What is another word for descend?
1270 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɛnd], [ dɪsˈɛnd], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d]
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Similar words for descend:
- alight (noun)
- come (noun)
- deign (noun)
- derive (noun)
- alight (verb)
- cascade (verb)
- change (verb)
- come down (verb)
- condescend (verb)
- degenerate (verb)
- demean (verb)
- derive from (verb)
- descend (verb)
- deteriorate (verb)
- disintegrate (verb)
- dismount (verb)
- drop (verb)
- follow (verb)
- get down (verb)
- get off (verb)
- glide (verb)
- go down (verb)
- gravitate (verb)
- lapse (verb)
- lower (verb)
- move down, lower a (verb)
- plummet (verb)
- plunge (verb)
- rot (verb)
- set (verb)
- settle (verb)
- sink (verb)
- slant (verb)
- slope (verb)
- spring (verb)
- step (verb)
- stoop (verb)
- submerge (verb)
- subside (verb)
- trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down (verb)
- tumble (verb)
- worsen (verb)
- other synonyms
- bow down
- cascade
- condescend
- demean
- deteriorate
- disintegrate
- dismount
- get down
- get off
- glide
- go down
- lower
- other relevant words
- plunge
- stoop
Synonyms for Descend:
n.
• alight (noun) • come (noun)- come.
v.
• alight (verb)- de-barking,
- dis embarks,
- de barked,
- de barking,
- dis-embarked,
- de-scending,
- dis-embark,
- touched down,
- dis embark,
- de-barks,
- de barks,
- de-scend,
- de scended,
- dis-embarking,
- de-scended,
- dis-embarks,
- dis embarking,
- dis embarked,
- de scending,
- de bark,
- de-scends,
- de scends,
- de scend,
- de-barked,
- de-bark.
- over flow,
- over-flown,
- dis-gorge,
- over flowing,
- over flown,
- over flowed,
- over-flows,
- over-flow,
- dis gorging,
- over-flowing,
- dis-gorges,
- over-flowed,
- spits up,
- spitting up,
- dis-gorging,
- spitted up,
- spat up,
- dis gorged,
- over flows,
- dis gorge,
- dis-gorged,
- dis gorges.
- de-cline,
- de cline,
- de-creased,
- de clines,
- de-creasing,
- de creased,
- de-crease,
- de crease,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- re duces,
- re-duces,
- re duce,
- de-creases,
- de-clines,
- re-duce.
- de generate,
- de-generating,
- re turns,
- comes apart at seams,
- came apart seams,
- Re-turn,
- come apart seams,
- dis improving,
- goes dogs,
- died on vine,
- de generating,
- de-generates,
- dis improves,
- dying on vine,
- goes to dogs,
- re turning,
- dieing vine,
- going dogs,
- go pieces,
- going to dogs,
- dying vine,
- de-generated,
- de generates,
- disimproved,
- go to dogs,
- disimproves,
- dis-improves,
- dis-improving,
- dieing on vine,
- dis improved,
- going to the dogs,
- re-turns,
- coming apart seams,
- came apart at seams,
- de generated,
- go dogs,
- go the dogs,
- died vine,
- re turn,
- goes the dogs,
- dis-improve,
- went the dogs,
- went dogs,
- going the dogs,
- de-generate,
- on vine,
- dies vine,
- dis-improved,
- re-turned,
- comes apart seams,
- went to the dogs,
- disimproving,
- re-turning,
- went to dogs,
- goes to the dogs,
- dies on vine,
- dis improve,
- coming apart at seams,
- die vine.
- be meaning,
- bemeans,
- de cries,
- be-means,
- de tract,
- de-cried,
- de grading,
- cuts down size,
- poor-mouthing,
- poor mouthed,
- de-tracts,
- bad mouth,
- poor mouthing,
- dumps on,
- de-meaning,
- casts down,
- de based,
- de base,
- de-crying,
- de-grades,
- disses,
- de means,
- cutting down to size,
- de cry,
- de grade,
- cut down size,
- be-meaning,
- poormouthed,
- be littles,
- de mean,
- poor-mouthed,
- de-cries,
- de-grade,
- cutting rate,
- de-cry,
- be-little,
- de-tract,
- be mean,
- be-mean,
- de crying,
- de tracts,
- de graded,
- de-based,
- de-basing,
- de-grading,
- poor-mouths,
- cuts down to size,
- dumping on,
- poormouths,
- be means,
- de meaning,
- poor mouths,
- dissed,
- cutting down size,
- bemeaning,
- cuts rate,
- de-graded,
- de basing,
- de cried,
- de-mean,
- de-means,
- de-base,
- poormouthing,
- be-littles,
- de grades.
