Descend Synonyms and Antonyms
dĭ-sĕnd'
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Synonyms for Descend
(Intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
To reach a decision.
To slope downward; descend:
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
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.
Sink is defined as to go down slowly, or to drop beneath the surface or normal level.
pass downward
To move lower
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To remove (a thing) from its mounting or setting
To decline from a former or standard level; fall off:
To generate (a linguistic structure) from another structure or set of structures.
plop (down)
To move lower
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(Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.
humble oneself
To lower oneself
To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.
To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
To release from a checked or inoperative position:
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To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
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.
To bring to land.
To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
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To penetrate is to pass into or through something.
To move or walk:
To come to an agreement, especially to resolve a lawsuit out of court.
To get to be; become
move downward
To move lower
climb off
To move lower
To fall off or decline precipitously
With little weight and few burdens:
To leave a vehicle or aircraft.
To pitch headlong; fall:
To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
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 move lower
swoop down
To move lower
(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.
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:
Antonyms for Descend
To go upward; rise:
To move upward upon or along; climb:
(Intransitive, UK) To attend university.
To cause to rise:
Words Related to Descend
To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself.
(Sports) To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent.
decend
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
To have hereditary derivation
descend-from
debouch
To a greater extent or degree:
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