Synonyms for GO DOWN
go down

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1. go down

   Synonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go under, surrender

   Antonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

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1. descend, fall, go down, come downverb

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

   Synonyms:
   crash, boil down, shine, go down, light, accrue, diminish, set, strike, devolve, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, go under, reduce, condescend, lessen, come down, sink, deign, pass, descend, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall down

2. sink, settle, go down, go underverb

   go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

   Synonyms:
   settle, square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, go under, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take root

3. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms:
   reject, go down, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, decline, wane, slump, turn down

4. go downverb

   be recorded or remembered

   "She will go down as the first feminist"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, go down, decline

5. go downverb

   be ingested

   "This wine sure goes down well"; "The food wouldn't go down"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, go down, decline

6. go downverb

   be defeated

   "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, go down, decline

7. set, go down, go underverb

   disappear beyond the horizon

   "the sun sets early these days"

   Synonyms:
   plant, settle, go under, descend, dress, place, prepare, mark, put, localize, go by, coiffe, fix, sink, fructify, gear up, go down, jell, come down, decline, position, arrange, crash, define, specify, lay, correct, countersink, do, determine, coiffure, wane, lay out, coif, ready, set up, congeal, sic, fall, limit, set, typeset, adjust, rig, pose, localise

8. crash, go downverb

   stop operating

   "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"

   Synonyms:
   barge in, go down, come down, set, doss down, go under, settle, gate-crash, break apart, doss, sink, descend, fall, break up, ram, crash, decline, wane, dash

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1. • Astronomy
   • Decrease
   • Descend
   • Fail
   • Lose
   • Move

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. go down

   Synonyms:
   descend

2. go down

   Synonyms:
   be swallowed

3. go down

   Synonyms:
   (Low.) be received, be admitted, pass current

4. go down

   Synonyms:
   fail, come to nothing, come to nought

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1. Dana White:

   He's very disappointed. He's upset, he wanted to go down as one of the greats, or the greatest ever. He's disappointed, but it is what it is. It was the decision we had to make.

2. Luc Lecavalier:

   This might mean if we intervene early, these kids will not have to take medication down the road, this is a very big deal because these medicines are potent, very potent, and work, but have side effects. A lot of parents don’t want to give them to their child.

3. Cristina Robins:

   We are really just beginning to understand the scientific significance of the finds, this collection adds significantly to our knowledge of the paleontology of California from the Miocene -- about 15-20 million years ago. The quantity and quality of the fossils is extremely impressive, and that comes down to both luck and the skill and care of the mitigation paleontologists and the construction workers who often found the fossils.

4. Scott McLaughlin:

   Thank you to Roger Penske for trusting me and giving me the opportunity to come here, he’s the one that calmed me down last year. He said, ‘Hey, it’s a long story, not a short one.’ To pay back that faith and prove the trust he put in me is a very proud moment.

5. Linda Bilyeu:

   He never would have traveled down the Rio Grande on a raft in the winter unless he had a damn good reason to do so.