Fall synonyms

Fall synonyms such as fall from grace, cascade, descend, collapse, cave in, cheapen, be conquered by, be a casualty, become, appear, collapse, declivity, crash, acquiescence, backsliding, and error. Fall is a verb, and its antonyms are rise and get up. Additionally, here are 226 synonyms and nearby words for fall as well as words beginning with F, and Fa.

226 synonyms for fall

1. plummet

cascade
come down
descend
dive
drop
drop down
go down
gravitate
nosedive
pitch
plummet
plunge
sink
tumble

2. slope

decline
descend
dip
drop
drop away
go down
incline downwards
plunge
sink
slant down
slope
slope down
tilt downwards

3. tumble over

come a cropper
cowp
fall down
fall headlong
fall in a heap
fall over
go end over end
go for six
go head over heels
go headlong
keel over
measure one's length
pitch forward
slide
slip
stagger
stumble
take a spill
topple over
trip over
tumble over

4. subside

cave in
come down about one's ears
crash in
crumble
crumple
disintegrate
fall down
fall to pieces
give way
sag
sink inwards
slump
subside

5. diminish

cheapen
crash
decline
decline in price
decrease
decrease in value
depreciate
devalue
diminish
drop off
dwindle
fall off
fall off a cliff
go down
go downhill
go into a tailspin
go through the floor
grow less
hit the floor
lessen
lose value
nosedive
plummet
plunge
sink
slump
take a header
take a nosedive

6. submit

be conquered by
be defeated by
be overcome by
be overthrown by
be overwhelmed by
be taken by
capitulate
fall victim to
give in
give up
give way
lose one's position to
pass into the hands of
submit
succumb
surrender
yield

7. perish

be a casualty
be a fatality
be killed
be lost
be slain
bite the big one
bite the dust
buy it
croak
decease
die
drop dead
lose one's life
meet one's death
meet one's end
peg out
perish
snuff it

8. become

come/get to be
conk out
crash
crash out
doze off
drift off
drop off
flake out
go off
go out like a light
go to sleep
grow
nod off
sack out
zone out

9. happen

appear
arise
come
come about
come to pass
materialize
occur
take place

10. tumble

cropper
header
nosedive
slip
spill
stumble
topple
tumble

11. declivity

declivity
descent
downgrade
downward slant
downward slope
slope

12. drop

crash
cut
decline
decrease
deterioration
diminishing
dip
downswing
drop
dropping off
dwindling
fall-off
lessening
let-up
lowering
nosedive
plummet
plunge
reduction
slump

13. ruination

acquiescence
capitulation
decline
defeat
degeneration
demise
deterioration
giving in
laying down of arms
overthrow
resignation
ruination
submission
succumbing
surrender
surrendering
yielding

14. sinning

backsliding
error
fall from grace
lapse
offence
original sin
sin
sinning
transgression
wrongdoing
yielding to temptation

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