Related Searches
Nearby Words
droop
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fatigue |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, burn out, bush, conk out, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, droop, drop*, enervate, exhaust, fag, fizzle, flag, knock out, languish, overtire, peter out, poop out, poop*, prostrate, sag, sink, succumb, take*, tire, tucker, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flop |
| Synonyms: | dangle, droop, drop*, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk*, lop, plump, plunk, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend |
| Synonyms: | angle, angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook*, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | submerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink |
| Synonyms: | bore*, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig*, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop*, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down*, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick*, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
|
| Concept: | [Motion downwards] Descent. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; titubation, stumble; fate of Icarus., avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide., declivity, dip, hill.
-verbs
descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump., dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall., tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
-adjectives
descending; descendent; decurrent, decursive; labent, deciduous; nodding to its fall.
-adverbs
downhill, downwards.
-phrases
the bottom fell out.
|
| Antonyms: | ascent |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Fatigue. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
fatigue; weariness; yawning, drowsiness; lassitude, tiredness, fatigation, exhaustion; sweat; dyspncea., anhelation, shortness of breath; faintness; collapse, prostration, swoon, fainting, deliquium, syncope, lipothymy; goneness.
-verbs
be fatigued; yawn (get sleepy); droop, sink, flag; lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb., fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate., tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.
-adjectives
fatigued; weary; drowsy; drooping; haggard; toilworn, wayworn:, footsore, surbated, weatherbeaten; faint; done up, used up, knocked up; bushed [U.S.]; exhausted, prostrate, spent; overtired, overspent, overfatigued; unrefreshed, unrestored., worn, worn out; battered, shattered, pulled down, seedy, altered., breathless, windless; short of breath, out of breath, short of wind; blown, puffing and blowing; short-breathed; anhelose; broken winded, short- winded; dyspnaeal, dyspnaeic., ready to drop, all in, more dead than alive, dog-weary, walked off one's legs, tired to death, on one's last legs, played out, hors de combat., fatiguing; tiresome, irksome, wearisome; weary, trying.
|
| Antonyms: | refreshment |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Waste. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; rubbish (useless)., mountain in labor.
-verbs
spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse., cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander., "waste its sweetness on the desert air " [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a weel; labor in vain (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve., leak (run out); run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.
-adjectives
wasted; at a low ebb., wasteful (prodigal); penny wise and pound foolish.
-phrases
magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].
|
| Browse Concept Index » | |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
