| Main Entry: | declivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
declination, descent, inclination |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downward change in value, position |
Synonyms: |
declivity, decrease, depression, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall-off, hill, incline, lapse, loss, lowering, pitch, sag, slide, slip, slope, slump |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
Antonyms: |
ascent, 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: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression; decline |
Synonyms: |
basin, concavity, declivity, descent, downslide, downswing, downtrend, drop, fall, fall-off, hole, hollow, inclination, incline, lowering, pitch, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, slip, slope, slump |
Antonyms: |
ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | downgrade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
decline, declivity, descent, dip, hill, inclination, pitch |
Antonyms: |
upgrade |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | steep decline; hole |
Synonyms: |
abyss, chasm, declivity, deepness, depth, descent, dip, fall, plunge, precipice, slope, tumble |
Antonyms: |
incline, mound, mountain, rise |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent; lowering |
Synonyms: |
abatement, belly flop, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive, plummet, plunge, pratfall, recession, reduction, slant, slip, slope, slump, spill, tumble |
Antonyms: |
ascent, climb, rise, scaling |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incline, slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascent, bank, cant, climb, declivity, descent, downgrade, elevation, embankment, gradient, height, hill, inclination, inclined plane, lean, leaning, level, obliquity, pitch, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tangent, tilt, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | gradient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, angle, bank, cant, declivity, grade, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
| Main Entry: | inclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slant, angle |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, bank, bend, bending, bevel, bow, bowing, cant, declivity, deviation, direction, downgrade, grade, gradient, hill, incline, lean, leaning, list, pitch, ramp, slope, tilt |