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Synonyms for downfall
ˈdaʊnˌfɔl
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Princeton's WordNet
downfall, ruin, ruination(noun)
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
Synonyms:
fall, ruination, ruining, precipitation, ruin, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidationprecipitation, downfall(noun)
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Synonyms:
fall, ruination, ruin, precipitation, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastinessfall, downfall(noun)
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
Synonyms:
gloam, ruination, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, precipitation, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, ruin, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilight
Dictionary of English Synonymes
downfall(n.)
Synonyms:
ruin, destruction, fall
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1232 | fall | |
| #2158 | drop | |
| #3071 | pin | |
| #5615 | decline | |
| #6341 | autumn | |
| #7052 | collapse | |
| #8036 | precipitation | |
| #9094 | dip | |
| #10122 | twilight | |
| #11564 | surrender | |
| #11777 | spill | |
| #12483 | hurry | |
| #13070 | descent | |
| #14164 | ruin | |
| #17934 | tumble | |
| #18076 | dusk | |
| #20174 | demise | |
| #25448 | haste | |
| #27471 | overthrow | |
| #27947 | downfall | |
| #33438 | wrecking | |
| #36665 | ruining | |
| #38177 | declination | |
| #48660 | undoing | |
| #49878 | nightfall | |
| #80167 | capitulation | |
| #116269 | downslope | |
| #117527 | declension | |
| #145906 | crepuscule | |
| #158990 | ruination | |
| #185304 | gloaming | |
| #225378 | dilapidation | |
| #253199 | declivity | |
| #327568 | evenfall |
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