Synonyms for Fallfɔl
Princeton's WordNet
fall, autumn(noun)
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
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gloam, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
rising, ascension, rise, ascent, uprise, come up, arise, go up, move up, liftspill, tumble, fall(noun)
a sudden drop from an upright position
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gloaming, autumn, declension, declination, tumble, pin, spillage, gloam, drop, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, release, decline, declivity, downslope, dusk, surrender, evenfall, dip, fall, wasteweir, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, spillway, nightfallAntonyms:
ascent, ascension, rise, rising, go up, move up, uprise, arise, lift, come upFall(noun)
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
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gloam, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, arise, go up, lift, come up, move up, uprisedescent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope(noun)
a downward slope or bend
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extraction, pin, stemma, crepuscule, parentage, dip, pedigree, gloam, bloodline, twilight, diminution, decline in quality, dec, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, regrets, declivity, decay, decline, surrender, worsening, declination, descent, lineage, fall, filiation, autumn, stock, deterioration, evenfall, origin, celestial latitude, line, line of descent, downfall, declension, drop, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, capitulationAntonyms:
ascent, ascension, rise, rising, go up, lift, move up, come up, uprise, arisefall(noun)
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
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gloam, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, move up, arise, go up, come up, uprise, liftfall, downfall(noun)
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
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gloam, ruination, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, precipitation, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, ruin, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, go up, move up, arise, lift, come up, uprisefall(noun)
a movement downward
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gloam, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, uprise, come up, move up, go up, arise, liftcapitulation, fall, surrender(noun)
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
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gloaming, giving up, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloam, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, yielding, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, resignation, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilightAntonyms:
ascent, rise, rising, ascension, uprise, move up, come up, arise, go up, lifttwilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle(noun)
the time of day immediately following sunset
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gloam, crepuscle, declension, declination, pin, fall, surrender, gloaming, evenfall, descent, capitulation, decline, declivity, downslope, drop, autumn, dip, dusk, tumble, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, nightfall, downfallAntonyms:
rising, rise, ascension, ascent, lift, go up, arise, uprise, move up, come upfall, pin(noun)
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
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tholepin, stick, crepuscule, thole, dip, surrender, flag, twilight, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, declivity, bowling pin, decline, declination, pivot, descent, fall, rowlock, autumn, pin tumbler, evenfall, gloam, oarlock, peg, downfall, declension, personal identification number, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, pin, drop, capitulationAntonyms:
ascension, ascent, rise, rising, arise, move up, uprise, go up, come up, liftdrop, fall(noun)
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
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gloaming, autumn, declension, driblet, bead, drop cloth, surrender, gloam, drop, cliff, downslope, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declivity, pearl, downfall, dusk, pin, dip, fall, declination, tumble, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, drop-off, evenfall, nightfall, drib, drop curtainAntonyms:
rise, rising, ascension, ascent, uprise, lift, go up, move up, come up, arisedrop, dip, fall, free fall(verb)
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
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driblet, cutpurse, pin, crepuscule, dip, surrender, twilight, drop-off, spill, magnetic inclination, downslope, bead, declivity, decline, drop curtain, cliff, pickpocket, declination, pearl, descent, inclination, fall, autumn, drib, evenfall, gloam, plunge, drop cloth, downfall, declension, drop, magnetic dip, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, angle of dip, gloaming, tumble, capitulationAntonyms:
ascension, rise, rising, ascent, go up, move up, come up, uprise, arise, liftfall(verb)
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, rising, ascension, ascent, move up, go up, arise, uprise, come up, liftdescend, fall, go down, come down(verb)
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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crash, boil down, shine, go down, light, accrue, diminish, set, strike, devolve, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, go under, reduce, condescend, lessen, come down, sink, deign, pass, descend, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall downAntonyms:
ascent, rising, rise, ascension, uprise, come up, arise, lift, go up, move upfall(verb)
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, rising, uprise, move up, go up, come up, lift, arisefall, come(verb)
come under, be classified or included
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settle, fare, get, descend, fall down, lessen, hail, decrease, accrue, return, get along, go down, diminish, flow, precipitate, strike, add up, come in, come down, devolve, come up, fall, do, follow, occur, pass, issue forth, make out, shine, number, amount, derive, hang, come, total, arrive, lightAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, move up, arise, go up, uprise, lift, come upprecipitate, come down, fall(verb)
fall from clouds
