Synonyms and Antonyms of drop

synonym (synonym of drop)

antonym (antonym of drop)

hypernym (drop IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a central depository where things can be left or picked up (noun.artifact)
    deposit, depositary, depository, repository
    a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping (noun.artifact)
     
  • a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery (noun.artifact)
    curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
    hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (noun.artifact)
     
  • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity (noun.event)
    gravitation
    movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction (noun.event)
     
  • a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) (noun.location)
    hiding place
    a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) (noun.location)
     
  • a shape that is spherical and small (noun.shape)
    sphere
    a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) (noun.shape)
     
  • a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) (noun.quantity)
    small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
    an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude (noun.quantity)
     
  • a steep high face of rock (noun.object)
    formation, geological formation
    (geology) the geological features of the earth (noun.object)
     
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun.attribute)
    decrease, decrement
    the amount by which something decreases (noun.attribute)
     
  • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)
    cut
    separate with or as if with an instrument (verb.contact)
     
  • change from one level to another (verb.change)
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change)
     
  • fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
    change posture
    undergo a change in bodily posture (verb.motion)
     
  • fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death (verb.change)
    fall
    pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind (verb.change)
     
  • get rid of (verb.contact)
    remove, take, take away, withdraw
    remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change)
     
  • give birth; used for animals (verb.body)
    bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have
    cause to be born (verb.body)
     
  • go down in value (verb.change)
    decline, go down, wane
    grow smaller (verb.change)
     
  • grow worse (verb.body)
    decline, worsen
    grow worse (verb.change)
     
  • hang freely (verb.stative)
    hang
    be suspended or hanging (verb.contact)
     
  • leave or unload (verb.contact)
    deliver
    bring to a destination, make a delivery (verb.contact)
     
  • let fall to the ground (verb.motion)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • let or cause to fall in drops (verb.contact)
    pour
    cause to run (verb.motion)
     
  • lose (a game) (verb.competition)
    lose
    fail to win (verb.competition)
     
  • lower the pitch of (musical notes) (verb.change)
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)
     
  • omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing (verb.cognition)
    elide
    leave or strike out (verb.cognition)
     
  • pay out (verb.possession)
    pay
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services (verb.possession)
     
  • stop associating with (verb.social)
    can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position (verb.social)
     
  • stop pursuing or acting (verb.change)
    cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
    put an end to a state or an activity (verb.stative)
     
  • take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth (verb.consumption)
    do drugs, drug
    use recreational drugs (verb.consumption)
     
  • terminate an association with (verb.social)
    remove
    remove from a position or an office (verb.social)
     
  • the act of dropping something (noun.act)
    descent
    the act of changing your location in a downward direction (noun.act)
     
  • to fall vertically (verb.motion)
    come down, descend, fall, go down
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (verb.motion)
     
  • utter with seeming casualness (verb.communication)
    express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize
    articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise (verb.communication)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF drop relation)

  • a central depository where things can be left or picked up (noun.artifact)
    maildrop
    a drop where mail can be deposited (noun.artifact)
     
  • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity (noun.event)
    free fall
    the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    plunge
    a steep and rapid fall (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    precipitation
    the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height (noun.event)
     
  • a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) (noun.location)
    dead drop
    a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information (noun.location)
     
  • a shape that is spherical and small (noun.shape)
    dewdrop
    a drop of dew (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    teardrop
    anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) (noun.shape)
     
  • a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) (noun.quantity)
    tear, teardrop
    a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    raindrop
    a drop of rain (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    droplet
    a tiny drop (noun.quantity)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    eye-drop, eyedrop
    a drop from an eye dropper (noun.quantity)
     
  • a steep high face of rock (noun.object)
    crag
    a steep rugged rock or cliff (noun.object)
     
  • (noun.object)
    precipice
    a very steep cliff (noun.object)
     
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun.attribute)
    correction
    a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    voltage drop
    a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing (noun.attribute)
     
  • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)
    chop down
    cut down (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    poleax, poleaxe
    fell with or as if with a poleax (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    log, lumber
    cut lumber, as in woods and forests (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cut
    fell by sawing; hew (verb.contact)
     
  • fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
    drop open, fall open
    open involuntarily (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    droop, flag, sag, swag
    droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    sag, sag down
    cause to sag (verb.motion)
     
  • get rid of (verb.contact)
    exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    abscise
    shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    exfoliate
    cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    autotomise, autotomize
    cause a body part to undergo autotomy (verb.contact)
     
  • go down in value (verb.change)
    fall off, sink, slump
    fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    tumble
    fall suddenly and sharply (verb.change)
     
  • grow worse (verb.body)
    fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary
    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    fade, languish
    become feeble (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    rot, waste
    become physically weaker (verb.body)
     
  • hang freely (verb.stative)
    droop, loll
    hang loosely or laxly (verb.stative)
     
