Descending Synonyms and Antonyms

Moving or sloping down
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. descendent
  2. downward
To lower oneself
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stooping
  2. sinking
  3. lowering
To have hereditary derivation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. springing
  2. issuing
  3. deriving
Come as if by falling
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. falling
  2. plumping
  3. precipitating
  4. swooping
  5. penetrating
  6. submerging
  7. stumbling
  8. tripping
  9. slumping
  10. tumbling
  11. disembarking
  12. lighting
  13. settling
  14. alighting
  15. declining
  16. sloping
  17. pitching
  18. dropping
  19. dipping
  20. sinking
  21. plummeting
  22. plunging
  23. toppling
  24. dismounting
  25. stooping
  26. sliding
  27. slipping
Antonyms:
  1. rising
  2. ascending
  3. mounting
  4. increasing
  5. climbing
Coming down or downward
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. ascending

Words Related to Descending

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Descending Sentence Examples

  • He changed shape before descending behind Kris.

  • After an hour's delay they at last moved on, descending the hill.

  • It startled him, as the lad had made no sound descending the stairs.

  • While ascending or descending steps at stations .

  • Suddenly strong fingers began working her shoulder muscles, delightfully descending to the muscles on either side of her spine.

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