Synonyms for down

Other words for “down”, grouped by meaning.

We found 52 synonyms for “down”. The most common are down feather, John L. H. Down, pile, toss off, pop.

noun soft fine feathers

Synonymsdown feather

noun English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

noun fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Synonymspile

verb eat up completely, as with great appetite

verb shoot at and force to come down

verb cause to come or go down

verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

adjective being or moving lower in position or less in some value

Oppositesup

adjective extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

Synonymsdownward
Similardescending

adjective becoming progressively lower

Similarfalling

adjective being put out by a strikeout

Similarout

adjective understood perfectly

Similarperfect

adjective lower than previously

Synonymsdepressed
Similarlow

adjective shut

Similarlowered

adjective not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

adjective filled with melancholy and despondency

Similardejected

adverb spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

Oppositesup

adverb away from a more central or a more northerly place

Oppositesup

adverb to a lower intensity

Oppositesup

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University