Descent

Synonyms for descent
noun moving down; lowering

slide
plunge
slope
declivity
tumble
grade
sag
header
slip
settlement

decline
droop
gradient
swoop
declension
inclination
sinking
crash
slant
coast

hill
fall
downgrade
precipitation
incline
drop
declination
landslide
dip
falling

topple
plunging
drop-off
prolapse
tailspin
cave-in
coming down
plummeting
sinkage

Antonyms for descent

evenness
increase
ascension

improvement
level
rise

ascent
elevation
upgrade

Synonyms
noun line of ancestry

origin
extraction
lineage

parentage
relationship
family

genealogy
heredity
blood

pedigree
family tree

Antonyms

ascension
increase
improvement

ascent
elevation
rise

upgrade

Synonyms
noun deterioration

decline
abasement
comedown
discomfiture

downfall
lapse
slump
degradation

down
anticlimax
debasement
pathos

cadence
decadence
downcome

Antonyms

increase
boon
success
ascension

improvement
rise
ascent
promotion

elevation
upgrade

Synonyms
noun assault, attack

pounce
advance

raid
swoop

foray
invasion

incursion

Antonyms

withdrawal
ascension
increase

improvement
retreat
ascent

elevation
rise
upgrade

Concept Thesaurus for word descent
4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms – noun

descent
fall
plummet
lapse
tilt
culbute
avalanche
declivity

descension
falling: slump
cadence
downfall
trip
titubation
debacle
dip

declension
drop
subsidence
tumble
lurch
stumble
landslip
hill.

declination
plunge
collapse
slip
cropper
fate of Icarus.
landslide.

Synonyms – verbs

descend
fall
slide
crash
droop
alight
stoop
tumble
lurch
topple over
tilt

go down
gravitate
settle
decline
come down a peg
light
fall prostrate
trip
pitch
tumble over
sprawl

drop down
drop
plunge
set
slump.
get down
precipitate oneself
stumble
swag
topple down
plump down

come down
slip
plummet
sink
dismount
swoop
let fall
titubate
topple
tumble down
come down a cropper.

Synonyms – adjectives

descending
labent

descendent
deciduous

decurrent
nodding to its fall.

decursive

Synonyms – phrases
the bottom fell out.
Antonyms

ascent

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Other adjectives related to descent

deciduous
defluous
downgyred

declivous
demersal
labent

decurrent
descendent
nodding to its fall

decursive
descending
stillatitious