fall - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

fall

verb

To move downward in response to gravity: descend, drop. See rise
To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: drop, sink, slump. See rise
To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idiom: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble). See rise
To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See resist, win
To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, drop, pitch, sink. See rise
To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase
To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble. Idiom: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn). See increase
To undergo moral deterioration: sink, slip. Idiom: go bad (or wrong). See right
To take place at a set time: come, occur. See happen
To come as by lot or inheritance: devolve, pass. See reach

phrasal verb

fall back

To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground (or way). See forward
To move in a reverse direction: back, backpedal, backtrack, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. Idiom: retrace one's steps. See forward

phrasal verb

fall down

Informal. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal: flop. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive

phrasal verb

fall off

To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, sag, slip. See increase
To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase

phrasal verb

fall on or upon

To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal: light into, pitch into. See attack

phrasal verb

fall through

To be unsuccessful: choke, fail. Informal: fall down, flop. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive

noun

The act of dropping from a height: descent, drop. See rise
A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble. Informal: header. See rise
A downward slope or distance: decline, declivity, descent, drop, pitch. See rise
A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin: collapse, downfall, waterloo. See thrive
A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See increase

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