descend - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

come as if by falling

Synonyms

• descend
• fall
• settle

More generic

• come

Related

• fall

Verb

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Synonyms

• come down
• descend
• fall
• go down

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Opposite / Antonyms

• ascend

More specific

• abseil
• alight
• avalanche
• cascade
• cascade down
• climb down
• correct
• crash
• decline
• dismount
• dive
• drip
• drop
• flop
• get down
• get off
• go down
• go under
• light
• pitch
• plop
• plunge
• plunk
• pounce
• precipitate
• prolapse
• rappel
• roll down
• rope down
• set
• settle
• sink
• slump
• subside
• swoop
• topple
• tumble
• unhorse

Verb

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

Synonyms

• condescend
• deign
• descend

More generic

• act
• move

Verb

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

Synonyms

• come
• derive
• descend

Related

• come
• derive
• hail

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