Word Type

Adjective

Verb

Noun

The word "falling" can be used as adjective, verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

rising

Capable Of

hurt hurts

Causes

being laughed at broken bones bruised ego can hurt yourself conformity to gravity contact with damaging body extensive bruising getting hurt getting up going down gravity kicks in hitting ground injuries injury lacerations landing pain reaching ground skin knee skinning knees

Derived Terms

deviation of a falling body downfalling downfalling everfalling falling action falling asleep falling axe falling band falling collar falling diphthong falling dunes falling factorial falling film evaporator falling front or back falling houses falling knife falling leaf falling limb falling number falling of the leaf falling of the womb falling palate falling rhythm falling rope falling ruff falling saw falling scream falling sequential product falling sickness falling sickness falling sphere falling star falling stone falling tide falling tone falling weather falling weather falling wedge falling weight deflectometer falling-disease falling-door falling-evil falling-gate falling-hinge falling-ill falling-in falling-mold falling-off falling-off falling-rising falling-short falling-sluice fallingly in-falling infalling intelligent falling off-falling outfalling rising-falling shortfalling tear-falling unfalling wall-falling

Inflected/Variant Forms

fall

Prerequisites

free space under gravity having no sold support below losing balance losing ballance use of gravity

Subevents

accelerate air rushing past anticipate results attempt to stay erect become object of attention become object of concern become object of embarassment become object of laughter become object of pity become object of ridicule become object of sadness become object of study become scared break bone break fall buy accident insurance calculate trajectory call for help call for name call out cause else to fall chose landing spot close eyes communicate with mission control create spectacle decide what to protect decide who to protect deploy parachute do flip enjoy moment enjoy thrill enjoy view extend arms fear feel anger feel apprehension feel consternation feel embarassed feel embarrassed feel hurt feel joy feel off balance feel out of control feel scared feel shocked feel strange feel surprised feel wonder feel worry fight fight to keep balance find out why fling arms gain momentum gasp gather speed gather wits get bruise get hurt get paid for stunt get sprain giggle grab railing grasp for support grasp hand groan have mri have startled look hit hitting ground hold on to available hold on to shoulder in picture injury land land funny land in net land in ocean land in water land on ice land on snow land on wet floor land unconformtable laugh look down at ground look up at plane make adjustments in position make face miss things open parachute pray don't die protect head pull cord react quickly regain balance roll say ooops scrape elbow scrape knee scream see doctor for checkup seek control signal others strain against stumble take step to keep balance think quickly toss baby to safety tumble use voice use walker utter sounds utter warning warn others wave wave at crowd wear elbow pads wear helmet wear knee pads wear protective clothing wear protective glasses yell

Type Of (IsA)

falling process movement non periodic translation

Not Has Property

good

Receives Action

caused by gravitational forces caused by gravity

Related Terms

fall

Similar Terms

decreasing decreasing descending down down soft soft

Synonym Network

dropping

Used For

autumn leaves avoiding projectile demonstrating gravity drunks fools getting hurt jumping off cliff obeying law of gravity

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.