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, diminish, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, reduce, light, lessen, devolve, pass, descend, come, fall, return, boil down, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, come up, uprise, lift, go up, move up, arisefall(verb)
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, lift, come up, arise, go up, move up, uprisefall(verb)
die, as in battle or in a hunt
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
ascent, ascension, rise, rising, lift, go up, move up, uprise, arise, come upfall, shine, strike(verb)
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
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reflect, settle, beam, excise, descend, fall down, lessen, decrease, hit, radiate, attain, return, glisten, fall upon, chance on, go down, take, diminish, flow, glow, strike, chance upon, move, come down, assume, devolve, coin, fall, walk out, impinge on, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, glint, pass, smooth, gleam, shine, accrue, mint, strickle, impress, hang, come across, take up, come to, come, expunge, come upon, precipitate, glitter, collide with, light upon, smoothen, light, discover, polishAntonyms:
ascent, ascension, rise, rising, move up, uprise, go up, come up, arise, liftfall(verb)
be captured
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, rising, ascension, move up, lift, come up, arise, uprise, go upfall(verb)
occur at a specified time or place
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
ascent, rise, rising, ascension, uprise, move up, lift, go up, arise, come updecrease, diminish, lessen, fall(verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range
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shine, go down, accrue, diminish, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, subside, pass, descend, come, fall, return, light, belittle, hang, decrease, minify, fall downAntonyms:
ascension, rising, ascent, rise, move up, come up, go up, arise, uprise, liftfall(verb)
yield to temptation or sin
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, rising, ascension, uprise, go up, arise, move up, lift, come upfall(verb)
lose office or power
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, move up, uprise, come up, go up, arise, liftfall(verb)
to be given by assignment or distribution
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, rising, ascent, ascension, move up, go up, uprise, lift, arise, come upfall(verb)
move in a specified direction
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, arise, come up, lift, move up, go up, uprisefall(verb)
be due
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
ascent, ascension, rise, rising, arise, go up, uprise, move up, lift, come upfall(verb)
lose one's chastity
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
ascension, rising, rise, ascent, lift, go up, come up, uprise, arise, move upfall(verb)
to be given by right or inheritance
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
ascension, rise, ascent, rising, move up, come up, arise, uprise, go up, liftaccrue, fall(verb)
come into the possession of
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shine, go down, accrue, diminish, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, pass, descend, come, return, light, fall, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, rising, uprise, move up, arise, come up, go up, liftfall, light(verb)
fall to somebody by assignment or lot
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fall, unhorse, ignite, shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, dismount, perch, diminish, precipitate, settle, get off, lessen, get down, alight, light up, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, illumine, illuminate, hang, fire up, decrease, illume, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, rising, come up, lift, move up, go up, arise, uprisefall, return, pass, devolve(verb)
be inherited by
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hang, run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, riposte, top, diminish, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, pass off, recall, snuff it, excrete, reach, go, spend, communicate, slide by, accrue, hand, drop, cash in one's chips, legislate, happen, render, exit, authorise, exceed, return, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, pass on, egest, deliver, transcend, blow over, make it, authorize, pop off, fleet, regress, reelect, devolve, lessen, come back, light, flow, retrovert, give, fall out, hap, slip by, strike, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, fade, descend, give-up the ghost, repay, decrease, rejoin, take place, generate, lead, bring back, expire, overhaul, refund, go through, hark back, revert, retort, come about, degenerate, choke, turn over, turn back, overtake, come down, glide by, extend, fall down, precipitate, die, fall, pass, pass by, shine, clear, decease, conk, travel by, buy the farm, take back, go down, pass along, come, go across, go along, surpass, guide, settle, yield, kick the bucket, deteriorate, give backAntonyms:
ascent, rise, rising, ascension, move up, lift, uprise, come up, go up, arisefall(verb)
slope downward
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, uprise, lift, come up, move up, arise, go upfall, fall down(verb)
lose an upright position suddenly
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, fall, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise, come upfall(verb)
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, rising, move up, lift, arise, come up, go up, uprisehang, fall, flow(verb)
fall or flow in a certain way
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accrue, menstruate, shine, go down, feed, diminish, come down, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, string up, advert, light, lessen, run, cling, attend, pass, descend, come, fall, hang, return, hang up, give ear, flux, pay heed, decrease, course, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, come up, uprise, go up, lift, move up, arisefall(verb)
assume a disappointed or sad expression
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, go up, come up, arise, lift, move up, uprisefall(verb)
be cast down
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, rising, go up, move up, uprise, arise, lift, come upfall(verb)
come out; issue
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, lift, arise, come up, go up, move up, uprisefall(verb)
be born, used chiefly of lambs
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, move up, go up, lift, arise, uprise, come upfall(verb)
