Synonyms for fell
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1. fell

   Synonyms:
   cruel, barbarous, inhuman, savage, bloody, direful, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, remorseless, relentless, fierce, truculent

   Antonyms:
   generous, chivalrous, humane, lenient, propitious

2. fell

   Synonyms:
   cut, level, prostrate, demolish, subvert, waste, bare

   Antonyms:
   plant, erect, support, propagate, stock, upraise, rear

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1. hide, fellnoun

   the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

   Synonyms:
   pelt, hide, felled seam, skin

   Antonyms:
   humane

2. fell, felled seamnoun

   seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

3. felladjective

   the act of felling something (as a tree)

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

4. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousverb

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   humane

5. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

   Synonyms:
   unload, push down, bring down, dribble, pull down, send packing, mow, fly, drop off, dismiss, slash, drop down, sink, down, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, knock down, cut, cut out, trim back, overleap, trim, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, reduce, expend, send away, set down, flatten, swing, trim down, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cut back, vanish, cast off, cancel, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   humane

6. fly, fell, vanishverb

   pass away rapidly

   "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

   Synonyms:
   take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, strike down, go away, wing, cut down, fly

   Antonyms:
   humane

7. fellverb

   sew a seam by folding the edges

   Synonyms:
   cut down, fly, vanish, drop, strike down

   Antonyms:
   humane

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Skin
   • Elapse
   • Sew

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1. felladjective

   Synonyms:
   cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, vandalic

2. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   prostrate, level, bring to the ground

3. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   cut down, hew down

4. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   hem (the lap of a seam)

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1. List of paraphrases for "fell":

   dropped, declined, decreased, landed, tumbled, plunged, dipped, slipped, retreated, slid, plummeted, crashed, slumped, sagged, feii, stumbled, collapsed, ran, bumped, nosedived, fallen, dabbled, sank

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1. Todd Rosenbluth:

   Unfortunately, as interest rates fell, taking on less risk actually hurt them versus their peers.

2. William Bartlett:

   The gold looks like it fell into the water yesterday.

3. Dr Jones:

   The Wars of the Roses are whatGames of Thronesis based on, and this is the Wars of the Roses laid out across a 5-metre, visually spectacular document, it features contributions from both the key players in the Wars of the Roses — it was originally drawn up by the Lancastrian side in the conflict but it fell into Yorkist hands and they rewrote part of it.

4. Brian Driscoll:

   I wasn't planning on trying to gain access to a house and a family. It fell into place, i suddenly realized the story is the father and the daughter and the bond.

5. Kelsey Grammer:

   I lost my faith when my sister died, and went through a bit of a difficult time after that, but always in the back of my mind, an old buddy of mine used to say, ‘ I fell to my knees, and I cried out to the God of my childhood, and there was answer. ’.