| 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: | slip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall; glide |
Synonyms: |
drop, glissade, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, move, shift, skate, skid, slick, slide, slither, smooth along, totter, trip |
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
Synonyms: |
blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, fall down, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lose balance, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | trip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, err |
Synonyms: |
buck, canter, confuse, disconcert, fall over, founder, frolic, go headlong, go wrong, hop, lapse, lope, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, make a faux pas, miscalculate, misstep, pitch, play, plunge, skip, slide, slip, slip on, slip up, sprawl, spring, stumble, throw off, topple, tumble, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
correct, fix |