Synonyms for fell
fɛlfell

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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. French President Francois Hollande:

   It's doubly regrettable, I was even going to say scandalous, place de la Republique, where all these flowers have been put, these candles ... in memory of those who fell under the bullets of the terrorists. (It is) also scandalous with regard to what is at stake at the climate conference, which is meant to let the world make decisions on the future of the planet.

2. Victoria Contreras:

   All my bottles started rattling, then one great big boom, i almost fell off the stool.

3. Thomas Saenz:

   She fell into stereotypes about the Latino community that are far too prevalent in the population at large but clearly, she was also counting on law enforcement relying upon stereotypes.

4. William Jackson at Capital Economics:

   It's a very oil-dependent economy, so it always looked like an adjustment in the currency was needed when oil prices fell. They delayed that adjustment for a long time so it's kind of inevitable that the currency had to weaken.

5. Carolyn Potter:

   She has described just the horror of all of it, and then, when she was able to leave the family home and felt like her siblings were safe... she ended up being trafficked as an adult and fell right back into it.