- retro-grade,
- de composes,
- de-composed,
- going pot,
- losing quality,
- goes pot,
- hitting skids,
- becomes worse,
- loses it,
- de-composing,
- de composed,
- went pot,
- de compose,
- go pot,
- becoming worse,
- retro-graded,
- retro-grading,
- lost quality,
- going to pot,
- were worse for wear,
- retro grades,
- retro-grades,
- under-mining,
- losing it,
- under mining,
- de-composes,
- am worse for wear,
- is worse for wear,
- retro graded,
- are worse for wear,
- became worse,
- retro grading,
- wert worse for wear,
- art worse for wear,
- hits the skids,
- hit skids,
- was worse for wear,
- goes to pot,
- under-mined,
- loses quality,
- de composing,
- wast worse for wear,
- being worse for wear,
- hitting the skids,
- under mined,
- went to pot,
- hits skids,
- wore away,
- de-compose,
- retro grade.
- dis organize,
- dis-integrates,
- washes away,
- fell to pieces,
- turns dust,
- falls to pieces,
- broke apart,
- de-cay,
- dis connect,
- dis-mantled,
- dis banded,
- dis unites,
- turns to dust,
- faded away,
- dis integrate,
- dis mantle,
- dis mantles,
- broke down,
- dis-connect,
- dis unite,
- dis-organized,
- dis-mantling,
- dis-band,
- dis-unite,
- de-cays,
- dis-banded,
- dis-organizing,
- fall pieces,
- dis-organizes,
- dis integrated,
- dis band,
- dis united,
- dis perse,
- dis connected,
- breaking apart,
- falling pieces,
- falls pieces,
- dis-uniting,
- dis-perse,
- dis-connected,
- dis-integrating,
- dis-mantle,
- dis-organize,
- dis uniting,
- dis-integrated,
- came apart,
- de taches,
- turning dust,
- dis-connecting,
- dis-banding,
- dis-united,
- dis mantling,
- dis mantled,
- turn dust,
- dis organizes,
- dis-unites,
- takes apart,
- de-tach,
- dis organizing,
- dis-integrate,
- breaks apart,
- breaks down,
- dis integrating,
- de tach,
- de cay,
- brake down,
- dis bands,
- dis connects,
- dis-bands,
- dis banding,
- dis-connects,
- dis connecting,
- fell pieces,
- turning to dust,
- dis integrates,
- turned dust,
- de-taches,
- comes apart,
- brake apart,
- dis organized,
- dis-mantles,
- de cays.
- de-planed,
- dis mounting,
- de plane,
- de planed,
- dis-mount,
- de-trained,
- dis mounts,
- dis-mounts,
- de-trains,
- de-planes,
- de planes,
- de-planing,
- de train,
- dis-mounted,
- de-train,
- dis-mounting,
- dis mounted,
- dis mount,
- de trained,
- deplanes,
- de-training,
- de training,
- de planing,
- de-plane,
- de trains.
- dis-tilling,
- dis till,
- de pressed,
- de pressing,
- top pled,
- re leases,
- un loads,
- de-pressed,
- un loading,
- nose dove,
- dis-till,
- nose dives,
- un loaded,
- de press,
- caved in,
- dis-tills,
- nosediving,
- re lease,
- dis tills,
- dis tilling,
- un-load,
- de-pressing,
- un-loads,
- re-leases,
- un-loading,
- top-pled,
- de-presses,
- dis-tilled,
- dis tilled,
- un load,
- nose diving,
- nosedove,
- nose-dove,
- re-leased,
- nose dived,
- re-lease,
- de-press,
- de presses.
- with drawn,
- re tiring,
- with drew,
- with draws,
- re tired,
- re tire,
- with drawing,
- re tires,
- with draw,
- with-drew,
- with-drawing,
- re-tire,
- with-drawn,
- re-tiring,
- with-draw.
- am defeated,
- is beaten,
- was defeated,
- makes less,
- art beaten,
- being beaten,
- am beaten,
- making less,
- wert beaten,
- suffering defeat,
- being defeated,
- wert defeated,
- made less,
- are beaten,
- was beaten,
- wast beaten,
- were beaten,
- wast defeated,
- are defeated,
- were defeated,
- suffered defeat,
- is defeated,
- art defeated.
