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down

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adverb

ˈdau̇n How to pronounce down (audio)
1
a(1)
: toward or in a lower physical position
Don't look down.
Pull down the blind.
(2)
: to a lying or sitting position
Please sit down.
(3)
: toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom
burned the house down
fell down
b
: as a down payment
paid $10 down
c
: on paper
put down what he says
2
: in a direction that is the opposite of up: such as
a
: southward
traveled down to South Africa
b
: to or toward a point away from the speaker or the speaker's point of reference
walked down to my neighbor's house
c
: in or into the stomach
can't keep food down
3
: to a lesser degree, level, or rate
cool down tensions
Try to calm down.
4
: to or toward a lower position in a series
seems to be far down on their agenda
moved down in the pop charts
5
a
: to or in a lower or worse condition or status
held down by her lack of education
b
—used to indicate thoroughness or completion
dusted down the housedescribed him down to his haircut
6
: from a past time
stories passed down by word of mouth
7
: to or in a state of less activity or prominence
scaled down our plans
8
: to a concentrated state
got the report down to three pages
9
: into defeat
voted the motion down

down

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preposition

: down (see down entry 1) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on
fell down the stairs
write down the phone number
down the years
grew up down the block from each other
pacing up and down the room

down

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verb

downed; downing; downs

transitive verb

1
: to cause to go or come down (see down entry 1) : such as
a
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting : bring down sense 1
downed the enemy helicopter
b
: consume sense 3
downing slices of pizza
2
football : to cause (a ball) to be out of play
downed the ball at the five-yard line
3
: defeat
down a proposal

intransitive verb

: to go down

down

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adjective

1
a(1)
: occupying a low position
specifically : lying on the ground
down timber
(2)
: directed or going downward
attendance is down
b
: lower in price
c
football : not being in play because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play
The ball was down.
d
: defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored)
down by two runs
e
baseball : out
two down in the top of the third inning
2
a
: reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity
a down economy
b
: not operating or able to function
The computer is down.
c
: depressed, dejected
feeling a bit down
also : depressing
a down movie
d
: sick
down with flu
3
: done, finished
eight down and two to go
4
: completely mastered
had her lines down
—often used with pat
got the answers down pat
5
a
slang : cool sense 7
a down dude
b
slang : understanding or supportive of something or someone
—usually used with with
trying to prove that they were down with hip-hop culture—J. E. White
6
: being on record
you're down for two tickets

down

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noun (1)

1
: descent, depression
emotional ups and downs
the ups and downs of the business cycle
2
: an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)
3
football
a
: a complete play to advance the ball
b
: one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards
caught the ball on third down
4
chiefly British : dislike, grudge
5
: downer
6
physics : a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -¹/₃ and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon

down

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noun (2)

1
: an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil
—usually used in plural
sheep grazing on the grassy downs
2
often capitalized : a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England

down

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noun (3)

1
: a covering of soft fluffy feathers
also : these feathers
goose down pillows
2
: something soft and fluffy like down
a trace of down on his cheeks

Down

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noun (4)

: down syndrome
—usually used attributively
a Down baby
Phrases
down to the ground
: perfectly, completely
that suits me down to the ground
down on
: having a low opinion of or dislike for
The coach has been down on him lately.
down on one's luck
: experiencing misfortune and especially financial distress

Synonyms

Adverb

  • below
  • downward
  • downwards
  • over

Verb

  • bowl (down or over)
  • drop
  • fell
  • floor
  • knock down
  • knock over
  • level
  • mow (down)
  • prostrate

Adjective

  • complete
  • completed
  • concluded
  • done
  • ended
  • finished
  • over
  • over with
  • terminated
  • through
  • up

Noun (1)

  • floss
  • fluff
  • fur
  • fuzz
  • lint
  • nap
  • pile

Noun (2)

  • bummer
  • downer

Noun (3)

  • campo
  • champaign
  • grassland
  • heath
  • lea
  • ley
  • llano
  • moor
  • pampa
  • plain
  • prairie
  • savanna
  • savannah
  • steppe
  • tundra
  • veld
  • veldt
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Example Sentences

