Synonyms for descend

verb

1. To move lower

   come down, go down, slide, settle, drop, stoop, gravitate, slip, dismount, fall, topple, plunge, dive, plummet, sink, dip, pass downward, pitch, slope, decline, alight, light, disembark, detrain, deplane, tumble, move downward, come down on, slump, trip, stumble, flutter down, submerge, penetrate, step down, climb down, get down, swoop down, step off, climb off, get off, swoop, precipitate, plump*, plop (down)*; see also dive, drop 1, fall.

   Antonyms climb*, ascend, mount.

2. To descend figuratively

   decline, deteriorate, degenerate; see decrease 1.

3. To lower oneself

   stoop, sink, humble oneself; see condescend.