| Main Entry: | dropoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
Synonyms: |
decrease, descent, deterioration, dip, dive, downfall, downslide, downswing, downturn, drop, fall, falling off, falloff, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | dropoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cliff |
Synonyms: |
bluff, crag, drop, ledge, precipice |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden supply |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, assets, drop, drop joint, drop-off, fund, hideout, hiding place, hoard, kitty, nest egg, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stash, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth |
| 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: | slowdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacking off; gradual decrease |
Synonyms: |
arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike |
Antonyms: |
breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up |
| Main Entry: | downslide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
Synonyms: |
decrease, descent, deterioration, dive, downfall, downswing, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | downswing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
Synonyms: |
decrease, descent, deterioration, dip, dive, downfall, downslide, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | nosedive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall |
Synonyms: |
abatement, belly flop, cut*, decline, declivity, decrease, descent, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, downward slope, drop*, drop-off, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive, plummet, plunge, pratfall, recession, reduction, skid, slant*, slide, slip*, slope, slump, spill, tumble |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
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