Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | shirk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, get out of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick, lie down on job, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off, snake, sneak, steal |
| Antonyms: | do, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goldbrick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | bum, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, laze, lie down on job, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shirk, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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