begin vigorously
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rise, ascension, rising, ascent, uprise, lift, arise, go up, come up, move upfall(verb)
go as if by falling
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shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, devolve, diminish, precipitate, settle, lessen, pass, descend, come, return, flow, light, hang, decrease, fall downAntonyms:
rising, ascension, rise, ascent, lift, arise, go up, move up, uprise, come upfall, descend, settle(verb)
come as if by falling
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settle, descend, fall down, lessen, deign, decrease, make up, patch up, return, sink, settle down, go down, square off, flow, precipitate, strike, subside, come down, root, determine, devolve, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, pass, conciliate, shine, adjudicate, accrue, decide, diminish, derive, square up, hang, resolve, locate, come, nail down, condescend, finalize, light, take rootAntonyms:
rise, ascension, ascent, rising, uprise, go up, lift, arise, come up, move up
Wiktionary
fall(verb)
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cut down, beat, overthrow, strike down, drop, smite, dip, defeat, knock over, vanquish, fell, knock downfall(verb)
To become.Synonyms:
smite, overthrow, responsibility, cut down, knock over, up to, defeat, fell, descend, come down, die, dip, knock down, beat, become, get, strike down, drop, plunge, prostrate, lower, vanquish, plummetAntonyms:
stand up, overthrow, get up, vanquish, go, smite, defeat, beat, rise, pick up, ascendfall(noun)
To cause something to descend to the ground (to drop it); especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down (felling it).Synonyms:
plummet, beat, responsibility, strike down, dip, die, descend, vanquish, smite, lower, come down, overthrow, drop, cut down, up to, get, knock over, knock down, prostrate, plunge, become, fell, defeatAntonyms:
ascend, get up, beat, vanquish, stand up, overthrow, rise, defeat, smite, pick up, gofall(noun)
To cause something to descend to the ground (to drop it); especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down (felling it).Synonyms:
autumnfall(noun)
To cause something to descend to the ground (to drop it); especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down (felling it).Synonyms:
rapfall(noun)
The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.Synonyms:
drop, descent, cut down, smite, defeat, prostrate, beat, strike down, knock down, descend, die, fell, overthrow, knock over, up to, come down, lower, plunge, vanquish, plummet, get, dip, responsibility, becomeAntonyms:
ascent, rise, vanquish, ascend, stand up, go, get up, defeat, pick up, beat, smite, overthrowfall(noun)
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox in late September to the winter solstice in late December.Synonyms:
decrease, dip, reduction, drop, lowering, responsibility, plummet, up to, get, vanquish, prostrate, overthrow, defeat, knock down, become, cut down, plunge, descend, knock over, come down, beat, lower, die, smite, fell, strike downAntonyms:
increase, rise, smite, defeat, beat, pick up, go, ascend, stand up, overthrow, vanquish, get upfall(noun)
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.Synonyms:
beat, become, descend, strike down, fell, die, cut down, plummet, come down, drop, dip, knock over, smite, up to, prostrate, knock down, vanquish, responsibility, get, lower, overthrow, plunge, defeatAntonyms:
rise, defeat, stand up, vanquish, smite, go, beat, pick up, get up, overthrow, ascendfall(noun)
To be brought to the ground.Synonyms:
downfall, descend, knock over, vanquish, become, plunge, drop, dip, smite, beat, strike down, plummet, responsibility, up to, overthrow, defeat, cut down, fell, get, die, prostrate, knock down, come down, lowerAntonyms:
ascent, rise, get up, smite, ascend, beat, defeat, pick up, go, vanquish, overthrow, stand upfall(noun)
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.Synonyms:
get, defeat, prostrate, plummet, drop, vanquish, beat, fell, knock over, knock down, cut down, strike down, dip, smite, responsibility, plunge, lower, come down, overthrow, descend, up to, die, becomeAntonyms:
pick up, beat, defeat, smite, stand up, rise, vanquish, ascend, get up, overthrow, gofall(noun)
To die, especially in battle.Synonyms:
plunge, get, smite, dip, up to, strike down, cut down, fell, responsibility, lower, descend, prostrate, defeat, drop, vanquish, knock down, plummet, knock over, become, come down, overthrow, die, beatAntonyms:
smite, pick up, stand up, vanquish, beat, ascend, go, overthrow, defeat, rise, get upfall(noun)
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance or fate.Synonyms:
dip, vanquish, plummet, cut down, beat, defeat, descend, become, drop, get, plunge, strike down, die, fell, responsibility, come down, knock down, overthrow, lower, up to, prostrate, smite, knock overAntonyms:
vanquish, overthrow, get up, rise, smite, pick up, defeat, go, beat, stand up, ascendfall(noun)
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc).Synonyms:
strike down, responsibility, lower, descend, vanquish, smite, die, plummet, fell, up to, get, drop, knock over, come down, beat, prostrate, become, cut down, dip, overthrow, knock down, defeat, plungeAntonyms:
go, stand up, overthrow, defeat, smite, ascend, pick up, vanquish, get up, beat, risefall(verb)
To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively .Synonyms:
knock down, drop, strike down, cut down, fell, die, up to, plunge, beat, get, prostrate, dip, come down, vanquish, descend, become, knock over, overthrow, plummet, defeat, lower, responsibility, smiteAntonyms:
ascend, overthrow, stand up, beat, vanquish, smite, get up, defeat, pick up, rise, go
English Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
fall
A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident (compare synonyms for ACCIDENT). An incident happens or occurs; something external or actual happens to one; a thought or fancy occurs to him. Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! One event supervenes upon another event, one disease upon another, etc. ["Transpire," in the sense of happen, is not authorized by good usage: a thing that has happened is properly said to transpire when it becomes known.]
Synonyms:
bechance, befall, betide, chance, come to pass, fall out, happen, occur, supervene, take placePreposition:
An event happens to a person; a person happens on or upon a fact, discovery, etc.
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