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Synonyms for drop-off

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

flake out taper off drop away

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Fall asleep — to fall asleep

fall asleep, nod off, get off, doze off, drift off, go to sleep, flake out, sack out slang, dope off slang

2. Fall away — to lessen or reduce

fall away, dwindle, taper off, abate

3. Drop away

drop away, fall behind, unload, slip, set down, discharge, recede

Noun

1. Step-off — A decrease; especially, a sudden one

fall-off, step-off

2. Drop

drop, cliff

3. Decrease

decrease, lessening

4. Slack

slack, slump

Other

put-down, fall-back

Antonyms

awake, pick-up

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To fall asleep.

    After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.

  2. v. 2

    To lessen or reduce.

    Near-synonyms: taper off, dwindle

  3. n. 1

    A decrease; especially, a sudden one.

    There has been an unexplained drop-off in sales this quarter.

  4. n. 2

    A sudden downward slope or cliff.

Related words

Other spellings
drop off dropoff

Forms

Plural
drop-offs → fall-offs, step-offs, drops, cliffs…

By length

4 letters
drop1, slip1
5 letters
cliff1, slack1, slump1, abate2
6 letters
unload2, recede2
7 letters
dwindle2
8 letters
decrease2
9 letters
discharge2, lessening3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abate2 = 2 syllables).