Words Like DESCEND

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESCEND.

33 Alternative Words Similar to descend

1 Fall Verb      Synonym Words Like Fall
2 Derive Verb      Synonym Words Like Derive
3 Come Verb      Synonym Words Like Come
4 Settle Verb      Synonym Words Like Settle
5 Act Verb      Synonym Words Like Act
6 Go Verb      Synonym Words Like Go
7 Locomote Verb      Synonym Words Like Locomote
8 Move Verb      Synonym Words Like Move
9 Travel Verb      Synonym Words Like Travel
10 Rise Verb      Antonym Words Like Rise
11 Descended Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Descended
12 Plunge Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Plunge
13 Retire Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Retire
14 Godown Verb      Hyponym Words Like Godown
15 Flop Verb      Hyponym Words Like Flop
16 Unhorse Verb      Hyponym Words Like Unhorse
17 Drop Verb      Hyponym Words Like Drop
18 Set Verb      Hyponym Words Like Set
19 Decline Verb      Hyponym Words Like Decline
20 Dismount Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dismount
21 Plunk Verb      Hyponym Words Like Plunk
22 Rappel Verb      Hyponym
23 Correct Verb      Hyponym Words Like Correct
24 Light Verb      Hyponym Words Like Light
25 Alight Verb      Hyponym Words Like Alight
26 Avalanche Verb      Hyponym Words Like Avalanche
27 Dive Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dive
28 Prolapse Verb      Hyponym
29 Tumble Verb      Hyponym Words Like Tumble
30 Sink Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sink
31 Topple Verb      Hyponym Words Like Topple
32 Abseil Verb      Hyponym
33 Pitch Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pitch

8 examples of descend

1 he descended from his high estate
2 the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
3 they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.
4 he comes from humble origins
5 Silence fell
6 The barometer is falling
7 The curtain fell on the diva
8 Her hand went up and then fell again

10 definitions of descend

1 To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.
2 To enter mentally; to retire.
3 To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.
4 To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self.
5 To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
6 To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance
7 To move toward the south, or to the southward.
8 To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
9 To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of
10 come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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