Filter By

fell off

Main Entry:
fall off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decline
Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, slump, wane
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, become less
Synonyms: abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen
Notes: one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered
Antonyms: improve, increase, rise
Main Entry: decrease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow less or make less
Synonyms: abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither
Antonyms: add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise
Main Entry: degenerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, deteriorate
Synonyms: backslide, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, die on vine, disimprove, disintegrate, fall off, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen
Notes: to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality
Antonyms: develop, improve
Main Entry: diet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abstain from food
Synonyms: count calories, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt, watch weight
Antonyms: gorge, indulge
Main Entry: drop off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decrease
Synonyms: decline, diminish, dwindle, fall away, fall off, lessen, sag, slacken, slide, slip, slump
Antonyms: go up, increase, rise
Main Entry: lag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move slowly; delay
Synonyms: be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane
Antonyms: run, rush
Main Entry: regress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: return to earlier way of doing things
Synonyms: backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back
Antonyms: develop, grow, progress
Main Entry: sag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: droop
Synonyms: bag, bend, bow, bulge, cave in, curve, dangle, decline, dip, drop, drop off, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flag, flap, flop, give way, hang, hang down, languish, lean, settle, sink, slide, slip, slump, swag, wilt
Antonyms: bulge, draw up, tighten
More ResultsPREVIOUS|12|NEXT
Search another word or see fell offon Dictionary |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT