Down

//daʊn//

Synonyms for "down" (725 found)

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Closest matches (145)

depressed devour downcast downward fallen falling actively adown ailing air alkali flat all up with alluvial plain anthill backset bad barrow basin beard beat

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Noun(6 words)

boycock boydick dick birdie corey crank

Adjective(16 words)

atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless blue broken bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dark dejected depressed desolate

Verb(5 words)

belt down bolt down consume cut down demolish

Adjective(2 words)

blue depressed

Proper Noun(1 words)

county down

Strong matches (218)

despondent desponding destroy digest dip down discomfited discomfiture discouraged discouraging disheartened disheartening dispatch dispirited dispiriting dispose of disregard documented done done for done in

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dough down in mouth down pat down south downbend downbound downcome downcurve downfall downfalling downfield downflow downgoing downgrade downhearted downhill downiness downline downpour downright downrush downs downsinking downstairs downstream downstreet downtown downtrend downturn downward trend downwardly downwards downwith droop drooping droopy drop drop down drop off dropping drumlin dune dust earlier earnestly earthward eat eat up eiderdown ended enrolled entered ether faint faintish fairy fall fall down fall off feather feather bed feathers feeling awful feeling faint feeling low feeling something terrible fell fetch down filed filminess fine-grainedness fineness finish finished fixed flat flat country flatland flats flatten fleece floor floored floss flue fluff fluffiness foam foothills for real foundering froth fully fur fuzz fuzziness get away with get down go down go downhill goatee gossamer gossameriness grass veld grassland gravitate gravitation ground heartless heath hew hew down hill hillock hipped hors de combat hospitalized hummock hurdle hypochondriac hypochondriacal ignore ill imperial in a bad way in childbed in danger in hospital in low spirits in the depths in the doldrums in the dumps inclination indexed indisposed indubitable inferior ingest inoperative inscribed invalided

Adjective(27 words)

despondent disconsolate disgruntled disheartened dismal dispirited doleful dolesome down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downer downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum

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grief-stricken grieving heartsick heartsore heavy-hearted inconsolable infelicitous

Verb(4 words)

devour drink down fine-tune go through

Noun(15 words)

diddly ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong dinger dingus dirk dobber donger dork down feather fire hose fuckrod hot dog hot rod

Adjective(8 words)

dispirited down in the mouth down pat downcast downhearted downward gloomy grim

Adverb(3 words)

downward downwardly downwards

Related words (362)

Noun(38 words)

jamoke jimmy jing-jang johnson joint jonathan joystick junk kielbasa last chicken in the shop little man love tool meat meat rod middle leg nadir peenar penis percy pickle

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pile privy member purple-headed yogurt slinger rape tool schlong shmeat shvantz sucker super soaker tallywag thingy todger tonker tool toy vitamin d wingwang winky

Adjective(48 words)

jawfallen joyless kaput lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish maudlin melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful out of order out-of-service passionate

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john l h down kapok knob knock down knock over knoll laid low laid up lambasted lande languishing lathered lay level lay low lay out legal level lick licked lint

