| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
Synonyms: |
KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
Antonyms: |
aid, encourage, help, raise |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go of; fall |
Synonyms: |
abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, floor, flop, give up, go down, ground, keel over, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload |
Antonyms: |
ascend, mount, rise, take up |
| Main Entry: | fell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chop down |
Synonyms: |
blow down, bowl over, bring down, cause to fall, cleave, cut, cut down, dash, demolish, down, drop, flatten, floor*, gash, ground, hack, hew, knock down, knock over, lay low, level, mangle, mow down, prostrate, pull down, raze, rive, sever, shoot, shoot down, slash, split, strike down, sunder, throw down, tumble |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, erect, raise |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; kill |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, assassinate, best*, bring down, carry off, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do in, down, execute, exterminate, get rid of*, liquidate, overcome, overpower, put an end to, put away, rout, rub out, ruin, slaughter, slay, take off, take out*, vaporize, worst* |
Antonyms: |
bear, create |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex, confound |
Synonyms: |
baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over, bring down, bring up short, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, flatten, ground, knock down, lay low, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | get down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismount |
Synonyms: |
alight, bring down, climb down, come down, descend, disembark, get off, lower, step down |
Antonyms: |
get up, mount |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict; drop in place |
Synonyms: |
bar, beach, bring down, dock, down, fell, floor, knock down, land, level, mow down, prevent, strand |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, put down |
Synonyms: |
abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down, put away, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down, upset |
Antonyms: |
build up, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | humiliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass, put down |
Synonyms: |
abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down, bring low, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, cut down to size, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, make a fool of, make ashamed, mortify, pan, play down, put out of countenance, put to shame, rip*, run down, shame, shoot down, slam*, smear, snub, squash, subdue, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vanquish, wither |
Antonyms: |
build up, elevate, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, demolish |
Synonyms: |
bring down, bulldoze, devastate, down*, drop, equalize, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, knock over, lay low, mow, pull down, raze, ruin, smooth, tear down, waste*, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct |