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Descend

//dɪˈsɛnd//

Synonyms for "descend" (161 found)

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Informal (59)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

run pitch attack crash slant

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

set go head lead lean budge

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(13 words)

drop get shift dip stir plunge shower spin dive whirl slump wane swoop

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(18 words)

rise bank settle sink stem tip circle land rake tumble tilt ditch swag rot cascade shelve parachute pancake

Verb, slang(11 words)

go down come in back up subside go around get over get down drop off come down talk down disimprove

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (102)

Verb(36 words)

fall settle come go down succeed disintegrate pass on come down worsen tend ascend deteriorate derive invade settle down condescend submerge fall away vouchsafe go round

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go downhill gravitate devolve fall down deign move over descend on change place drop down touch down pour down level off crash-land change hands lose face lose caste

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

advance precipitate degenerate ebb

Noun, verb(22 words)

move flow change decline lapse collapse grade travel assault stoop incline climb pounce regress uprise plummet keel fall off careen overshoot

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retrogress climb down

Name, noun, verb(10 words)

list mount stream progress retreat sway rain sidle cataract soar

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, verb(2 words)

Adj, verb(3 words)

rotate gyrate derogate

pounce upon swoop down upon go sideways pounce on swoop down on go uphill lose altitude tend to go dip down trend downward lower oneself change ownership be shamed fall into disrepute incur discredit incur disesteem incur disgrace lose countenance lose credit

Adverb(1 words)

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