Down Synonyms and Antonyms

doun
Having a downward motion
Synonyms:
  1. forward
  2. headlong
  3. downward
  4. downhill
  5. downstairs
  6. bottomward
  7. downgrade
  8. on a downward course
  9. from higher to lower
  10. to the bottom
  11. downwardly
  12. in a descending direction
  13. to a lower position
  14. declining
  15. falling
  16. descending
  17. gravitating
  18. slipping
  19. sliding
  20. cascading
  21. sagging
  22. precipitating
  23. slumping
  24. dropping
  25. sinking
  26. earthward
  27. groundward
  28. southward
  29. hellward
Antonyms:
  1. up
  2. upward
  3. rising
Physically lower
Synonyms:
  1. below
  2. depressed
  3. underneath
  4. prostrate
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Figuratively lower
Synonyms:
  1. inferior
  2. lowly
  3. below-par
  4. in-check
Dejected
Synonyms:
  1. depressed
  2. dispirited
  3. blue
  4. downcast
  5. sad
  6. dejected
  7. gloomy
  8. downhearted
  9. low
  10. unhappy
  11. desolate
  12. ailing
  13. beat
  14. below
  15. dull
  16. crestfallen
  17. defeat
  18. dysphoric
  19. descending
  20. down-pat
  21. heavy-hearted
  22. destroy
  23. downward
  24. grim
  25. downy
  26. melancholic
  27. drink
  28. eat
  29. melancholy
  30. fell
  31. floccose
  32. flocculent
  33. spiritless
  34. floor
  35. fuzz
  36. tristful
  37. lanuginous
  38. level
  39. overthrow
  40. wistful
  41. plumage
  42. puberulent
  43. pubescent
  44. sloping
  45. suppress
  46. underneath
  47. woolly
  48. down-in-the-mouth
  49. low-spirited
  50. mastered
Antonyms:
  1. happy
  2. cheerful
  3. cheery
  4. heartened
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Physically lower
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ill
  2. sick
  3. unwell
  4. depressed
  5. laid up
  6. poorly
Antonyms:
  1. above
  2. higher
A sudden drop to a lower condition or status
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. feather
  2. feathers
  3. comedown
  4. abasement
  5. descent
  6. fluff
  7. down feather
  8. pile
  9. floccus
  10. downfall
  11. lanugo
  12. fur
  13. pl. (colloq.) depression
  14. downgrade
  15. plumule
  16. pubescence
Below; physically lower
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. downwards
  2. downward
  3. downwardly
Antonyms:
  1. up
  2. above
  3. higher
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. polish
  2. refine
  3. fine-tune
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. John L. H. Down

Words Related to Down

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.

Down Sentence Examples

  • They sat down at the table.

  • She sat down on the bed and sighed again.

  • You may GO down, but you can only CLIMB up.

  • Sit down, and take your pen.

  • Anatole turned to the Englishman and taking him by one of the buttons of his coat and looking down at him--the Englishman was short--began repeating the terms of the wager to him in English.

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