fall - English Synonyms Dictionary

fall

v.
[1] descend , sink , subside , settle , drop/come (down) , plummet , plunge , dive , (take a) nosedive , cascade
[2] tumble , trip , stumble , slump , collapse , keel over , topple , crumple
[3] diminish , (become) lower , sink , decline , fall/drop off , drop , decrease , dwindle , subside , come/go down
[4] slope , fall away , decline
[5] succumb , surrender , yield , give up/in , capitulate , be defeated/conquered , be captured , be taken (captive/prisoner) , be overthrown , come/go to ruin , be destroyed , be lost
[6] die , perish , drop dead , be slain/killed
[7] fall apart , disintegrate , crumble , collapse , fall/come/go to pieces , break up , be destroyed , break apart , fragment , shatter
[8] fall back , retreat , retire , withdraw , draw back , recede
[9] fall back on/upon , have recourse to , rely/depend on/upon , return to , count on/upon , resort to , call on/upon , make use of , use , employ
[10] fall behind , drop back , trail , lag , be in arrears
[11] fall down , collapse , dropfail , be (found) wanting/lacking , be unsuccessful , be/prove inadequate/disappointing
[12] fall flat , collapse , fail , (Colloq) flop , (US) bomb (out) , lay an egg , go over like a lead balloon
[13] fall for , fall in love with , be infatuated withbe fooled/duped/taken in/deceived by , accept , swallow , succumb to , (Slang) be a sucker for , (US/Canadian) be a patsy for
[14] fall in , descend , go down , cave in , collapse , come down , sink inwards
[15] fall in with , join , associate with , become associated/allied with , befriend , cooperate with , go along with , concur with , support , accept
[16] fall off , come , diminish , decrease , decline , deteriorate
[17] fall on/upon , precipitate , come down , attack , assault , assail , set upon
[18] fall out , disagree , differ , quarrel , clash , squabble , wrangle , dispute , fight
[19] fall short , prove/(turn out to) be inadequate/insufficient/deficient/lacking/wanting/disappointing , miss , fail , disappoint
[20] fall through , shine , strike , fail , come to nothing/naught , miscarry , die , (Colloq) fizzle (out) , flop
[21] fall to , start , begin , commence , set/go about , get under way , undertake , tackle , take on , get moving , attack , (Colloq) get the show on the road , get cracking , (US) get a wiggle on , move it
[22] decrease , diminish , lessen
[23] accrue
[24] light
[25] return , pass , devolve
[26] fall down
[27] hang , flow
[28] descend , settle
n.
[1] autumn
[2] spill , tumble
[3] descent , declivity , decline , declination , declension , downslope
[4] downfall
[5] capitulation , surrender
[6] twilight , dusk , gloaming , gloam , nightfall , evenfall , crepuscule , crepuscle
[7] pin
[8] drop
[9] drop , dip , free fall
[10] drop , descent , dive , nosedive , plunge , tumble , dropping , falling
[11] (Mainly US/Canadian) autumn
[12] decline , decay , collapse , downfall , failure , destruction , ruin , failure , deterioration , eclipse
[13] falls , cascade , cataract , waterfall , rapids
[14] depreciation , sinking , diminution , decrease , decline , lapse , downturn , down-swing , drop , drop-off , lowering , abatement , slump , collapse
[15] slope , declivity , descent , decline , drop , downhill , (Mainly US/Canadian) downgrade
[16] surrender , capitulation , submission , taking , seizure , capture , overthrow , defeat , conquest , downfall