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liquidate llano logged lose altitude lour low low spirited low-spirited lower lowered lowest lowland lowlands lunar mare malice mare master mesa mesilla minuted molehill money down monticle monticule moor moorland mortally ill mote mound mow down nether not quite right of record off off color off-color official on call on demand on file on record on the books on the descendant on the downgrade on the skids open country oppressive out out of sorts outdo outdone over overborne overcome overmastered overmatched overpowered overridden overthrown overturn overturned overwhelmed pampa pampas panicked parachute pay-as-you-go peach fuzz peneplain pessimistic pile pillow pining pip pipe pitch plain plains plateau playa plummet plummeting plunge plunging plush pocket pocket the affront polish posted pounce pour down prairie precipitate prostrate pubescence pudding puff pull down put away put to rout putty rain rapids rase raze recorded refinement registered reversal reverse reverse of fortune rocky routed rubber ruined sagging salt flat salt marsh salt pan sand dune satin satininess savanna scattered scrag sebkha seedy send headlong seriously set setback setting settled severe check sick sick abed sick unto death sickish sickly side whiskers silenced silk silkiness sinking skinned skinned alive slack slay sluggish smoothness softness spiritless sponge spread eagle spread-eagle spume stampeded steppe stomach stoop straw strictly cash stubble subdued subjacent submerging subsiding suicidal supinate surmount surround swallow swallow an insult swansdown swell swoop table tableland take take down take in take off taken ill terminated thistledown through through-and-through throw throw down throwback thrown topple toss off tottering tree veld trend downward trimmed trip trounced tuck in tuft tumble tumbledown tundra turn aside provocation turn the other cheek under under the weather undone unwell upland upset vandyke vega veld velvet velvetiness waterfall wax weak weald weary of life whack down whelmed whipped whiskers wide open spaces wide-open spaces woebegone wold wool world weary world-weary worst worsted written down zephyr

Verb(16 words)

kill knock down land polish pop pound pour down pull down push down put down refine scull shoot down sink skol toss off

Adjective(3 words)

low low-spirited mastered

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

24 entries

ameliorate amend better defeat drink eat up finish get the better of hair highland hit imbibe improve meliorate overcome pip

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Antonyms

4 entries

across up

Synonyms

9 entries

depressed devour down in mouth down pat downward downwardly john l h down polish toss off

capable of

1 entries

fill pillow

coordinate

1 entries

over

defined as

1 entries

opposite of up

derived

435 entries

Abingdon Downs Alton Downs Ashley Down Barwon Downs Bedminster Down Branton Bridgeman Downs Bulloo Downs Carnon Downs Carrum Downs Christie Downs Clifton Down Crawley Down Darling Downs Dorset Down Down St Mary

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distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

dune town

has context

20 entries

academia american football aviation baseball botany compare down pat crosswords following noun modified imperative intensifier ireland military north america pocket billiards police rail transport

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is a

9 entries

direction feather hair highland landscape mood semisolid soft feather from goose turn

manner of

2 entries

get better of strike

related to

72 entries

adjective below cambridge de emphasis deal with defeat depressed descend descending direction down payment down's syndrome downer downwards duvet elapsed

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similar

30 entries

behind dejected descending downbound downcast downfield downward fallen falling

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Translations

494 translations across 92 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

ndër adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κάτω adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
λάχνη noun (soft, immature feathers)
μνοῦς noun (soft, immature feathers)
ἴουλος noun (soft hair of the face)

Arabic

4 entries

تَحْت adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
تَحْتَ adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
زَغَب noun (soft, immature feathers)
زَغَب noun (the pubescence of plants)

Armenian

2 entries

աղվամազ noun (soft, immature feathers)
բմբուլ noun (soft, immature feathers)

Aromanian

1 entries

dighios adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Asturian

3 entries

abaxo adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
afuera adv (away from the city)
fuera adv (into a state of non-operation)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

aşağı adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
aşağıya adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Bashkir

3 entries

аҫҡа adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
түбән adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
мамыҡ noun (soft, immature feathers)

Belarusian

2 entries

ўніз adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
уні́з prep (from one end to another)

Breton

3 entries

dum noun (soft, immature feathers)
marblev noun (soft hair of the face)
marbluñv noun (soft, immature feathers)

Bulgarian

4 entries

надолу adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
юг adv (to the south)
мъх noun (soft, immature feathers)
пух noun (soft, immature feathers)

Catalan

4 entries

baix adj (on a lower level than before)
deprimit adj (depressed)
moix adj (depressed)
al sud adv (to the south)

Chechen

1 entries

охьа adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

下 adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
羽絨 /羽绒 noun (soft, immature feathers)

Cornish

3 entries

war-nans adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
goon noun (hill, rolling grassland)
manbluv noun (soft, immature feathers)

Czech

4 entries

dole adv (to the south)
dolů adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dolů adv (to the south)
ven adv (away from the city)

