Descents Synonyms and Antonyms

A usually swift downward trend, as in prices
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tumbles
  2. slumps
  3. slides
  4. skids
  5. plunges
  6. falls
  7. drop-offs
  8. drops
  9. downturns
  10. downswings
  11. diva
  12. dips
  13. declines
A downward slope or bend
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drops
  2. falls
  3. pitches
  4. declensions
  5. declivities
  6. slopes
  7. declines
Antonyms:
  1. ascents
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Properties attributable to your ancestry
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. downgrades
  2. extractions
  3. assaults
  4. incursions
  5. downfalls
  6. advances
  7. origins
  8. downs
Antonyms:
  1. upgrades
  2. improvements

Words Related to Descents

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.

Descents Sentence Examples

  • The descents on the Peloponnese were futile in the extreme.

  • Five descents lead from it to the lower town, planted on the alluvial terrace, 30 to 35 ft.

  • The descents of pirates on the coasts were a perpetual source of danger; the pirate was a gainer either by the sale or by the redemption of his captives.

  • The former reach the coastal plain over long and gradual descents, and are navigable for considerable distances.

  • In 1793 he became commissary to the army, protecting the coasts of Brittany from projected descents of the British, or of French royalists.

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