| Main Entry: | swoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend quickly |
Synonyms: |
dive, fall, plummet, plunge, pounce, rush, slide, stoop, sweep |
Antonyms: |
ascend |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| 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: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving down; lowering |
Synonyms: |
cave-in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge, plunging, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, topple, tumble |
Antonyms: |
ascension, ascent, elevation, increase, rise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assault, attack |
Synonyms: |
advance, foray, incursion, invasion, pounce, raid, swoop |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, descend |
Synonyms: |
bend, decline, disappear, droop, drop down, fade, fall, go down, incline, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slue, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge |
Antonyms: |
ascend, raise |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent, usually underwater |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, dash, dip, duck, ducking, fall, header headlong jump, leap, lunge, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spring, submergence, submersion, swoop |
Antonyms: |
ascent, jump |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
Antonyms: |
ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
Synonyms: |
aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
Antonyms: |
land, stay on ground, walk |
| Main Entry: | plummet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall hard and fast |
Synonyms: |
collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, dip, dive, downturn, drop, drop down, dump, fall, nose-dive, plunge, precipitate, sink, skid, stoop, swoop, tumble |
Antonyms: |
ascend, rise, shoot up |
| Main Entry: | plunge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick drop; enthusiastic attempt |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture |
Antonyms: |
ascent, increase, rise |