Synonyms for down
- adjective
- verb
- noun
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Low — sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low
low, low-spirited, blue, depressed, downcast, dejected, down-hearted, gloomy, bad, dispirited, dull, sad, miserable, unhappy, desolate, despondent, glum, disconsolate, forlorn, disheartened, grim, doleful
Other
Verb
2. Go through
3. Cut down
Noun
1. Fluff
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
Been down so long it seems like up to me
- v. 1
To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.
- n. 1
A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- adv. 1
From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
The cat jumped down from the table.
Related words
- Word family
- downlike downy
- Phrases
- put-down bring down take down cut down set down knock down lay down write-down
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We reason with a person about a subject, for or against an opinion; we reason a person into or out of a course of action; or we may reason down an opponent or opposition; one reasons from a cause to an effect.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- miserable Tom is sitting on a park bench, looking miserable.
- fallen A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
- fancy Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.
- descending China was descending further and further into decline.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| down | rising | |
| miserable | rising | |
| fallen | rising | |
| fancy | rising | |
| descending | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1, pop1, sad1
- 4 letters
- land1, blue1, kill1, sink1, pile1, dull1, grim1, fuzz1, glum1, skol
- 5 letters
- floor1, fancy2, pound1, fluff1, nadir2, scull1
- 6 letters
- fallen2, polish2, gloomy2, refine2, devour3
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, consume2, conquer2, forlorn2, doleful2
- 8 letters
- downward2, desolate3, demolish3, dejected3, downcast2
- 9 letters
- depressed2, miserable4, prostrate2
- 10 letters
- descending3, despondent3, dispirited4, downwardly3, pubescence
- 12 letters
- disheartened3, disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dépressif