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Synonyms of fall in English:
fall
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verb
1‘bombers screamed above and bombs began to fall’
SYNONYMS
drop, drop down, plummet, descend, come down, go down, plunge, sink, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch
cascade
technical gravitate
ANTONYMS
rise
2‘he lost his balance and fell’
SYNONYMS
topple over, tumble over, keel over, fall down, fall over, go head over heels, go end over end, fall headlong, go headlong, collapse, fall in a heap, take a spill, pitch forward
trip, trip over, stumble, stagger, slip, slide
Scottish, Northern Irish cowp
informal come a cropper, go for six
dated measure one's length
ANTONYMS
get up
3‘little by little, the river began to fall’
SYNONYMS
subside, recede, ebb, fall back, flow back, fall away, go down, get lower, sink
abate, settle
rare retrocede
ANTONYMS
rise, flood
4‘inflation is expected to fall’
SYNONYMS
decrease, decline, diminish, fall off, drop off, go down, grow less, lessen, dwindle
plummet, plunge, slump, sink, fall off a cliff
depreciate, decrease in value, lose value, decline in price, cheapen, devalue
informal hit the floor, go through the floor, nosedive, take a nosedive, take a header, go into a tailspin, crash
ANTONYMS
rise, increase
5‘the Mogul empire fell several centuries later’
SYNONYMS
decline, deteriorate, degenerate, go downhill, go to rack and ruin
die, decay, atrophy, wither, fade, fail
informal go to the dogs, go to pot, hit the skids, go down the toilet, go down the tubes
Australian, New Zealand informal go to the pack
rare retrograde
ANTONYMS
flourish
6‘a monument to those who fell in the Civil War’
SYNONYMS
die, be killed, be slain, be a casualty, be a fatality, be lost, lose one's life, perish, drop dead, meet one's end, meet one's death
informal bite the dust, croak, buy it
British informal snuff it, peg out
North American informal bite the big one
archaic decease
7‘the town fell to the barbarians’
SYNONYMS
surrender, yield, submit, give in, give up, give way, capitulate, succumb
be overthrown by, be taken by, be defeated by, be conquered by, be overcome by, be overwhelmed by, lose one's position to, pass into the hands of, fall victim to
ANTONYMS
resist
8‘Easter falls on 23rd April’
SYNONYMS
occur, take place, happen, come about, come to pass
9‘he waited for night to fall’
SYNONYMS
come, arrive, appear, occur, arise, materialize
10‘my grandmother fell ill’
SYNONYMS
become, come to be, get to be, grow, get, turn
11‘more of the domestic tasks may fall to him’
SYNONYMS
be the responsibility of, be the duty of, be borne by, be one's job, be one's task
come someone's way
noun
1‘he had an accidental fall’
SYNONYMS
tumble, trip, spill, topple, stumble, slip
collapse
informal nosedive, header, cropper
2‘September's reports showed a fall in sales’
SYNONYMS
decline, fall-off, drop, dropping off, decrease, cut, lessening, lowering, dip, diminishing, dwindling, reduction, plummet, plunge, slump, deterioration, downswing
informal nosedive, crash, let-up
ANTONYMS
increase
3‘the fall of the Roman Empire’
SYNONYMS
downfall, ruin, ruination, collapse, failure, decline, deterioration, degeneration, destruction, overthrow, demise
ANTONYMS
rise
4‘the fall of the city to the enemy’
SYNONYMS
surrender, surrendering, capitulation, yielding, giving in, submission, acquiescence, succumbing, resignation, laying down of arms
defeat
5‘there is a fall of some fifty feet down to the ocean’
SYNONYMS
descent, declivity, slope, downward slope, downward slant, incline
North American downgrade
ANTONYMS
ascent
6‘the Fall of Man’
SYNONYMS
Christian Church sin, sinning, wrongdoing, transgression, error, yielding to temptation, offence, lapse, fall from grace, backsliding
original sin
7falls‘they went on rafting trips below the falls’
SYNONYMS
waterfall, cascade, cataract, chute, torrent
rapids, white water
Northern English force
Scottish archaic linn
Phrases
- fall out
1‘let's not fall out over silly things’
SYNONYMS
quarrel, argue, row, fight, have a row, have a fight, squabble, bicker, have words, disagree, differ, have a difference of opinion, have a disagreement, be at odds, clash, wrangle, get into conflict, get into a dispute, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads, be at each other's throats
informal scrap, argufy, go at it hammer and tongs, argy-bargy
archaic altercate, chop logic
Scottish archaic threap
ANTONYMS
make up
2‘the soldier fell out without permission’
SYNONYMS
move out of formation, move out of line, get out of line, get out of formation
stand at ease
ANTONYMS
fall in
3‘it fell out that we lost’
SYNONYMS
happen, occur, come about, take place, turn out, chance, arise, befall, result
1‘she walked so fast that the others soon fell behind’
SYNONYMS
lag, lag behind, trail, trail behind, be left behind, fall back, drop back, not keep up, lose one's place, not keep pace, bring up the rear
straggle, dally, dawdle, hang back, drag one's feet, take one's time
ANTONYMS
overtake
2‘customers fell behind on their payments’
SYNONYMS
get into debt, get into arrears, default, be in the red, be late, be overdue
not keep up with
ANTONYMS
be up to date
‘you can always fall back on the support of relatives’
SYNONYMS
resort to, turn to, look to, call on, call into play, call into action, call into service, press into service, have recourse to, make use of, use, employ
rely on, depend on, lean on
1‘the roof of our house fell in’
SYNONYMS