Adverb The land slopes down to the sea. She called down to her friends in the street below. They set the cake down on the table. Lay down your book for a minute. We watched the sun go down. We keep our wine collection down in the basement. What's going on down there? He fell down and hurt his knee. Climb down out of that tree! He knocked him down with one punch. Preposition Sweat dripped down her neck. The children ran down the hill. She fell down the stairs. He climbed down the ladder. He spilled mustard down the front of his shirt. Her hair hung loosely down her back. Go down the road and turn left. We grew up down the block from each other. The bathroom is halfway down the hall on the right. His pitches were right down the middle of the plate. Verb The storm downed power lines throughout the city. a large number of downed power lines They were downing beers and watching the game on TV. The quarterback downed the ball to stop the clock. Adjective The window shades were down. The candy is down on the bottom shelf. There was a pile of dirty clothes down on the floor. She took the down escalator. These changes should help keep prices down. Stocks are down again today. See More

Word History

Etymology

Adverb, Preposition, Verb, Adjective, and Noun (1)

Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of), of off, from + dūne, dative of dūn hill

Noun (2)

Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn — see down entry 1

Noun (3)

Middle English doun, from Old Norse dūnn

First Known Use

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Preposition

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Adjective

1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Noun (1)

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (4)

1987, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing down

  • a chill/shiver runs up/down someone's spine
  • a chill down your spine
  • batter down
  • a step up/down
  • batten down the hatches
  • back down
  • bear down
  • batten down
  • bear down on
  • been/gone down this/that road before
  • bog down
  • boil down
  • break down
  • bow down to (someone or something)
  • break down into
  • breathe down one's neck
  • breathe down someone's neck
  • bring down the house
  • bring down
  • broken-down
  • bring down the curtain on
  • bring the curtain down on
  • buckle down
  • bring the house down
  • burn down
  • button-down
  • call down
  • came down on us like a ton of bricks
  • chop down
  • clamp down
  • chow down
  • come crashing down
  • come down hard on
  • come down from
  • come down against
  • come down in favor of
  • come down
  • come down on the side of
  • come down in the world
  • come down on
  • come down the pipeline
  • come down the pike
  • come down to
  • copy down/out
  • come down with
  • crack down
  • cut down
  • do down
  • cut down to size
  • deep down (inside)
  • die down
  • doors down/up/apart
  • down-low
  • double down
  • down-and-out
  • down and dirty
  • down-at-the-heels
  • down east
  • down-easter
  • down-home
  • down for the count
  • down-market
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • down one's alley
  • down one's street
  • down on one's luck
  • down south
  • down the line
  • down the hatch
  • down the middle
  • down the river
  • down the plughole
  • down the pan
  • down the telephone
  • down the road/path to perdition
  • down the street
  • down the tube
  • down to
  • down-to-earth
  • down to size
  • down under
  • down with
  • down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail
  • drag down
  • down-to-the-wire
  • dress-down day
  • draw down
  • drop-down list
  • dress down
  • drop-down
  • dressing-down
  • fall down on the job
  • drop-down menu
  • dumb down
  • fall down
  • far down
  • force (something) down
  • first down
  • force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat
  • get down
  • get down and dirty
  • get down to brass tacks
  • get down on one's (hands and) knees
  • get down to business
  • get down to (something)
  • go down/like a bomb
  • get down to work
  • get down to the nitty-gritty
  • go down in history
  • go down
  • go down like a lead balloon
  • go down the tubes
  • go down the aisle
  • go down to defeat
  • go down with
  • hand down a decision
  • hand down
  • gun down
  • grind down
  • hands down
  • hold down
  • hoot down
  • hull down
  • hold down the fort
  • hand-me-down
  • hunker down
  • keep down
  • hunt down
  • jump down someone's throat
  • keep one's voice down
  • keep one's head down
  • keep it down
  • lay down one's arms
  • knock down
  • lay down
  • knuckle down
  • lay down one's life
  • let down
  • lead (someone) down/up the garden path
  • lead one down the garden path
  • let down one's guard
  • let one's guard down
