| Main Entry: | topple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or knock over; overthrow |
Synonyms: |
bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall, fall, falter, founder, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, keel over, knock down, land, lose it, lurch, nose-dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, take a header, teeter, tip over, totter, tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat, upset |
Antonyms: |
place, put, straighten |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
Synonyms: |
belly up, bend, break, cave in, conk out, crack up, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, fall down, flag, flake out, fold, founder, give, give in, give out, give way, go to pieces, go*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield |
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build, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
Synonyms: |
bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake, pitch, plough into, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout |
| 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 |
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ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go of; fall |
Synonyms: |
abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, floor, flop, give up, go down, ground, keel over, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload |
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ascend, mount, rise, take up |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
Synonyms: |
abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
Antonyms: |
ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
Synonyms: |
be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble |
Antonyms: |
continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall limply, collapse |
Synonyms: |
dangle, droop, drop, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | go down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose, fall |
Synonyms: |
be beaten, be defeated, cave in, collapse, crumple, decline, decrease, descend, droop, drop, fold, founder, go under, keel, lessen, make less, pitch, plunge, reduce, sag, set, sink, slump, submerge, submerse, submit, succumb, suffer defeat, topple, tumble |
Antonyms: |
gain, go up, increase |
| Main Entry: | keel over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, faint |
Synonyms: |
black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset |
Antonyms: |
stand, straighten |