  • leave or unload (verb.contact)
    wharf
    discharge at a wharf (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    air-drop
    drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter (verb.contact)
     
  • leave undone or leave out (verb.cognition)
    forget
    forget to do something (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    jump, pass over, skip, skip over
    bypass (verb.cognition)
     
  • let fall to the ground (verb.motion)
    plop
    drop something with a plopping sound (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    dump
    drop (stuff) in a heap or mass (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    hang
    let drop or droop (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    plank down, plonk down, plump down
    drop heavily (verb.motion)
     
  • pay out (verb.possession)
    consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
    use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    consume, squander, ware, waste
    spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    afford
    be able to spare or give up (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    blow
    spend lavishly or wastefully on (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    trifle away, wanton, wanton away
    spend wastefully (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    underspend
    spend at less than the normal rate (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    misspend
    spend (money or other resources) unwisely (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch
    spend money frugally; spend as little as possible (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    commit, invest, place, put
    make an investment (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    economise, economize, save
    spend sparingly, avoid the waste of (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    lay out
    spend or invest (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away
    waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently (verb.stative)
     
  • stop pursuing or acting (verb.change)
    nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi
    drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records (verb.change)
     
  • to fall vertically (verb.motion)
    dump, plunge
    fall abruptly (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    plummet, plump
    drop sharply (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    flump, flump down
    fall heavily (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    decline
    go down (verb.motion)
     

cause (cause to relations of drop)

  • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)
    come down, descend, fall, go down
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (verb.motion)
     

verb group (drop is verb group of ....)

  • fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
    fall off, sink, slump
    fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly (verb.change)
     
  • let fall to the ground (verb.motion)
    drop, drop down, sink
    fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
     
  • let or cause to fall in drops (verb.contact)
    drip
    fall in drops (verb.motion)
     
  • terminate an association with (verb.social)
    dismiss, drop, send away, send packing
    stop associating with (verb.social)
     
  • to fall vertically (verb.motion)
    drop
    let fall to the ground (verb.motion)
     

derivation (.... is derived from drop)

  • a central depository where things can be left or picked up (noun.artifact)
    discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload
    leave or unload (verb.contact)
     
  • a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery (noun.artifact)
    drop, drop down, sink
    fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
     
  • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity (noun.event)
    fall
    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    fall, fall down
    lose an upright position suddenly (verb.motion)
     
  • a shape that is spherical and small (noun.shape)
    bead
    form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example (verb.stative)
     
  • (adj.all)
    beadlike, beady, buttonlike, buttony
    small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button (adj.all)
     
  • a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) (noun.quantity)
    droplet
    a tiny drop (noun.quantity)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    dribble, drip, drop
    let or cause to fall in drops (verb.contact)
     
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun.attribute)
    decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
    decrease in size, extent, or range (verb.change)
     
  • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)
    fell
    the act of felling something (as a tree) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman
    a person who fells trees (noun.person)
     
  • fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb.motion)
    drop, drop cloth, drop curtain
    a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery (noun.artifact)
     
  • go down in value (verb.change)
    dip, drop, fall, free fall
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun.attribute)
     
  • grow worse (verb.body)
    degeneration, devolution
    the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    declension, decline in quality, deterioration, worsening
    process of changing to an inferior state (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.state)
    decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    deterioration, impairment
    a symptom of reduced quality or strength (noun.state)
     
  • (adj.all)
    degenerative
    (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function (adj.all)
     
  • hang freely (verb.stative)
    swing, swinging, vacillation
    changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    swing
    mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (noun.artifact)
     
  • leave undone or leave out (verb.cognition)
    omission, skip
    a mistake resulting from neglect (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance
    failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    omission
    neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    pretermission
    letting pass without notice (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.person)
    neglecter
    a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    omissible
    capable of being left out (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    omissive
    characterized by omissions (adj.pert)
     
  • let or cause to fall in drops (verb.contact)
    dropper, eye dropper
    pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.event)
    dribble, drip, trickle
    flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    drib, driblet, drop
    a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) (noun.quantity)
     
  • pay out (verb.possession)
    disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending
    the act of spending or disbursing money (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    expending, expenditure
    the act of spending money for goods or services (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    disburser, expender, spender
    someone who spends money to purchase goods or services (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending
    money paid out; an amount spent (noun.possession)
     
  • (adj.all)
    expensive
    high in price or charging high prices (adj.all)
     
  • the act of dropping something (noun.act)
    drop
    let fall to the ground (verb.motion)
     
  • to fall vertically (verb.motion)
    drop, fall
    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity (noun.event)
     

domain category (drop is domain category of ....)

  • a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) (noun.location)
    drug
    a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic (noun.artifact)
     
  • lose (a game) (verb.competition)
    athletics, sport
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act)
     
  • lower the pitch of (musical notes) (verb.change)
    music
    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication)
     
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