Descent

Descent
(Roget's Thesaurus)
-->Motion downwards.
<- N
PARAG:Descent->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ descent
descent
descension
declension
declination
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fall
fall
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ falling
falling
&c.->V.
???>:
slump
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ drop
drop
plunge
plummet
cadence
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ subsidence
subsidence
collapse
lapse
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ downfall
downfall
tumble
slip
tilt
trip
lurch
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ cropper
cropper
culbute
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ titubation
titubation
stumble
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fate of Icarus
fate of Icarus
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ avalanche
avalanche
debacle
landslip
landslide
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ declivity
declivity
dip
hill
PARAG:Descent->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ descend
descend
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ go down
go down
drop down
come down
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ fall
fall
gravitate
drop
slip
slide
settle
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ plunge
plunge
plummet
crash
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ decline
decline
set
sink
droop
come down a peg
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ slump
slump
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ dismount
dismount
alight
light
get down
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ swoop
swoop
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ stoop
stoop
&c. 308
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ fall prostrate
fall prostrate
precipitate oneself
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ let fall
let fall
&c. 308
GRP: \\ V \\ 3
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ tumble
tumble
trip
stumble
titubate
lurch
pitch
swag
topple
topple over
tumble over
topple down
tumble down
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ tilt
tilt
sprawl
plump down
come down a cropper
PARAG:Descent->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ descending
descending
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ descendent
descendent
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ decurrent
decurrent
decursive
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ labent
labent
deciduous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ nodding to its fall
nodding to its fall
PARAG:Descent->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ downhill
downhill
downwards

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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