1. (noun)down, down feather soft fine feathers Synonyms: down feather, down, pile Antonyms: leading, raised, high, skyward, upbound, heavenward, rising, upward, aweigh, in the lead, dormy, dormie, safe(p), sprouted, imperfect, ahead(p), up, operative, elated, risen, ascending(a), upfield, upwards, upwardly
2. (noun)down (American football) a complete play to advance the football Synonyms: down feather, pile Antonyms: ascending(a), operative, aweigh, safe(p), imperfect, ahead(p), skyward, upbound, heavenward, up, risen, in the lead, rising, elated, upfield, high, dormy, upward, raised, dormie, leading, sprouted, upwards, upwardly
3. (noun)Down, John L. H. Down English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) Synonyms: down feather, pile Antonyms: operative, in the lead, imperfect, heavenward, rising, ahead(p), elated, aweigh, high, upward, skyward, sprouted, upbound, upfield, safe(p), raised, risen, dormie, dormy, up, leading, ascending(a), upwardly, upwards
4. (noun)down (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil Synonyms: down feather, pile Antonyms: heavenward, risen, in the lead, dormie, high, ascending(a), rising, leading, upfield, imperfect, dormy, safe(p), operative, skyward, up, sprouted, upward, elated, raised, upbound, aweigh, ahead(p), upwards, upwardly
5. (adj)down, pile fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) Synonyms: tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, spate, muckle, big money, pile, chain reactor, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, voltaic pile, galvanic pile, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, mass, down feather, cumulus, cumulation, pot, agglomerate Antonyms: risen, heavenward, high, aweigh, ascending(a), ahead(p), upfield, upward, imperfect, sprouted, upbound, in the lead, raised, operative, leading, rising, dormy, skyward, elated, up, safe(p), dormie, upwardly, upwards
6. (adj)down being or moving lower in position or less in some value Synonyms: down(a), mastered, dispirited, low-spirited, downhearted, grim, gloomy, down in the mouth, downward(a), downcast, depressed, down pat(p), down(p), low, blue Antonyms: raised, up, risen, elated, upbound, dormie, aweigh, ahead(p), in the lead, dormy, upfield, operative, ascending(a), rising, leading, upward, skyward, high, sprouted, heavenward, imperfect, safe(p), upwardly, upwards
7. (adj)down(a), downward(a) extending or moving from a higher to a lower place Antonyms: safe(p), high, leading, up, raised, upfield, ahead(p), imperfect, in the lead, aweigh, upbound, dormie, sprouted, risen, operative, upward, heavenward, elated, skyward, ascending(a), dormy, rising, upwards, upwardly
9. (adj)down(p) being put out by a strikeout Antonyms: elated, upfield, risen, ascending(a), raised, heavenward, operative, skyward, high, leading, dormie, sprouted, safe(p), imperfect, ahead(p), in the lead, aweigh, dormy, rising, upbound, upward, up, upwardly, upwards
12. (adj)down shut Synonyms: down(a), mastered, dispirited, low-spirited, downhearted, grim, gloomy, down in the mouth, downward(a), downcast, depressed, down pat(p), down(p), low, blue Antonyms: raised, up, in the lead, ascending(a), aweigh, operative, sprouted, imperfect, safe(p), skyward, leading, ahead(p), upbound, risen, rising, elated, dormie, upfield, upward, heavenward, high, dormy, upwards, upwardly
13. (adj)down not functioning (temporarily or permanently) Synonyms: down(a), mastered, dispirited, low-spirited, downhearted, grim, gloomy, down in the mouth, downward(a), downcast, depressed, down pat(p), down(p), low, blue Antonyms: high, up, ascending(a), dormy, skyward, raised, aweigh, elated, in the lead, imperfect, ahead(p), upfield, dormie, leading, risen, sprouted, operative, safe(p), upward, rising, upbound, heavenward, upwardly, upwards
14. (verb)gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited filled with melancholy and despondency Antonyms: dormy, skyward, elated, upbound, heavenward, leading, in the lead, raised, safe(p), upfield, aweigh, imperfect, sprouted, rising, up, risen, ascending(a), upward, high, operative, dormie, ahead(p), upwardly, upwards
15. (verb)toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill drink down entirely Synonyms: land, start, fling off, vote down, pull down, pop up, push down, kill, go through, crop up, dash off, belt down, drink down, defeat, shoot down, cut down, pop out, scratch off, obliterate, toss off, bug out, stamp out, pour down, bolt down, wipe out, shovel in, down, refine, garbage down, gobble up, bulge, bulge out, pop, knock off, devour, fine-tune, knock down, protrude, come out, consume, vote out, polish Antonyms: dormie, upbound, in the lead, dormy, ascending(a), sprouted, raised, imperfect, elated, aweigh, skyward, up, upward, heavenward, risen, rising, leading, ahead(p), safe(p), upfield, operative, high, upwards, upwardly
16. (verb)devour, down, consume, go through eat immoderately Synonyms: land, take in, eat up, pull down, exhaust, ware, put through, eat, pass, push down, kill, go through, follow out, take, have, belt down, waste, use up, drink down, see, shoot down, cut down, ingest, go across, run through, toss off, pour down, follow up, follow through, squander, guttle, wipe out, carry out, down, bolt down, refine, raven, experience, pop, work through, devour, fine-tune, knock down, consume, pig, implement, deplete, polish Antonyms: rising, imperfect, sprouted, safe(p), dormie, upfield, aweigh, skyward, in the lead, dormy, elated, upbound, ahead(p), heavenward, high, operative, risen, ascending(a), leading, raised, upward, up, upwardly, upwards
