Descend synonyms
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(Intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
To slope downward; descend:
To reach a decision.
condescend (related)
To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself.
Deign is defined as to lower one's self to do or say something, and to do so with a high sense of one's own superiority.
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
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Sink is defined as to go down slowly, or to drop beneath the surface or normal level.
ascend (antonym)
To move upward upon or along; climb:
mount (antonym)
To go upward; rise:
dive (related)
(Sports) To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent.
go up (antonym)
(Intransitive, UK) To attend university.
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rise (antonym)
To cause to rise:
move downward
To move lower
climb off
To move lower
To decline from a former or standard level; fall off:
To remove (a thing) from its mounting or setting
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
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To throw oneself, dive, or rush, as into water, a fight, etc.
To fall off or decline precipitously
To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
pass downward
To move lower
To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
With little weight and few burdens:
To leave a vehicle or aircraft.
To pitch headlong; fall:
To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
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To cause to stumble or fall.
To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
To penetrate is to pass into or through something.
To move lower
swoop down
To move lower
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(Intransitive) To complete a shift or a day's work.
(Meteorol.) To condense (water vapor) and cause to fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, etc.
plop (down)
To move lower
(Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.
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humble oneself
To lower oneself
To generate (a linguistic structure) from another structure or set of structures.
To bring to land.
To pull down
To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
To move or walk:
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To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
To release from a checked or inoperative position:
To waste away or fail to develop
Retrograde is to move backwards, or to decline to a prior worse condition.
To make or become worse.
trace one's descent
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go-to-pot
go-to-seed
go-to-the-dogs
kin (related)
To have hereditary derivation
To come to an agreement, especially to resolve a lawsuit out of court.
To get to be; become
descent (related)
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traverse (related)
descend-from (related)
decend (related)
debouch (related)
set off (related)
clamber (related)
drift (related)
stagger (related)
climb-up (related)
To slide is defined as to smoothly move over a surface, or to shift down or decrease.
To move in response to the force of gravity.
flutter down
To move lower
With a heavy or abrupt drop:
better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
Find another word for descend. In this page you can discover 85 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for descend, like: go down, stoop, decline, come-down, condescend, deign, drop, sink, climb, ascend and mount.
