Synonyms for descend
dɪˈsɛnd

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1. descend, fall, go down, come down(verb)

   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, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall down

   Antonyms:
   ascend, go up

2. derive, come, descend(verb)

   come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

   "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

   Synonyms:
   deduct, derive, go down, infer, issue forth, gain, come down, amount, total, educe, occur, settle, arrive, number, condescend, come up, hail, follow, fare, deign, get, come, fall, get along, make out, do, come in, deduce, add up

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

3. condescend, deign, descend(verb)

   do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

   Synonyms:
   condescend, fall, deign, come down, stoop, derive, patronize, settle, patronise, lower oneself, go down, come

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

4. fall, descend, settle(verb)

   come as if by falling

   "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

   Synonyms:
   settle, fall down, lessen, deign, decrease, make up, patch up, return, sink, settle down, go down, square off, flow, precipitate, strike, subside, come down, root, determine, devolve, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, pass, conciliate, shine, adjudicate, accrue, decide, diminish, derive, square up, hang, resolve, locate, come, nail down, condescend, finalize, light, take root

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

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1. descend(verb)

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

2. descend(verb)

   To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

3. descend(verb)

   To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]

   [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. John Milton.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   ascend, go up

4. descend(verb)

   To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.

   And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. Alexander Pope.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

5. descend(verb)

   To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

6. descend(verb)

   To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

7. descend(verb)

   To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   go up, ascend

8. descend(verb)

   To move toward the south, or to the southward.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   ascend, go up

9. descend(verb)

   To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

   Synonyms:
   go down

   Antonyms:
   ascend, go up

10. descend(verb)

    To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.

    But never tears his cheek descended. Byron.

    Synonyms:
    go down

    Antonyms:
    go up, ascend

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. descend

   Synonyms:
   decline, drop, fall, go down, set, settle, sink

   Antonyms:
   arise, ascend, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring

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1. stepped

   it is used in some sentences where we using the words like downstairs.

   i stepped back onto the landing

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. descend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   fall, sink, drop, go down, come down

2. descend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   dismount, alight, get down

3. descend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   go, pass, proceed, be transferred

4. descend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   originate, be derived, take rise

5. descend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   make an attack, make an assault

6. descend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   go down, move down

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How to use descend in a sentence?

1. Van Beurden:

   You cannot talk credibly about lowering emissions globally if, for example, you are slow to acknowledge climate change; if you undermine calls for an effective carbon price; and if you always descend into the 'jobs versus environment' argument in the public debate.

2. Valerie Amos:

   For more than four years, we have watched Syria descend into deeper depths of despair surpassing even what the most pessimistic observers thought possible, in the past weeks, we have seen more and more heinous acts. Innocent men, women and children killed, maimed, displaced, and subjected to a savagery that no human should have to endure.

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The autumn leaf falls faster than the trees grow faster. (La feuille d'automne descend plus vite - Que les arbres ne grandissent plus vite.)

4. Mark Tregellas:

   The fire just continued to grow and then the black started to descend. I couldn't see the hand in front in my face, and it then it started to glow red and we knew the fire was coming, ash started to fall from the air and then the embers started to come down. At that point, people started to bring their kids and families into the water. Thankfully, the wind changed and the fire moved away.

5. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew:

   I just do not believe that we can let three and a half million Americans descend into chaos.

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