17. (verb)down bring down or defeat (an opponent) Synonyms: refine, pour down, drink down, toss off, knock down, shoot down, fine-tune, polish, go through, kill, bolt down, pop, push down, belt down, land, consume, pull down, devour, cut down Antonyms: rising, in the lead, sprouted, upbound, risen, up, high, dormie, ascending(a), elated, aweigh, ahead(p), safe(p), leading, skyward, heavenward, imperfect, raised, upfield, upward, dormy, operative, upwards, upwardly
18. (verb)down, shoot down, land shoot at and force to come down Synonyms: vote out, refine, pour down, bring down, drink down, toss off, knock down, shoot down, fine-tune, polish, set down, buck, go through, put down, kill, bring, bolt down, pop, push down, belt down, tear, land, consume, pull down, charge, vote down, defeat, shoot, down, set ashore, devour, cut down, shore Antonyms: aweigh, skyward, imperfect, safe(p), operative, elated, heavenward, raised, sprouted, upfield, in the lead, dormy, ahead(p), dormie, upward, rising, risen, high, ascending(a), upbound, leading, up, upwards, upwardly
19. (verb)down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down cause to come or go down Synonyms: land, push down, bring down, pull down, coldcock, mow, raze, trim down, slash, tear down, deck, take down, go through, cut out, dismantle, cut, belt down, trim back, trim, floor, fell, fine-tune, shoot down, cut down, kill, reduce, toss off, pour down, level, bolt down, drink down, cut back, strike down, down, refine, drop, pop, devour, dump, knock down, consume, rase, polish, blast Antonyms: dormie, skyward, heavenward, upfield, safe(p), imperfect, leading, ascending(a), rising, upward, ahead(p), raised, high, risen, elated, up, dormy, in the lead, upbound, sprouted, operative, aweigh, upwardly, upwards
20. (adverb)polish, refine, fine-tune, down improve or perfect by pruning or polishing Synonyms: land, push down, pull down, polish up, round off, down, go through, elaborate, belt down, rarify, drink down, round, shoot down, cut down, complicate, kill, toss off, smoothen, calibrate, bolt down, rectify, shine, brush up, graduate, tweak, pour down, smooth, pop, devour, fine-tune, knock down, consume, polish, refine Antonyms: upbound, elated, dormy, rising, sprouted, raised, heavenward, ahead(p), aweigh, imperfect, risen, leading, upward, ascending(a), upfield, high, operative, dormie, in the lead, skyward, safe(p), up, upwardly, upwards
21. (adverb)down, downwards, downward, downwardly spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position Synonyms: down, downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: imperfect, high, operative, raised, in the lead, upfield, safe(p), up, elated, upbound, ahead(p), heavenward, risen, ascending(a), aweigh, rising, dormie, sprouted, skyward, dormy, leading, upward, upwards, upwardly
22. (adverb)down away from a more central or a more northerly place Synonyms: downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: upward, upbound, heavenward, ascending(a), rising, risen, elated, sprouted, up, imperfect, safe(p), leading, aweigh, dormie, skyward, high, upfield, ahead(p), operative, raised, dormy, in the lead, upwardly, upwards
23. (adverb)down paid in cash at time of purchase Synonyms: downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: high, upbound, upward, operative, sprouted, aweigh, ascending(a), skyward, in the lead, up, imperfect, heavenward, risen, raised, safe(p), upfield, dormy, leading, rising, dormie, elated, ahead(p), upwardly, upwards
24. (adverb)down from an earlier time Synonyms: downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: dormy, raised, sprouted, heavenward, ahead(p), upward, safe(p), leading, rising, risen, operative, upfield, high, skyward, dormie, upbound, aweigh, imperfect, ascending(a), up, elated, in the lead, upwards, upwardly
25. (adverb)down to a lower intensity Synonyms: downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: risen, upward, skyward, in the lead, leading, rising, ascending(a), dormy, ahead(p), sprouted, aweigh, upfield, high, safe(p), up, upbound, raised, imperfect, dormie, operative, elated, heavenward, upwardly, upwards
26. (adverb)down in an inactive or inoperative state Synonyms: downwardly, downward, downwards Antonyms: upward, elated, ascending(a), upfield, raised, safe(p), sprouted, aweigh, rising, ahead(p), upbound, imperfect, skyward, leading, heavenward, operative, dormy, in the lead, risen, dormie, high, up, upwards, upwardly
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'down'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. down To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in Synonyms: conquer, beat, humble, overthrow, subject, checkmate, master, prevail over, subjugate, crush, overcome, put down, surmount, defeat, overmaster, reduce, vanquish, discomfit, overmatch, rout, win, down, overpower, subdue, worst Antonyms: capitulate, fail, fly, lose, retire, submit, surrender, cede, fall, forfeit, resign, retreat, succumb, yield
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