  • let one's hair down
  • lie down
  • lift down
  • let the side down
  • look down
  • live down
  • lie down on the job
  • look down one's nose at
  • look down on
  • low-down
  • make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine
  • mark down
  • look down one's nose
  • mow down
  • melt down
  • nail down
  • on the down-low
  • pat down
  • pass (something) down
  • pin down
  • pay down
  • pipe down
  • play down
  • plonk down
  • phase down
  • plop down
  • plunk down
  • pouring your money down the plughole
  • pull-down menu
  • pull down
  • put down
  • put down roots
  • put down the phone
  • put one's foot down
  • put (someone) down for
  • put the phone down on (someone)
  • quiet down
  • put (something) down to
  • quieten down
  • reach-me-down
  • ring down the curtain
  • (right) up/down someone's alley
  • roll down
  • run one's eye down
  • run down
  • scale-down
  • scarf down
  • send down
  • sell down the river
  • send shivers/chills up (and down) someone's spine
  • send a chill/shiver up/down someone's spine
  • shoot down
  • set down
  • settle down
  • shake down
  • simmer down
  • settle (someone or something) down
  • shout down
  • sit-down
  • slap down
  • slick back/down
  • smash down
  • slim down
  • step down
  • stand down
  • stripped-down
  • stare down
  • stop down
  • swear up and down
  • strike down
  • suit (someone) down to the ground
  • take (something) lying down
  • take/knock/bring someone down a peg
  • talk down to
  • tear down
  • talk down
  • take down
  • teem down
  • the curtain comes down on
  • the down-low
  • throw down the gauntlet
  • thumbs-down
  • toned-down
  • tie-down
  • turn down
  • trickle-down theory
  • trickle-down
  • touch down
  • trade down
  • touch down the ball
  • top-down
  • trim down
  • upside down
  • up and down
  • upside-down cake
  • walk down the aisle
  • turn (something) upside down
  • water down
  • wash down
  • went down a treat
  • went/came (right) down to the wire
  • wave down (a vehicle)
  • wear down
  • wet down
  • when it comes (right) down to it
  • when the chips are down
  • wind down
  • whittle down
  • When you get right down to it
  • when you come (right) down to it
  • wipe down
  • write down
  • with one's pants down
  • with one's trousers down
  • bed down
  • cast down
  • clamp down on
  • change down
  • choke down
  • bucket down
  • load down with
  • cry down
  • down payment
  • climb down
  • dust oneself down
  • chase down
  • let (someone) down easy/gently
  • Oxford down
  • throw down
  • put (someone) down as
  • down-and-outer
  • lay down the law
  • saw down
  • down the road
  • down-bow
  • have (got) (something) down to a science
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • buttoned-down
  • put someone's name down
  • touch the ball down
  • note down
  • down the drain
  • down at heel
  • shut down
  • down the tubes
  • knock-down, drag-out
  • gone down the dumper
  • weigh down
  • down-at-heels
  • sitting down
  • go down on
  • down the pike
  • down in the trenches
  • down at the heel
  • went down the pan
  • going down the pan
  • went down the plughole
  • going down the plughole
  • voted down
  • down on
  • down to the ground
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  • a chill/shiver runs up/down someone's spine
  • a chill down your spine
  • batter down
  • a step up/down
  • batten down the hatches
  • back down
  • bear down
  • batten down
  • bear down on
  • been/gone down this/that road before
  • bog down
  • boil down
  • break down
  • bow down to (someone or something)
  • break down into
  • breathe down one's neck
  • breathe down someone's neck
  • bring down the house
  • bring down
  • broken-down
  • bring down the curtain on
  • bring the curtain down on
  • buckle down
  • bring the house down
  • burn down
  • button-down
  • call down
  • came down on us like a ton of bricks
  • chop down
  • clamp down
  • chow down
  • come crashing down
  • come down hard on
  • come down from
  • come down against
  • come down in favor of
  • come down
  • come down on the side of
  • come down in the world
  • come down on
  • come down the pipeline
  • come down the pike
  • come down to
  • copy down/out
  • come down with
  • crack down
  • cut down
  • do down
  • cut down to size
  • deep down (inside)
  • die down
  • doors down/up/apart
  • down-low
  • double down
  • down-and-out
  • down and dirty
  • down-at-the-heels
  • down east
  • down-easter
  • down-home
  • down for the count
  • down-market
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • down one's alley
  • down one's street
  • down on one's luck
  • down south
  • down the line
  • down the hatch
  • down the middle
  • down the river
  • down the plughole
