Drop synonyms and antonyms
drŏp
Category:
Part of speech:
A very small drop, esp. of liquid
A slow, small flow
(Informal) A heavy, rash investment or speculation
To quit is to stop doing something, or to formally leave a job.
The sound made by liquid falling in drops:
Alternative spelling of cave in.
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dewdrop
A drop of dew
(Intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
(Euphemistic) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
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To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
ascend (antonym)
To go or move upward; rise:
A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance:
The amount by which something is lessened or diminished:
The amount by which something decreases.
A period of decline or loss:
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Hereditary derivation; lineage:
A reduction or diminution of activity.
A downward trend, as in business activity
An upset stomach.
The quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a specific period.
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A lowering or falling
The definition of a precipice is the edge of a steep cliff.
(Slang) A foolish or stupid person.
A small quantity of something added
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
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To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw:
To percolate is to gradually spread or filter through.
To come forth; issue, as from a source
To subject to, or purify or refine by, distillation
precipitate (out)
To fall in drops
To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
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To remove or separate by means of a filter
To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid:
To be printed so as to go off the edge or edges of a page after trimming.
To cause (a liquid substance) to scatter and fall in drops or blobs
To fall in drops of water from the clouds.
Snow is defined as to shower, fall or cover with a frozen water vapor substance from the sky, or to say or do something to deceive someone.
To edge or finish (a handkerchief, for example) with lace or embroidery.
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trill down
To fall in drops
To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of.
With a heavy or abrupt drop:
To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification.
let fall
To cause or permit to fall
To relieve of care or suffering:
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To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart:
To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); stop doing or adhering to.
To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
To reduce the height of
(Football) To throw or knock (an opposing player) to the ground
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To move swiftly; rush; dart
To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down:
To get rid of
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
break-with
To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
*To break off an acquaintance
To snub is to put something out.
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
The definition of leave is to depart, or to let something alone, or to bequeath.
forget about
*To break off an acquaintance
To get a divorce
become alienated from
*To break off an acquaintance
To cause (things or people) to be separate.
To cause to leave or return:
fling aside
*To break off an acquaintance
have done with
*To break off an acquaintance
To get rid of (something undesirable)
(Slang) To get rid of; discard:
To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.
To end a romantic/sexual relationship with.
To lessen; to bring low.
rise (antonym)
To cause to rise:
spurt (antonym)
To show a sudden, brief burst of energy, increased activity, etc., as near the end of a race
squirt (antonym)
To flow from a narrow opening in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
raise (antonym)
To collect.
welcome (antonym)
To meet, receive, or acknowledge in a specified way; greet
make friends with (antonym)
*To break off an acquaintance
bit (related)
(Informal) A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior:
down (related)
To or at a lower intensity or amount:
dump (related)
(Football) To throw (a short pass) into the flat
faint (related)
To faint is defined as to pass out or to lose consciousness for a period of time.
dismiss (related)
To dismiss is defined as to send someone away, or to disregard an idea or treat something as unworthy of consideration.
omit (related)
To fail or neglect (to do something):
guttate
Spotted as if by drops.
In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
A small amount or portion.
An insignificantly small portion or thing.
A decorative piece suspended from a ceiling or roof, as in Gothic architecture
The definition of banish means to send away or get rid of someone or something.
To fall down or fall to pieces, as when supports or sides fail to hold; cave in; shrink together suddenly
To press down:
To come to an end.
To sink down; hang or bend down
To cover or sprinkle with flecks; speckle
To give up; renounce (a habit, idea, etc.)
To handle (a thing) clumsily or unskillfully; bungle
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
To suspend an activity; cease.
To hit; strike
To drop, or allow to drop, heavily
To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
(Colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
The definition of slope is to slant up or down, or to put something into a position where it slants up or down.
To mark with speckles.
To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
To come to an end; reach a stopping point:
To give variety to; diversify
increase (antonym)
An increasing or becoming increased
mound (antonym)
A group of things collected in a mass or heap:
mount (antonym)
(Computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
do (antonym)
To perform or execute; carry out:
pursue (antonym)
To proceed along, follow, or continue with (a specified course, action, plan, etc.)
continue (antonym)
To carry on; persist in:
lift (antonym)
(Informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
pour (antonym)
To pour is defined as for a liquid to flow or drop onto something, or to rain heavily.
A small draft:
(Dialect, Scouse, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
One of these pellets.
The act of sipping
The definition of a nip is a small bite or sting, or a small amount of alcohol.
