Dropping Synonyms and Antonyms

drŏpĭng
To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slumping
  2. dwindling
  3. expending
  4. sinking
  5. diminishing
  6. falling
  7. spending
  8. declining
To cause to descend
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lowering
  2. depressing
To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tumbling
  2. toppling
  3. spilling
  4. plunging
  5. pitching
  6. falling
To move downward in response to gravity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. falling
  2. descending
Let or cause to fall in drops
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dripping
  2. trickling
  3. sinking
  4. hailing
  5. weeping
  6. plumping
  7. plashing
  8. snowing
  9. dribbling
  10. splashing
  11. bleeding
  12. filtering
  13. draining
  14. seeping
  15. emanating
  16. percolating
  17. oozing
  18. leaking
  19. descending
  20. falling
Antonyms:
  1. rising
  2. pouring
  3. squirting
  4. spurting
  5. lifting
Stop associating with
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. quitting
  2. skipping
  3. dismissing
Antonyms:
  1. continuing
  2. pursuing
  3. doing
  4. mounting
To suddenly lose all health or strength
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. succumbing
  2. cracking
  3. collapsing
  4. breaking
To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tumbling
  2. slumping
  3. skidding
  4. sinking
  5. plunging
  6. plummeting
  7. falling
  8. diving
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. falling

Words Related to Dropping

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Dropping Sentence Examples

  • He closed his eyes, dropping his head back.

  • Tell me you're not dropping out of school!

  • Elisabeth sat with Jackson's head in her lap, her tears dropping on his face.

  • She maneuvered him into the house, almost dropping him in front of the fire.

  • Dropping the papers on her computer desk, she then stripped off her coat and passed by the guest…Toby's room.

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