Danish

4 entries

aftagende adj (on a lower level than before)
deprimeret adj (depressed)
langt nede adj (depressed)
lav adj (on a lower level than before)

Dutch

4 entries

depressief adj (depressed)
depri adj (depressed)
down adj (depressed)
laag adj (on a lower level than before)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

ававун noun (soft, immature feathers)

Esperanto

4 entries

malsupra adj (on a lower level than before)
suba adj (on a lower level than before)
malsupren adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
malurben adv (away from the city)

Evenki

1 entries

хэргиски adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Faroese

2 entries

niður adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
oman adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Fijian

1 entries

ra adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Finnish

4 entries

alakuloinen adj (depressed)
alempana adj (on a lower level than before)
alempana adj (having a lower score)
alhaalla adj (inoperable; out of service)

French

4 entries

HS adj (inoperable; out of service)
dépressif adj (depressed)
hors-service adj (inoperable; out of service)
couché adv (sentence substitute for "get down")

Friulian

1 entries

jù adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Galician

4 entries

baixo adj (on a lower level than before)
triste adj (depressed)
abaixo adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
abaixo adv (to the south)

Georgian

2 entries

ღინღლი noun (soft, immature feathers)
ღინღლი noun (soft hair of the face)

German

4 entries

down adj (depressed)
unten adj (on a lower level than before)
geradeaus adv (forward, straight ahead)
herunter adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Greek

4 entries

κάτω adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
λοφάκι noun (hill, rolling grassland)
πούπουλα noun (soft, immature feathers)
χνούδι noun (soft hair of the face)

Greenlandic

1 entries

qivioq noun (soft, immature feathers)

Hawaiian

2 entries

heu noun (soft, immature feathers)
heu noun (the pubescence of plants)

Hebrew

2 entries

מַטָּה adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
מאונך adv (in crosswords)

Hindi

3 entries

तह adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
नीचे adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
मैदान noun (field, especially for racing)

Hungarian

4 entries

nem működik adj (inoperable; out of service)
nem üzemel adj (inoperable; out of service)
pikkel adj (negative or hostile to)
üzemen kívül van adj (inoperable; out of service)

Icelandic

2 entries

niður adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dúnn noun (soft, immature feathers)

Irish

4 entries

anuas adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
suas adv (to the south)
síos adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
Contae an Dúin name (county in Northern Ireland)

Italian

4 entries

abbasso adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
giù adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
giù adv (sentence substitute for "get down")
piumino noun (soft, immature feathers)

Japanese

4 entries

下に adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
下りの adv (away from principal terminus in railroads)
南に adv (to the south)
ダウン noun (soft, immature feathers)

Khmer

2 entries

ចុះ adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
ចុះ prep (from one end to another)

Korean

4 entries

멈춘 adj (inoperable; out of service)
꺼져 adv (into a state of non-operation)
남쪽으로 adv (to the south)
내려가다 adv (away from the city)

Lao

1 entries

ລົງ adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Latin

4 entries

deorsum adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
pessum adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
lānūgō noun (the pubescence of plants)
lānūgō noun (soft hair of the face)

Latvian

3 entries

lejup adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
lejā adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
uz leju adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Lombard

1 entries

giò adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Low German

1 entries

dal adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Macedonian

4 entries

намален adj (on a lower level than before)
потиштен adj (depressed)
тажен adj (depressed)
на југ adv (to the south)

Malay

3 entries

murung adj (depressed)
sedih adj (depressed)
teguk verb (to drink or swallow)

Malayalam

1 entries

താഴെ adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Maltese

3 entries

baxx adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
isfel adv (to the south)
’l isfel adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Manx

2 entries

neose adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
sheese adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Marathi

1 entries

खाली adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Māori

4 entries

iho adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
ki raro adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
pakaru adv (into a state of non-operation)
tonga adv (to the south)