  • down the pan
  • down the telephone
  • down the road/path to perdition
  • down the street
  • down the tube
  • down to
  • down-to-earth
  • down to size
  • down under
  • down with
  • down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail
  • drag down
  • down-to-the-wire
  • dress-down day
  • draw down
  • drop-down list
  • dress down
  • drop-down
  • dressing-down
  • fall down on the job
  • drop-down menu
  • dumb down
  • fall down
  • far down
  • force (something) down
  • first down
  • force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat
  • get down
  • get down and dirty
  • get down to brass tacks
  • get down on one's (hands and) knees
  • get down to business
  • get down to (something)
  • go down/like a bomb
  • get down to work
  • get down to the nitty-gritty
  • go down in history
  • go down
  • go down like a lead balloon
  • go down the tubes
  • go down the aisle
  • go down to defeat
  • go down with
  • hand down a decision
  • hand down
  • gun down
  • grind down
  • hands down
  • hold down
  • hoot down
  • hull down
  • hold down the fort
  • hand-me-down
  • hunker down
  • keep down
  • hunt down
  • jump down someone's throat
  • keep one's voice down
  • keep one's head down
  • keep it down
  • lay down one's arms
  • knock down
  • lay down
  • knuckle down
  • lay down one's life
  • let down
  • lead (someone) down/up the garden path
  • lead one down the garden path
  • let down one's guard
  • let one's guard down
  • let one's hair down
  • lie down
  • lift down
  • let the side down
  • look down
  • live down
  • lie down on the job
  • look down one's nose at
  • look down on
  • low-down
  • make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine
  • mark down
  • look down one's nose
  • mow down
  • melt down
  • nail down
  • on the down-low
  • pat down
  • pass (something) down
  • pin down
  • pay down
  • pipe down
  • play down
  • plonk down
  • phase down
  • plop down
  • plunk down
  • pouring your money down the plughole
  • pull-down menu
  • pull down
  • put down
  • put down roots
  • put down the phone
  • put one's foot down
  • put (someone) down for
  • put the phone down on (someone)
  • quiet down
  • put (something) down to
  • quieten down
  • reach-me-down
  • ring down the curtain
  • (right) up/down someone's alley
  • roll down
  • run one's eye down
  • run down
  • scale-down
  • scarf down
  • send down
  • sell down the river
  • send shivers/chills up (and down) someone's spine
  • send a chill/shiver up/down someone's spine
  • shoot down
  • set down
  • settle down
  • shake down
  • simmer down
  • settle (someone or something) down
  • shout down
  • sit-down
  • slap down
  • slick back/down
  • smash down
  • slim down
  • step down
  • stand down
  • stripped-down
  • stare down
  • stop down
  • swear up and down
  • strike down
  • suit (someone) down to the ground
  • take (something) lying down
  • take/knock/bring someone down a peg
  • talk down to
  • tear down
  • talk down
  • take down
  • teem down
  • the curtain comes down on
  • the down-low
  • throw down the gauntlet
  • thumbs-down
  • toned-down
  • tie-down
  • turn down
  • trickle-down theory
  • trickle-down
  • touch down
  • trade down
  • touch down the ball
  • top-down
  • trim down
  • upside down
  • up and down
  • upside-down cake
  • walk down the aisle
  • turn (something) upside down
  • water down
  • wash down
  • went down a treat
  • went/came (right) down to the wire
  • wave down (a vehicle)
  • wear down
  • wet down
  • when it comes (right) down to it
  • when the chips are down
  • wind down
  • whittle down
  • When you get right down to it
  • when you come (right) down to it
  • wipe down
  • write down
  • with one's pants down
  • with one's trousers down
  • bed down
  • cast down
  • clamp down on
  • change down
  • choke down
  • bucket down
  • load down with
  • cry down
  • down payment
  • climb down
  • dust oneself down
  • chase down
  • let (someone) down easy/gently
  • Oxford down
  • throw down
  • put (someone) down as
  • down-and-outer
  • lay down the law
  • saw down
  • down the road
  • down-bow
  • have (got) (something) down to a science
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • buttoned-down
  • put someone's name down
  • touch the ball down
  • note down
  • down the drain
  • down at heel
  • shut down
  • down the tubes
  • knock-down, drag-out
  • gone down the dumper
  • weigh down
  • down-at-heels
  • sitting down
  • go down on
  • down the pike
  • down in the trenches
  • down at the heel
  • went down the pan
  • going down the pan
  • went down the plughole
  • going down the plughole
  • voted down
  • down on
  • down to the ground
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Kids Definition

