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- DictionaryDe·scent/dəˈsent/
noun
- 1. an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling: "the plane had gone into a steep descent"
- 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: "American families of Hungarian descent"
Find 90 different ways to say DESCENT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
Synonyms for DESCENT: drop, dip, plunge, decline, dive, fall, down, nosedive; Antonyms of DESCENT: ascent, rise, climb, progress, soaring, advance, progression, upturn.
Find 1,165 synonyms for descent and other similar words that you can use instead based on 12 separate contexts from our thesaurus.
Synonyms for DESCEND: fall, plunge, slope, sink, drop, dip, lean, decline; Antonyms of DESCEND: rise, ascend, climb, arise, mount, plane, straighten, flatten
Synonyms for DESCENTS: dips, drops, downs, falls, dives, declines, plunges, nosedives; Antonyms of DESCENTS: ascents, climbs, risings, rises, upturns, upswings, advances, progressions.
noun. These are words and phrases related to descent. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of descent. The spectators watched the descent of the balloon. Synonyms. fall. drop. coming down. Antonyms. ascent. rise. upward climb. There is a gradual descent from the house to the lake. Synonyms. slope. slant.
5 days ago · 1 (noun) in the sense of fall. Definition. the act of descending. The airplane encountered turbulence on its descent into the airport. Synonyms. fall. drop. plunge. coming down. swoop. See examples for synonyms. 2 (noun) in the sense of slope. Definition. a path or way leading downwards. On the descents, cyclists freewheel past cars. Synonyms.