- in clines,
- are pulled,
- were influenced,
- art pulled,
- were pulled,
- are attracted,
- in cline,
- being pulled,
- wast attracted,
- am attracted,
- are influenced,
- is pulled,
- in-cline,
- art influenced,
- was pulled,
- is attracted,
- were attracted,
- wert pulled,
- was influenced,
- wert influenced,
- am pulled,
- was attracted,
- wert attracted,
- in-clines,
- being attracted,
- wast influenced,
- is influenced,
- art attracted,
- being influenced,
- wast pulled.
- re-lapsing,
- re-lapse,
- re lapses,
- re-cedes,
- ex-pire,
- recidivates,
- re lapse,
- becomes obsolete,
- re-ceding,
- re-lapses,
- re lapsing,
- re ceding,
- re-lapsed,
- re-cede,
- recidivated,
- re lapsed,
- re-ceded,
- ex pire,
- re cedes,
- became obsolete.
- brings low,
- makes lower,
- Detruded,
- made lower,
- pushed down,
- detrudes,
- Detruding,
- making lower,
- bringing low.
- dribble,
- coast,
- toboggan,
- light,
- fall prostrate,
- disembark,
- crash,
- lose balance,
- incline,
- crouch,
- penetrate,
- prolapse,
- collapse,
- slough off,
- weep,
- trickle,
- cataract,
- ground.
- shooting the works,
- taking a flyer,
- threw oneself,
- took header,
- takes a flyer,
- shooting works,
- going limit,
- went limit,
- took a header,
- goes the limit,
- taking header,
- takes header,
- belly flopped,
- takes flyer,
- shot the works,
- took a flyer,
- belly-flops,
- throws oneself,
- belly-flopped,
- shoots the works,
- goes whole hog,
- belly flopping,
- belly-flopping,
- takes a header,
- taking flyer,
- bellyflopped,
- went the limit,
- shoots works,
- bellyflop,
- go limit,
- going the limit,
- bellyflops,
- took flyer,
- going whole hog,
- went whole hog,
- throwing oneself,
- goes limit,
- take flyer,
- taking a header,
- take header,
- shot works,
- shoot works,
- bellyflopping.
- de moralizing,
- went bad,
- de moralized,
- going bad,
- de-moralize,
- wastes away,
- de-moralizes,
- de-moralizing,
- de moralize,
- de-moralized,
- de moralizes.
- dis-appearing,
- dis-appear,
- dis-appeared,
- dis appeared,
- dis-appears,
- dis appearing,
- dis appears,
- dis appear.
- going to the bottom,
- over whelmed,
- over-whelms,
- forced down,
- over-whelmed,
- over-whelm,
- goes to bottom,
- touching bottom,
- go the bottom,
- went bottom,
- going the bottom,
- touches bottom,
- over turning,
- over-whelming,
- over whelm,
- over whelming,
- ex-cavate,
- over-turning,
- going to bottom,
- tipping over,
- went to bottom,
- goes to the bottom,
- over whelms,
- go bottom,
- tips over,
- goes bottom,
- going bottom,
- over-turn,
- forces down,
- went to the bottom,
- over turns,
- touched bottom,
- forcing down,
- goes the bottom,
- ex cavate,
- went the bottom.
- coming in to existence,
- up spring,
- come in to existence,
- de riving,
- are derived,
- de-riving,
- up sprang,
- up-springing,
- was derived,
- came in to existence,
- am descended,
- comes in to being,
- up-sprang,
- was descended,
- being derived,
- is descended,
- up-spring,
- came into existence,
- wert derived,
- came in to being,
- art descended,
- were derived,
- comes in to existence,
- comes into existence,
- up-sprung,
- up-springs,
- de-rive,
- are descended,
- de rive,
- up springing,
- be-gun,
- be gun,
- up sprung,
- come in to being,
- be-ginning,
- de-rives,
- came into being,
- de-rived,
- coming in to being,
- be ginning,
- being descended,
- comes into being,
- is derived,
- wast descended,
- were descended,
- art derived,
- up springs,
- wert descended,
- de rives,
- de rived,
- wast derived,
- shoots up,
- am derived.
- moving backward,
- moved backward,
- moves backward,
- went forward,
- went backward,
- goes backward,
- going backward,
- moves forward.
