebb 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.

What rhymes with ebb?

1 word rhymes with ebb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.