A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
The definition of a snort is a loud sound made by blowing air through your nose, usually made by people to express laughter or, for animals, when they want to express fear, or a snort refers to a dose of cocaine or other drug inhaled up through your nose.
Any bit or scrap
In Morse and similar codes, the short sound or signal used in combination with the dash and silent intervals to represent letters, numbers, or punctuation.
The definition of a fragment is a small piece of something larger.
The definition of a grain is a tiny hard seed from a cereal grass, or a tiny piece of amount of something.
A very small quantity; jot
The definition of a jot is a tiny amount of something.
The smallest particle of a substance that retains the chemical and physical properties of the substance and is composed of two or more atoms; a group of like or different atoms held together by chemical forces.
The definition of an ounce is 1/16 of a pound or a very small amount of something.
(Archaic) A small part of something written, such as a clause of a document.
Scrap is defined as a small amount of something, often left from something larger.
A very small quantity, amount, or part
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.
The definition of a trifle is a small amount of something or is something of little importance, or a dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake, jelly and cream.
The least bit; an iota:
A stain or disfiguring mark.
An exaggerated fall, especially by a hockey player, intended to draw a penalty against an opponent.
A downward course; a decline:
The downward part of a swing, as of a golf club
A downward trend, esp. a financial one
A very steep drop
Any sudden, sharp drop, as in profits
A sliding wedge or drag used to check the motion of a vehicle by pressure against a wheel
An act of tumbling; a fall.
The extent, measurement, or dimension downward, backward, or inward:
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The movable part of a drawbridge.
(Geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
The state or quality of being superior, or higher, greater, better, etc.
A position of control or advantage.
A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
The inner, shorter way around an oval racetrack
(Comput.) A program instruction that causes an instruction in another part of the program to be the next executed
To perform a nosedive.
(Sports) To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
To knock down or lay low.
(Surveying) To determine the differences in altitude in (a plot of ground)
To cause to fall on or over something; cast:
To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely.
Skip is defined as to leap or jump, or move the attention from one point to another point.
(Accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
To change one's place of residence or business; move:
To lose or give up (something) on account of an offense, error, or failure to fulfill an agreement:
(Sports) To win a game on the opponent's service, as in tennis:
(Informal) To break open or into:
(Intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
To die.
To die.
Die is defined as to stop living, existing or fade away.
To come to an end; terminate:
(Informal) To urinate or defecate:
To allow to go by or elapse; spend:
To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner:
To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate.
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money.
(UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.
To dismiss, esp. in dishonor, from a position of command, trust, etc.
To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.
(Informal) To remove ruthlessly or suddenly:
To supply with fuel; tend the fire of
To end the employment or service of
To mourn or grieve:
To cause to fall:
take a sudden downtrend (or downturn)
wash-one-s-hands-of
kiss good-by to
breathe one's last
go to one's grave
meet one's end (or Maker)
pass on to the Great Beyond
turn up one's toes
give someone his or her walking papers
give someone the ax
give someone the gate
give someone the pink slip
show-someone-the-door
take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble)
dry (related)
(Informal) A prohibitionist
big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
surface (related)
A portion of space having length and breadth but no thickness.
over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
keep (related)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
include (related)
To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
health (related)
To suddenly lose all health or strength
live (related)
Live is defined as to have life, continue to be alive, to reside somewhere or to behave throughout one's life in a particular way.
A theater curtain that is lowered and raised rather than drawn
An impermeable sheet of material meant to catch paint or other hard-to-clean substances.
The unchecked fall of anything through space, the atmosphere, a vacuum, etc., specif., the part of a parachutist's jump before the parachute is opened
A high, steep face of rock, esp. one on a coast; precipice
drib
(Obsolete) A drop.
A pearl can be white, black, pink, blue, green, red, and black. Black pearls are extremely rare and are only found in the South Pacific.
To pass on or delegate to another:
Deteriorate is defined as to make or become worse or lower in value or quality.
To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.
To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard:
To leave out or leave undone; neglect or omit
To feel the lack or loss of:
To manage; supervise:
leave or unload
To shed; molt:
fall or descend to a lower place or level
To give or devote (time, labor, thought, or effort) to some enterprise or for some purpose
Expend is defined as to use up or spend.
stop associating with
pull (related)
squeeze (related)
drag (related)
hit (related)
shot-up (related)
turn (related)
blow (related)
bump (related)
push (related)
Tear is defined as a salty liquid produced by the eye gland used to lubricate the eyes, wash away irritants or express intense emotion.
To emit or radiate in abundance:
To refuse to have any dealings with.
turn one's back on
*To break off an acquaintance
(Intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
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