Navajo

1 entries

yaago adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

jêr adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
xwarê adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dabelandin verb (to drink or swallow)
dabelîn verb (to drink or swallow)

Norwegian

1 entries

ned adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

loddrett adv (in crosswords)
dun noun (soft, immature feathers)
dun noun (the pubescence of plants)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

loddrett adv (in crosswords)
dun noun (soft, immature feathers)
dun noun (the pubescence of plants)

Occitan

1 entries

aval adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Old English

1 entries

niþer adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

آشاغی adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
توی noun (soft, immature feathers)

Persian

2 entries

پایین adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
میدان noun (field, especially for racing)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

rauf adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Polabian

2 entries

ai zimă adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
ardol adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Polish

4 entries

na dół adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
pionowo adv (in crosswords)
w dół adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
puch noun (soft, immature feathers)

Portuguese

4 entries

baixo adj (on a lower level than before)
borocoxô adj (depressed)
deprimido adj (depressed)
em baixo adj (inoperable; out of service)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਹੇਠਾਂ adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Romani

1 entries

tele adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Romanian

4 entries

căzut adj (depressed)
deprimat adj (depressed)
jos adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
la sud adv (to the south)

Russian

4 entries

лежащий adj (inoperable; out of service)
печа́льный adj (depressed)
пода́вленный adj (depressed)
снижа́ющийся adj (on a lower level than before)

Scots

4 entries

dowie adj (depressed)
doon adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
doon adv (to the south)
doon adv (into a state of non-operation)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

a-bhuas adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
a-bhàn adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
a-mach adv (away from the city)
a-nuas adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

наискап verb (to drink or swallow)

Slovak

2 entries

dolu adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
páperie noun (soft, immature feathers)

Slovene

4 entries

južno adv (to the south)
spodaj adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
puh noun (soft, immature feathers)
dôl prep (from one end to another)

Spanish

4 entries

apeteciente adj (comfortable with)
deprimido adj (depressed)
dispuesto adj (comfortable with)
que tiene gana adj (comfortable with)

Swahili

3 entries

chini adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
chini adv (into a state of non-operation)
chini adv (sentence substitute for "get down")

Swedish

4 entries

nere adj (depressed)
lodrätt adv (in crosswords)
ned adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
ner adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Thai

4 entries

ต่ำ adj (on a lower level than before)
ลง adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
ขนอุย noun (soft, immature feathers)
ลง prep (from one end to another)

Tibetan

1 entries

བྱ་སྤུ noun (soft, immature feathers)

Turkish

4 entries

ayva tüyü noun (soft hair of the face)
kuş tüyü noun (soft, immature feathers)
pufla noun (soft, immature feathers)
tüy noun (soft, immature feathers)

Tày

2 entries

khuôn buốt noun (soft, immature feathers)
khuôn búa noun (soft, immature feathers)

Ukrainian

4 entries

журбе́нний adj (depressed)
журни́й adj (depressed)
зажу́рений adj (depressed)
зла́маний adj (inoperable; out of service)

Urdu

1 entries

نیچے adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Venetan

4 entries

abaso adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dabas adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dabaso adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
dho adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Vietnamese

3 entries

vào adv (to the south)
xuống adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)
cạn verb (to drink or swallow)

Volapük

1 entries

daun noun (soft, immature feathers)

Welsh

4 entries

blewiach noun (soft hair of the face)
goflew noun (the pubescence of plants)
manblu noun (soft, immature feathers)
manflew noun (the pubescence of plants)

West-Frisian

1 entries

del adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Yakut

1 entries

аллара adv (from a high to a low position, downwards)

Yiddish

1 entries

דורך prep (from one end to another)

Sample sentences

137 total sentences available.

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The wind calmed down.

Source: tatoeba (1771)

Put your hands down!

Source: tatoeba (2306)

You shouldn't look down on him.

Source: tatoeba (15798)

You can rely on him. He never lets you down.

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