Nearby Words
goes under
| Main Entry: |
go under
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, submerge |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, default, die, drown, fall, fold, founder, go down, sink, submerse, submit, succumb, suffocate, surrender |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose money |
| Synonyms: | be cleaned out, be in arrears, be ruined, be taken to the cleaners, become insolvent, break, close, close down, close one's doors, crash, defalcate, default, dishonor, drop, drop a bundle, end, finish, fold, go bankrupt, go belly up, go broke, go bust, go into chapter 11, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, go up, lose big, lose one's shirt, overdraw, repudiate, terminate |
| Antonyms: | earn, gain, obtain, win |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be overthrown by an enemy; surrender |
| Synonyms: | back down, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, be taken, bend, capitulate, defer to, die, drop, eat dirt, fall to pieces, give in, give up, give way, go down, go under, lie down, obey, pass into enemy hands, perish, resign, slump, submit, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | advance, attain, overcome, overthrow, reach, win |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, close |
| Synonyms: | be ruined, become insolvent, break, bust, collapse, crash, crumple, give, go bankrupt, go bust, go into Chapter 11, go under, impoverish, pauper, pauperize, shut down, yield |
| Antonyms: | achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | go down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose, fall |
| Synonyms: | be beaten, be defeated, cave in, collapse, crumple, decline, decrease, descend, droop, drop, fold, founder, go under, keel, lessen, make less, pitch, plunge, reduce, sag, set, sink, slump, submerge, submerse, submit, succumb, suffer defeat, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | gain, go up, increase |
| Main Entry: | perish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bite the dust, break down, buy the farm, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, give up the ghost, go, go under, kick the bucket, lose life, pass, pass away, pass on, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither |
| Antonyms: | give birth, revive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | submerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dunk in liquid |
| Synonyms: | deluge, descend, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, engulf, flood, go down, go under, immerse, impregnate, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, plunge, sink, sound, souse, submerse, subside, swamp, whelm |
| Notes: | immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water |
| Antonyms: | dry, surface |
| Main Entry: | succumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or surrender |
| Synonyms: | accede, bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave, cave in, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow, expire, fall, fall victim to, flake out, fold, give in, give in to, give out, give up the ghost, give way, go, go down, go under, knuckle, knuckle under, meet waterloo, pack it in, pass, pass away, perish, quit, show white flag, submit, take the count, throw in the towel, wilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | conquer, create, overcome, win |
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; resign |
| Synonyms: | abandon, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle, deliver up, eat crow, eat humble pie, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go along with, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under, leave, let go, pack it in, part with, play dead, put up white flag, quit, relinquish, renounce, roll over, submit, succumb, throw in the towel, toss it in, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | conquer, fight, surpass, win |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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