| Main Entry: | skid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide against will |
Synonyms: |
drift, glide, go into skid, move, sheer, skew, slip, slue, swerve, veer |
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, alloy, be worse for wear, become worse, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, develop, get better, improve |
| 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: | 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: | slide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly; move down |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, coast, drift, drive, drop, fall, fall off, flow, glide, glissade, launch, move, move along, move over, propel, sag, scooch, shift, shove, skate, skid, skim, slip, slither, slump, smooth along, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, tumble, veer |
| 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: | slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
Synonyms: |
coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle |
| Main Entry: | swerve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn aside, often to avoid collision |
Synonyms: |
bend, deflect, depart, depart from, deviate, dip, diverge, err, get off course, go off course, incline, lurch, move, sheer, sheer off, shift, sideslip, sidestep, skew, skid, slue, stray, swing, tack, train off, turn, veer, wander, waver, wind |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | tumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or make fall awkwardly |
Synonyms: |
bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, jumble, keel, keel over, knock down, knock over, level, lose footing, lose it, mess up, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, sag, skid, slip, slump, spill, stumble, take a header, tip over, topple, toss, trip, unsettle, upset |
| Main Entry: | veer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change direction |
Synonyms: |
angle off, avert, be deflected, bear, bend, change, change course, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, get around, make a left, make a right, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, train off, turn, twist, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl |
Antonyms: |
go direct, stay |