down

1 of 7 noun
ˈdau̇n How to pronounce down (audio)
: a rolling grassy upland
—usually used in plural

down

2 of 7 adverb
1
a
: toward or in a lower position
b
: to a lying or sitting position
c
: toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom
2
: as a down payment
paid $10 down
3
: in a direction opposite to up
add the numbers across and down
4
: to or in a lower or worse condition
held down by a bad economy
5
: from a past time
heirlooms that have been handed down
6
: to or in a state of less activity
excitement died down

down

3 of 7 adjective
1
a
: being in a low position
especially : lying on the ground
b
: directed or going downward
a down escalator
c
: being at a lower level
sales are down
2
a
: low in spirits : sad
feeling a bit down
b
: sick sense 1a
down with flu
3
: being finished or come to an end
eight down and two to go

down

4 of 7 preposition
: down along : down through : down toward : down in : down into : down on
down the road

down

5 of 7 noun
1
: a low or falling period
the ups and downs of life
2
: one of a series of four plays that a football team gets to advance the ball ten yards

down

6 of 7 verb
1
: to go or cause to go or come down
2
: consume sense 3
3
: to cause (a football) to be out of play

down

7 of 7 noun
1
: a covering of soft fluffy feathers
2
: something soft and fluffy like down

Geographical Definition

Down

geographical name

ˈdau̇n How to pronounce Down (audio)
1
district of southeastern Northern Ireland bordering the Irish Sea; established 1974 area 250 square miles (650 square kilometers), population 69,750
2
traditional county of southeastern Northern Ireland

down 1 of 6

adverb

1
as in downward
toward or in a lower position the stairs went down to the basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • downward
  • downwards
  • over
  • below
  • downstairs
  • downhill
  • low
  • facedown
  • downgrade

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • up
  • upward
  • upwards
  • upwardly
  • aloft
2
as in away
from this or that place came down from New York for the weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • away
  • off
  • out
  • fro
  • apart
  • aside
  • hence
  • elsewhere
  • astray
  • abroad
  • afield
  • afar

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adjective

1
as in up
brought or having come to an end eight down and two to go

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • up
  • over
  • done
  • through
  • finished
  • ended
  • completed
  • complete
  • concluded
  • over with
  • terminated
  • out of hand
  • out of the way
  • accomplished
  • defunct
  • achieved
  • realized
  • attained
  • obsolete
  • extinct
  • compassed
  • expired
  • dead
  • kaputt
  • kaput

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unfinished
  • incomplete
  • continuing
  • ongoing
  • undone
  • uncompleted
2
as in lowered
directed down a down escalator

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • downward
  • lowered
  • bowed
  • downcast

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • upward
  • lifted
  • elevated
  • raised
  • uplifted
3
as in depressed
feeling unhappiness feeling a bit down