- debases oneself,
- re-sorting,
- being bowed,
- debased oneself,
- wast bowed,
- acting beneath oneself,
- acts beneath oneself,
- re-sort,
- re lax,
- are bowed,
- re-lax,
- is servile,
- art bowed,
- re sorted,
- being servile,
- were servile,
- is bowed,
- am servile,
- re-sorted,
- were bowed,
- wast servile,
- was bowed,
- debasing oneself,
- was servile,
- acted beneath oneself,
- art servile,
- are servile,
- am bowed,
- re-sorts,
- wert bowed,
- wert servile,
- re sorting.
- de-luges,
- de luged,
- sub merges,
- in-undated,
- sub-merges,
- de-luged,
- de luging,
- sub-merging,
- in undated,
- de-luge,
- sub merge,
- sub merged,
- de luges,
- sub-merged,
- sub-merge,
- sub merging,
- de luge,
- de-luging.
- died away,
- sub-sided,
- dying away,
- awaying,
- de-escalating,
- eases off,
- de escalated,
- leveling off,
- sub-side,
- sub sides,
- de escalating,
- de-escalates,
- dies away,
- sub side,
- de-escalated,
- sub sided,
- sub siding,
- eased off,
- dieing away,
- deescalates,
- sub-sides,
- sub-siding,
- levelled off,
- levels off,
- de escalates,
- leveled off,
- de escalate.
- dis-ordered,
- doest a pratfall,
- dis-arraying,
- dis arranging,
- dis-ordering,
- did pratfall,
- un settle,
- un-settle,
- falls headlong,
- doeth a pratfall,
- do pratfall,
- fell headlong,
- dis-array,
- dis ordering,
- dis-arranging,
- hit dirt,
- dis-arrange,
- dis arranged,
- losing footing,
- doing a pratfall,
- hits dirt,
- dis ordered,
- dis-arranges,
- dis orders,
- does pratfall,
- dis-arrays,
- bowling down,
- loses footing,
- bowls down,
- dis arrange,
- doing pratfall,
- un settling,
- dis-order,
- up-setting,
- hitting dirt,
- doth a pratfall,
- dis arrayed,
- doeth pratfall,
- doth pratfall,
- went belly up,
- knocks over,
- hits the dirt,
- dis array,
- didst a pratfall,
- dost a pratfall,
- dis-arranged,
- does a pratfall,
- dis arraying,
- did a pratfall,
- up setting,
- dost pratfall,
- up sets,
- dis arranges,
- knocking over,
- hitting the dirt,
- up-sets,
- dis order,
- un-settling,
- lost footing,
- doest pratfall,
- un-settled,
- un settles,
- up-set,
- didst pratfall,
- goes belly up,
- dis-arrayed,
- un settled,
- dis arrays,
- dis-orders.
Other synonyms:
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•
- come out,
- gentrification,
- rags-to-riches,
- fall over,
- climb down,
- comedown,
- social climber,
- sometime,
- downfall,
- push over,
- yuppify,
- former,
- Social Mobility,
- move up,
- downshift,
- ennoble,
- mobility,
- downwardly mobile,
- beggar,
- slum,
- disestablish,
- pauperize,
- crumple,
- reversal.
-
•
- impoverish,
- stumble,
- ascent,
- ruin,
- stay down,
- overbalance,
- elevate,
- world,
- fall out.
-
•
- get off,
- acquire,
- shed,
- mobile,
- bring down.
-
•
- swoop,
- retrograde.
-
•
- let down.
-
•
- trip.
-
•
- shower.
-
•
- jump.
-
•
- down.
- talk down to,
- demean oneself,
- toss a few crumbs,
- high hat,
- unbent,
- be courteous,
- unbends,
- see fit,
- degrade oneself,
- unbend,
- come down off high horse,
- unbended.
- poormouth,
- dissing,
- dump on,
- casting down,
- knocked down,
- badmouth,
- DISES,
- Bemean,
- cut down to size,
- poor mouth,
- knock down,
- knocking down,
- dumped on,
- be little,
- cast down,
- poor-mouth,
- bemeaned,
- cut rate,
- knocks down,
- dis.
- go to pot,
- wear away,
- lose quality,
- retrogrades,
- wearing away,
- Retrograding,
- hit the skids,
- wears away,
- lost it,
- become worse,
- lose it,
- be worse for wear,
- Retrograded.
- Dilapidating,
- turn to dust,
- break down,
- come apart,
- washed away,
- falling to pieces,
- turned to dust,
- washing out,
- fades away,
- dilapidates,
- dilapidate,
- washing away,
- fading away,
- washed out,
- breaking down,
- washes out,
- took apart,
- fall to pieces,
- take apart,
- break apart,
- coming apart,
- taking apart,
- fade away,
- wash out,
- wash away.
