Synonyms for drop

noun

1. Enough fluid to fall

   drip, trickle, droplet, globule, bead, tear, teardrop, dewdrop, raindrop, dribble.

2. A lowering or falling

   fall, reduction, decrease, slide, descent, slump, lapse, slip, decline, downturn, upset, precipitation, lessening, falling-off, plunge, precipice, declivity, slope, dip; see also fall 1.

3. A small quantity

   speck, dash, dab; see bit 1.

at the drop of a hat<strong>*

get the drop on<strong>*

verb

1. To fall in drops

   drip, fall, dribble, trickle, descend, leak, ooze, percolate, emanate, distill, precipitate (out), seep, drain, filter, sink, bleed, bead, splash, rain, snow, purl, trill down, plash, plump, hail; see also rain.

   Antonyms rise*, spurt, squirt.

2. To cause or permit to fall

   let go, let fall, release, give up, shed, relinquish, abandon, discard, loosen, lower, plump, floor, ground, shoot, knock down, fell, unload, deposit, topple; see also down, dump.

   Antonyms raise*, elevate, send up.

3. To tumble

   cave in, plummet, sink, collapse; see faint, fall 1.

4. To discontinue

   give up, quit, leave out; see abandon 1, dismiss 1, 2, omit 1.

5. *To break off an acquaintance

   break with, part from, snub, cut, abandon, cast off, forsake, desert, leave, forget about, divorce, become alienated from, separate, withdraw, repudiate, fling aside, have done with, turn one's back on, lose*, ditch*, write off*, shake*, throw over*, brush off*; see also abandon 2.

   Antonyms invite*, welcome, make friends with.

6. To become lower or less

   decline, diminish, dwindle; see decrease 1.