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • depressed
  • sad
  • unhappy
  • heartbroken
  • bad
  • miserable
  • upset
  • worried
  • sorry
  • melancholy
  • low
  • blue
  • cast down
  • disappointed
  • troubled
  • dejected
  • gloomy
  • mournful
  • downcast
  • crestfallen
  • uneasy
  • downhearted
  • sorrowful
  • woebegone
  • hopeless
  • disconsolate
  • glum
  • woeful
  • forlorn
  • brokenhearted
  • down in the mouth
  • depressing
  • doleful
  • inconsolable
  • wretched
  • saddened
  • droopy
  • joyless
  • sunk
  • despondent
  • hangdog
  • heartsick
  • melancholic
  • suicidal
  • distressed
  • discouraged
  • heavyhearted
  • low-spirited
  • grieving
  • heartsore
  • weeping
  • despairing
  • aggrieved
  • tearful
  • darkening
  • bleak
  • dispirited
  • unquiet
  • disheartened
  • desolate
  • somber
  • dark
  • gray
  • black
  • wailing
  • dismal
  • lachrymose
  • lugubrious
  • agonized
  • dolorous
  • sullen
  • morbid
  • plaintive
  • anguished
  • dreary
  • morose
  • regretful
  • cheerless
  • murky
  • drear
  • rueful
  • elegiac
  • saturnine
  • grey
  • elegiacal
  • comfortless
  • sombre
  • funereal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • happy
  • glad
  • buoyed
  • sunny
  • joyous
  • cheerful
  • buoyant
  • joyful
  • merry
  • blissful
  • jubilant
  • upbeat
  • delighted
  • gleeful
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • ecstatic
  • exuberant
  • jolly
  • exultant
  • euphoric
  • enraptured
  • elated
  • rapturous
  • bouncing
  • excited
  • entranced
  • jovial
  • blithe
  • optimistic
  • rhapsodic
  • overjoyed
  • rosy
  • rhapsodical
  • blithesome
  • exhilarated
  • jocular
  • mirthful
  • jocose
  • vital
  • hopeful
  • lightsome
  • content
  • jocund
  • gladdened
  • sanguine
  • smiling
  • thrilled
  • lively
  • laughing
  • spirited
  • gladsome
  • energetic
  • encouraged
  • jaunty
  • satisfied
  • sprightly
  • perky
  • frisky
  • animated
  • peppy
  • pleased
  • zippy
  • grinning
  • springy
  • beaming
  • careless
  • vivacious
  • unconcerned
  • gratified
  • boon
  • carefree
  • heartened
  • cavalier
  • lighthearted
  • easygoing
  • sprightful
  • insouciant
  • happy-go-lucky
  • devil-may-care
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4
as in poorly
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body down with the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • poorly
  • sick
  • bad
  • ill
  • peaked
  • weak
  • ailing
  • shaky
  • out of sorts
  • unwell
  • dizzy
  • under the weather
  • unhealthy
  • peaky
  • punk
  • troubled
  • indisposed
  • sickened
  • unsound
  • run-down
  • halt
  • disabled
  • fragile
  • weakly
  • lame
  • symptomatic
  • seedy
  • lousy
  • feeble
  • challenged
  • afflicted
  • squeamish
  • cruddy
  • feverish
  • queasy
  • airsick
  • decrepit
  • sickish
  • woozy
  • nauseous
  • carsick
  • achy
  • diseased
  • nauseated
  • seasick
  • frail
  • sickly
  • qualmish
  • incapacitated
  • disordered
  • invalid
  • queazy
  • debilitated
  • infirm
  • light-headed
  • hypochondriacal
  • hypochondriac

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • well
  • whole
  • sound
  • healthy
  • fit
  • better
  • wholesome
  • hale
  • healthful
  • conditioned
  • cured
  • recovering
  • improved
  • tough
  • bouncing
  • strong
  • mending
  • flush
  • rugged
  • robust
  • hardy
  • well-conditioned
  • stalwart
  • lusty
  • hearty
  • flourishing
  • blooming
  • thriving
  • recuperating
  • able-bodied
  • chipper
  • convalescing
  • rehabilitated
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as in malfunctioning
not being in working order while my computer was down, I attended to some unfinished odds and ends lying about my cubicle

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • malfunctioning
  • off
  • broken
  • out of commission
  • nonfunctioning
  • nonfunctional
  • inoperable
  • nonoperating
  • useless
  • kaputt
  • inoperative
  • kaput
  • on the blink
  • on the fritz
  • unusable
  • deadlocked
  • ineffective
  • unworkable
  • unproductive
  • deactivated
  • ineffectual
  • nonproductive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • operating
  • functioning
  • operational
  • working
  • operative
  • functional
  • running
  • effective
  • operable
  • useful
  • producing
  • serving
  • viable
  • productive
  • usable
  • workable
  • operant
  • effectual
  • performing
  • useable
  • employable
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6
as in great
slang of the very best kind a small jazz club that showcases some really down musicians

