Descent
6 thesaurus results for: Descent
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A sudden drop to a lower condition or status. |
| Synonyms: | comedown, down, downfall, downgrade |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, assault, bathos, birth, breeding, chute, decline, declivity, degradation, derivation, descension, dismounting, downfall, drop, escarpment, extraction, fall, foray, generation, inclination, incursion, issue, lineage, onslaught, parentage, pedigree, raid, scarp, slope, stock |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation. |
| Synonyms: | birth, blood, bloodline, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A downward slope or distance. |
| Synonyms: | decline, declivity, fall, pitch |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The act of dropping from a height. |
| Synonyms: | drop |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A usually swift downward trend, as in prices. |
| Synonyms: | decline, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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