Synonyms for down

Noun

1. down, down feather, feather, plume, plumage

usage: soft fine feathers

2. down, turn, play

usage: (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

3. Down, John L. H. Down, doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

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

4. down, highland, upland

usage: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

5. down, pile, hair

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

Verb

1. toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill, drink, imbibe

usage: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

2. devour, down, consume, go through, eat

usage: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

3. down, get the better of, overcome, defeat

usage: bring down or defeat (an opponent)

4. down, shoot down, land

usage: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

5. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down, strike

usage: cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

6. polish, refine, fine-tune, down, better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

usage: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

Adjective

1. down (vs. up), behind(predicate), trailing, downbound, downcast, downfield, downward(postnominal), fallen, set(predicate), thrown, descending, low

usage: being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

2. down(prenominal), falling (vs. rising)

usage: becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

3. down, down pat(predicate), mastered, perfect (vs. imperfect)

usage: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

4. down(prenominal), downward(prenominal), descending(prenominal) (vs. ascending)

usage: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

5. down(predicate), out(predicate) (vs. safe), retired

usage: out; "two down in the last of the ninth"

6. depressed, down(predicate), low (vs. high)

usage: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

7. down, lowered (vs. raised)

usage: shut; "the shades were down"

8. cut, cut down, down, felled (vs. unfelled), downed

usage: cut down; "the tree is down"

9. down, inoperative (vs. operative)

usage: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down"

10. blue, depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited, dejected (vs. elated)

usage: low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

11. down, fractional (vs. whole)

usage: the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"

Adverb

1. down, downwards, downward, downwardly

usage: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

2. down

usage: away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida"

3. down

usage: paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace"

4. down

usage: from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"

5. down

usage: to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

6. down

usage: in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"