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • great
  • excellent
  • beautiful
  • terrific
  • lovely
  • top
  • awesome
  • fine
  • wonderful
  • hot
  • superb
  • stellar
  • prime
  • fantastic
  • fabulous
  • quality
  • cracking
  • cool
  • topping
  • marvelous
  • gone
  • heavenly
  • swell
  • neat
  • famous
  • slick
  • too much
  • classic
  • bully
  • capital
  • brave
  • dynamite
  • par excellence
  • mean
  • good
  • banner
  • bumper
  • grand
  • gangbusters
  • number one
  • frontline
  • divine
  • superior
  • choice
  • immense
  • sterling
  • keen
  • marvellous
  • corking
  • dope
  • boss
  • sensational
  • peachy
  • better
  • brag
  • numero uno
  • wizard
  • dandy
  • prize
  • groovy
  • hype
  • bonny
  • decent
  • fab
  • unsurpassed
  • splendid
  • phat
  • out of this world
  • primo
  • noble
  • exceptional
  • crackerjack
  • radical
  • superlative
  • nifty
  • boffo
  • all right
  • out-of-sight
  • gangbuster
  • peachy keen
  • righteous
  • supernal
  • tip-top
  • bonnie
  • topflight
  • acceptable
  • prizewinning
  • adequate
  • A-OK
  • gilt-edge
  • special
  • fancy
  • No. 1
  • high-class
  • fantabulous
  • blue-ribbon
  • top-shelf
  • traditional
  • satisfactory
  • jim-dandy
  • A1
  • first-string
  • first-class
  • top-notch
  • select
  • blue-chip
  • five-star
  • bang-up
  • tolerable
  • premium
  • passable
  • gilt-edged
  • top-of-the-line
  • first-rate
  • four-star
  • okay
  • classical
  • standard
  • OK
  • superfine
  • high-grade
  • high-test

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • poor
  • terrible
  • awful
  • lousy
  • rotten
  • pathetic
  • wretched
  • bad
  • atrocious
  • vile
  • inferior
  • unsatisfactory
  • execrable
  • middling
  • substandard
  • mediocre
  • low-grade
  • second-rate
  • second-class
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down

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noun (1)

as in pile
a soft airy substance or covering a comforter filled with goose down

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pile
  • fur
  • nap
  • lint
  • batting
  • floss
  • fuzz
  • fluff

down

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noun (2)

1
as in bore
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing lately it's been one down after another in my life

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bore
  • downer
  • accident
  • drag
  • bummer
  • tragedy
  • catastrophe
  • misfortune
  • woe
  • calamity
  • fatality
  • mishap
  • debacle
  • débâcle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • upper
  • trip
  • pick-me-up
2
as in grudge
chiefly British a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other!

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • grudge
  • resentment
  • score
  • grievance
  • dudgeon
  • bitterness
  • hostility
  • spite
  • condemnation
  • umbrage
  • malice
  • despite
  • complaint
  • spitefulness
  • pique
  • spleen
  • huff
  • animosity
  • offense
  • offence
  • venom
  • nastiness
  • meanness
  • malevolence
  • antagonism
  • viciousness
  • antipathy
  • enmity
  • maliciousness
  • peeve
  • rancor
  • hatefulness
3
as in hatred
chiefly British a strong feeling of not liking or approving for years after the war her grandfather had an unshakable down on the Germans

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hatred
  • disliking
  • dislike
  • distaste
  • disgust
  • disapproval
  • allergy
  • hate
  • disrelish
  • aversion
  • averseness
  • disinclination
  • disfavor
  • nausea
  • dissatisfaction
  • revulsion
  • displeasure
  • repugnance
  • loathing
  • antipathy
  • abomination
  • mislike
  • repulsion
  • jaundice
  • abhorrence
  • deprecation
  • detestation
  • execration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • use
  • favor
  • like
  • liking
  • preference
  • shine
  • taste
  • appetite
  • relish
  • attachment
  • fondness
  • partiality
  • love
  • devotion
  • tendency
  • affection
  • bent
  • passion
  • propensity
  • penchant
  • predilection
  • leaning
  • devotedness
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4
as in drop
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude suffered with a psychological disorder in which she alternated between emotional ups and downs

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drop
  • dip
  • plunge
  • fall
  • descent
  • dive
  • decline
  • nosedive
  • sinking
  • plummeting
  • downfall
  • comedown
  • downgrade

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rise
  • climb
  • soaring
  • progress
  • ascent
  • rising
  • advance
  • progression
  • upswing
  • upturn
  • improvement
  • headway
  • betterment
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5
as in demise
a loss of status experienced the ups and downs of a career in showbiz

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • demise
  • downfall
  • setback
  • fall
  • decline
  • disappointment
  • comedown
  • descent
  • defeat
  • reversal
  • collapse
  • crash
  • breakdown
  • humiliation
  • ruin
  • flameout
  • dégringolade
  • undoing
  • burnout
  • bottom
  • meltdown
  • Götterdämmerung
  • disgrace
  • nadir
  • abasement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • up
  • rise
  • progress
  • advance
  • ascent
  • headway
  • exaltation
  • aggrandizement
  • flower
  • prime
  • heyday
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down

