Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Descent (Motion downwards)

Nouns
  • descent, descension, declension, declination
  • fall
  • falling etc. v.
  • slump
  • drop, plunge, plummet, cadence
  • subsidence, collapse, lapse
  • downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch
  • cropper, culbute
  • titubation, stumble
  • fate of Icarus. avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide. declivity, dip, hill. [equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.
Verbs
  • descend
  • go down, drop down, come down
  • fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle
  • plunge, plummet, crash
  • decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg
  • slump. dismount, alight, light, get down
  • swoop
  • stoop etc. Depression
  • fall prostrate, precipitate oneself
  • let fall etc. Depression. tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down
  • tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
Adjectives
  • descending etc. v.
  • descendent
  • decurrent, decursive
  • labent, deciduous
  • nodding to its fall.
Adverbs
  • downhill, downwards.
Phrases
  • the bottom fell out.