collapse, cave in, come down about one's ears, crash in, fall down
subside, sag, slump, sink inwards
give way, crumple, crumble, disintegrate, fall to pieces
ANTONYMS
hold up
2‘he ordered his troops to fall in’
SYNONYMS
get in formation, get in line, line up, take one's position, get in order, get into columns, get into rows
Military dress
British informal form a crocodile
ANTONYMS
fall out
‘the results fall short of what was expected’
SYNONYMS
fail to meet, fail to reach, fail to live up to
be deficient, be inadequate, be insufficient, be wanting, be lacking, disappoint, fail, fail to live up to one's expectations
informal not come up to scratch
ANTONYMS
measure up, measure up to
1‘she fell for a younger man’
SYNONYMS
fall in love with, become infatuated with, lose one's heart to, take a liking to, take a fancy to, be smitten by, be attracted to, desire
informal fancy, be turned on by, have the hots for
2‘Jenkins is far too astute to fall for that trick’
SYNONYMS
be deceived by, be duped by, be fooled by, be taken in by, accept, believe, trust, be convinced by, have confidence in
informal go for, buy, swallow, swallow something hook, line, and sinker, take something as gospel
1‘the army fell on the besiegers’
SYNONYMS
attack, assail, assault, make an assault on, fly at, let fly at, launch oneself at, pounce upon, set upon, ambush, surprise, accost, rush, storm, charge
informal jump, lay into, lace into, tear into, sail into, pitch into, get stuck into, let someone have it, beat someone up
British informal set about, have a go at
North American informal light into
2‘the cost should not fall on the students’
SYNONYMS
be borne by, be carried by, be the responsibility of, be paid by
‘unfortunately the deal fell through’
SYNONYMS
fail, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, come to naught, fail to happen, miscarry, abort, go awry, be frustrated, collapse, founder, come to grief
come to a halt, grind to a halt, end, terminate
informal fizzle out, flop, fold, come a cropper, blow up in someone's face, go down like a lead balloon
ANTONYMS
succeed
‘Claire tried not to fall asleep’
SYNONYMS
doze off, drop off, go to sleep
informal nod off, go off, drift off, crash, crash out, flake out, conk out, go out like a light
North American informal sack out, zone out
ANTONYMS
stay awake, wake up
1‘my boots fell apart’
SYNONYMS
fall to pieces, come to pieces, fall to bits, come to bits, come apart, come apart at the seams
disintegrate, fragment, break up, break apart, crumble, dissolve, degenerate, decay, moulder, perish
go downhill, go to rack and ruin
informal bust
ANTONYMS
remain intact
2‘I was gentle with him when he fell apart’
SYNONYMS
break down, have a breakdown, go to pieces, fall to pieces, lose control, lose one's self-control, crumble
informal crack up, freak, freak out
1‘it was at this point that everything began to fall into place’
SYNONYMS
become clear, come home to one, make sense, dawn, register, get through, sink in
informal click
2‘almost miraculously, the pieces fell into place’
SYNONYMS
take shape, come together, take form, become definite
1‘I spin round and round till I fall down’
SYNONYMS
fall over, fall, topple over, tumble down, keel over, collapse, fall in a heap, trip, take a spill, stumble, stagger
informal come a cropper, go for six
dated measure one's length
2‘the federation fell down in some areas’
SYNONYMS
fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, not make the grade, not come up to expectations, fall short, fall flat, disappoint
miss the mark, run aground, go astray, suffer defeat
informal come a cropper, flop
ANTONYMS
come through, succeed
‘I didn't know whether to get angry or fall about laughing’
SYNONYMS
guffaw, chuckle, chortle, cackle, howl, roar, ha-ha, hoot with laughter, roar with laughter, shake with laughter, be convulsed with laughter, dissolve into laughter, split one's sides, be doubled up
be in stitches, die laughing, be rolling in the aisles, bust a gut, break up, be creased up, crease up, crack up
British fall about, laugh like a drain
‘the force of her blow caused him to fall back’
SYNONYMS
retreat, withdraw, back off, draw back, pull back, pull away, move away, retire, pull out
turn tail, flee, take flight, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat
ANTONYMS
advance
‘the ground fell away abruptly’
SYNONYMS
slope down, slope, slant down, go down, incline downwards, tilt downwards, drop away, drop, descend, dip, sink, plunge
rare decline
ANTONYMS
rise
‘the amount of container shipping has fallen off’
SYNONYMS
decrease, decline, diminish, drop off, go down, go downhill, grow less, lessen, dwindle, plummet, plunge, fall off a cliff, slump, sink
informal hit the floor, go through the floor, nosedive, take a nosedive, take a header, go into a tailspin, crash
ANTONYMS
increase
1‘he fell in with a bad crowd’
SYNONYMS
get involved with, take up with, join up with, go around with, string along with, become friendly with, make friends with, strike up a friendship with, start seeing, make the acquaintance of
informal hang out with, hang about with, knock about with, knock around with
2‘he refused to fall in with their demands’
SYNONYMS
comply with, go along with, support, back, give one's backing to, cooperate with, act in accordance with, obey, yield to, submit to, bow to, defer to, adhere to, conform to
agree to, agree with, accept, assent to, concur with
ANTONYMS
disobey
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