Another word for fall
fall
n.
The act of falling
drop, decline, lapse, collapse, breakdown, tumble, spill, downfall, abasement, diminution, lowering, reduction, defeat, degradation, humiliation, descent, plunge, slump, subsidence, recession, ebb, abatement, sinking, dive, nose dive, slip, flop*; see also drop 2.
Capture
overthrow, capitulation, downfall, ruin; see defeat 2, destruction 2.
A yielding to temptation; often with the
original sin, transgression, error, lapse; see sin.
That which falls
rainfall, snowfall, precipitation, snow, rain, hail, sleet, blanket, carpet, covering, one or two or three, etc., inches of snow or rain.
The season after summer
autumn, harvest, harvest time, the sere and yellow leaf, the fall of the year, September, October, November, ""when the frost is on the punkin' and the fodder's in the shock.''
A waterfall
endanger oneself, take risks, take chances, act indiscreetly; see risk 1.
fall
v.
To pass quickly downward
sink, topple, drop, stumble, trip, fall down, plunge, plummet, tumble, descend, go down, lower, totter, break down, cave in, decline, subside, collapse, buckle, crumple, settle, droop, slump, hang, regress, lapse, backslide, drop down, pitch, gravitate, come down suddenly, take a dive, take a nose dive, be precipitated, make a forced landing, fall flat, fall in, fold up, keel over, fall over, tip over, slope, slip, recede, relapse, abate, ebb, diminish, depreciate, decrease, flop*, take a spill*, take a header*.
To be overthrown
submit, yield, surrender, succumb, be destroyed, be taken, pass into enemy hands, bend, defer, lie down, resign, capitulate, back down, topple, go down, go under, break up, get one's come-uppance*, fall to pieces*.
To die in battle
go down, slump, drop, bite the dust*; see die 1.
To occur
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Another word for fall
To move downward in response to gravity:
descend, drop. See riseTo go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture:
drop, sink, slump. See riseTo come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:
drop, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idiom: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble). See riseTo undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:
collapse, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See resist, winTo slope downward:
decline, descend, dip, drop, pitch, sink. See riseTo become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increaseTo undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:
dive, drop, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble. Idiom: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn). See increaseTo undergo moral deterioration:
sink, slip. Idiom: go bad (or wrong). See rightTo take place at a set time:
come, occur. See happenTo come as by lot or inheritance:
devolve, pass. See reach
To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:
draw back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground (or way). See forwardTo move in a reverse direction:
back, backpedal, backtrack, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. Idiom: retrace one's steps. See forward
- (Informal)
To be unsuccessful:
choke, fail, fall through. (Informal) flop. (Slang) bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive
To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually:
drop off, sag, slip. See increaseTo become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase
To set upon with violent force:
aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. (Informal) light into, pitch into. See attack
To be unsuccessful:
choke, fail. (Informal) fall down, flop. (Slang) bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive
The act of dropping from a height:
descent, drop. See riseA sudden involuntary drop to the ground:
dive, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble. (Informal) header. See riseA downward slope or distance:
decline, declivity, descent, drop, pitch. See riseA disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin:
collapse, downfall, waterloo. See thriveA usually swift downward trend, as in prices:
decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See increase
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"fall." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 22 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Fall>.
APA Style
fall. (n.d.). Retrieved January 22nd, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Fall