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noun (3)

as in prairie
usually downs plural a broad area of level or rolling treeless country hold a festival on the downs

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • prairie
  • pampa
  • plain
  • moor
  • meadow
  • steppe
  • savanna
  • grassland
  • heath
  • llano
  • lea
  • tundra
  • campo
  • savannah
  • field
  • champaign
  • veld
  • veldt
  • ley
  • table
  • flat
  • bottom
  • lowland
  • plateau
  • floodplain
  • bottomland
  • tableland
  • upland

down

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verb

1
as in to drop
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall downed his opponent with one stunning blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drop
  • fell
  • floor
  • smack
  • level
  • hit
  • topple
  • slam
  • slap
  • punch
  • knock down
  • pound
  • prostrate
  • poke
  • bang
  • knock over
  • whack
  • mow (down)
  • thump
  • bowl (down or over)
  • knock out
  • overthrow
  • jab
  • throw down
  • paste
  • hammer
  • swipe
  • slug
  • bludgeon
  • swat
  • smite
  • bash
  • kayo
  • sock
  • belt
  • clobber
  • wallop
  • whale
  • slog
  • thwack
  • KO
2
as in to swallow
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • swallow
  • sip
  • chew
  • drink
  • lick
  • get down
  • eat
  • knock back
  • ingest
  • polish off
  • munch
  • guzzle
  • put away
  • scoff
  • consume
  • gorge
  • sup
  • finish
  • gulp
  • wolf
  • lap
  • devour
  • bolt
  • ruminate
  • scarf
  • gobble (up or down)
  • imbibe
  • mouth (down)
  • ingurgitate
  • gnaw (at or on)
  • peck (at)
  • dispatch
  • nibble (on)
3
as in to dismiss
to reject by or as if by a vote all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dismiss
  • kill
  • refuse
  • negative
  • blackball
  • shoot down
  • veto
  • nix
  • decline
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • blacklist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pass
  • allow
  • confirm
  • approve
  • admit
  • ratify
  • support
  • elect
  • assent (to)
  • sanction
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Phrases Containing down

  • bear down on
  • back down
  • boil down
  • call down
  • come down hard (on)
  • come down
  • clamp down (on)
  • come down (with)
  • down on
  • down and dirty
  • cry down
  • do down
  • down on one's luck
  • down in the mouth
  • down payment
  • get down
  • draw down
  • dress down
  • go down (with)
  • go down
  • hold down
  • hands down
  • lay down
  • let down
  • look down (on or upon)
  • mark down
  • put down
  • pipe down
  • play down
  • pull down
  • ring down the curtain (on)
  • run down
  • sell down the river
  • set down
  • shake down
  • shoot down
  • step down (from)
  • take down
  • talk down (to)
  • talk down
  • strike down
  • throw down
  • touch down
  • tear down
  • turn down
  • water down
  • wind down
  • write down
  • crack down (on)
  • lead one down the garden path
  • down to the ground
  • wet down
  • melt down
  • weigh down
  • look down one's nose (at)
  • cast down
  • phase down
  • slap down
  • break down
  • knock down
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  • bear down on
  • back down
  • boil down
  • call down
  • come down hard (on)
  • come down
  • clamp down (on)
  • come down (with)
  • down on
  • down and dirty
  • cry down
  • do down
  • down on one's luck
  • down in the mouth
  • down payment
  • get down
  • draw down
  • dress down
  • go down (with)
  • go down
  • hold down
  • hands down
  • lay down
  • let down
  • look down (on or upon)
  • mark down
  • put down
  • pipe down
  • play down
  • pull down
  • ring down the curtain (on)
  • run down
  • sell down the river
  • set down
  • shake down
  • shoot down
  • step down (from)
  • take down
  • talk down (to)
  • talk down
  • strike down
  • throw down
  • touch down
  • tear down
  • turn down
  • water down
  • wind down
  • write down
  • crack down (on)
  • lead one down the garden path
  • down to the ground
  • wet down
  • melt down
  • weigh down
  • look down one's nose (at)
  • cast down
  • phase down
  • slap down
  • break down
  • knock down
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