- Skirr,
- skate,
- Soared,
- spiraling,
- slinks,
- glissade,
- Slank,
- spiralling,
- smooth along,
- Winging,
- scudding,
- skating,
- spiralled,
- spiraled.
- Detrude,
- pushing down,
- push down,
- make lower,
- setting down,
- pushes down,
- bring low,
- brought low,
- lowered,
- sets down,
- set down.
- Danced,
- lapse,
- caving in,
- settle down,
- worsen,
- hoofed,
- relapse,
- coming into existence,
- plunge,
- slanting,
- shot up,
- give up,
- slant,
- Trooped,
- touch bottom,
- shoot up,
- dismount,
- settles down,
- come down,
- Bevelled,
- got worse,
- Sank,
- coming into being,
- pitch,
- downing,
- shipwrecks,
- slope,
- nose-dive,
- tiptoeing,
- go backward,
- go forward,
- shipwreck,
- go to the bottom,
- Whelmed,
- set,
- hit the dirt,
- Shipwrecking,
- demean,
- gets worse,
- springs,
- condescend,
- bowl down,
- get worse,
- plumps,
- falling headlong,
- Snowing,
- go downhill,
- running out,
- Disarraying,
- Trooping,
- whelm,
- over turn,
- settle,
- knock over,
- Beveling,
- Slipped,
- wasted away,
- goes up,
- Roosted,
- subside,
- rotting,
- shooting up,
- Whelming,
- Bevelling,
- recidivate,
- stem from,
- ease off,
- emanate,
- nose-dives,
- beaded,
- touch down,
- disarrayed,
- bed down,
- downturned,
- goes downhill,
- drop,
- settled,
- moving forward,
- go belly up,
- level off,
- lose footing,
- Roosting,
- fall headlong,
- glide,
- whelms,
- Oozed,
- spring from,
- up set,
- deteriorate,
- perch,
- plumping,
- go to the dogs,
- tip over,
- deescalating,
- sink,
- nose dive,
- birthed,
- knocked over,
- spring,
- be attracted,
- force down,
- going forward,
- went up,
- settling down,
- Disimprove,
- become obsolete,
- moved forward,
- going downhill,
- go bad,
- Snowed,
- seeped,
- Shelving,
- come into existence,
- easing off,
- derive from,
- go down,
- caves in,
- going belly up,
- tumble,
- splays,
- downed,
- getting worse,
- be derived,
- move backward,
- Lights,
- tiptoed,
- waste away,
- drop away,
- nose-dived,
- rotted,
- goes bad,
- come into being,
- deescalate,
- die away,
- be influenced,
- go to bottom,
- touching down,
- settled down,
- Striding,
- de-escalate,
- be pulled,
- do a pratfall,
- lie obliquely,
- nosedived,
- Weltering,
- levelling off,
- disintegrate,
- Plumped,
- submerse,
- come apart at seams,
- bowled down,
- plummet,
- Weltered,
- cave in,
- step,
- plop,
- die on vine,
- dancing,
- becoming obsolete,
- nose-diving,
- cascade,
- downturning,
- wasting away,
- gotten worse,
- Downs,
- gravitate,
- beading,
- splaying,
- recidivating,
- rot,
- move forward,
- degenerate,
- be descended,
- Tiptoes,
- aways,
- tipped over,
- elapse,
- submerge,
- drop down,
- hoofing,
- deescalated,
- touches down,
- goes forward,
- splay,
- went downhill,
- going up.
How to use "Descend" in context?
To descend means to go down in a direction. It can also refer to a physical movement of descending from a higher point or elevation to a lower one.
Paraphrases for Descend:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
descent.
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Interjection
dismount.
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Verb, past tense
Came.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
fall.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
decrease.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Descend:
- discant, disseminate, desiccant, dissonant, dehiscent, Docent, designed, dockhand, doughnut, disownment, Dika Nut, disunited, Djanet, discommode, dignity, dachshund, Desmond Tutu, disjoined, detachment, Deoxygenate, dismayed, decimate, document, descent, dissent, dissonate, decent, documented, deckhand, disowned, disunite, designate, designated, decant, dig into, desmid, dismount, discussant, duty assignment, discount, descant, disunity, disjoint, disjointed, desquamate.
Hyponym for Descend:
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come.
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