| 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: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
Synonyms: |
abolish, banish, boot, brush off, bundle, cast off, cast out, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with, kick out, let go, let out, lock out, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing, shed, show out, slough off, supersede, sweep away, turn out |
Antonyms: |
accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
| Main Entry: | shirk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, get out of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick, lie down on job, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off, snake, sneak, steal |
Antonyms: |
do, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | goldbrick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
Synonyms: |
bum, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, laze, lie down on job, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shirk, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off |