Synonyms of downs

downs 1 of 2

noun

plural of down

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

hold a festival on the downs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prairie
• pampa
• meadow
• plain
• grassland
• savannah
• moor
• steppe
• heath
• ley
• savanna
• tundra
• lea
• field
• veld
• veldt
• lowland
• llano
• campo
• champaign
• flat
• plateau
• table
• bottom
• bottomland
• upland
• floodplain
• tableland

downs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of down

1

as in drops

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

downed his opponent with one stunning blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drops
• floors
• hits
• levels
• punches
• slaps
• bowls (down or over)
• knocks over
• mows (down)
• pounds
• fells
• slams
• topples
• knocks down
• bangs
• smacks
• prostrates
• thumps
• pokes
• jabs
• overthrows
• knocks out
• whacks
• socks
• swipes
• belts
• throws down
• hammers
• kayoes
• bashes
• pastes
• swats
• wallops
• slogs
• KOs
• bludgeons
• slugs
• smites
• thwacks
• whales
• clobbers

2

as in sips

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat

downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sips
• swallows
• drinks
• chews
• eats
• licks
• gets down
• ingests
• knocks back
• consumes
• gobbles (up or down)
• mouths (down)
• gulps
• sups
• guzzles
• scarfs
• ruminates
• munches
• wolfs
• scoffs
• pecks (at)
• imbibes
• gorges
• devours
• laps
• ingurgitates
• nibbles (on)
• finishes
• polishes off
• puts away
• gnaws (at or on)
• bolts
• dispatches

3

as in dismisses

to reject by or as if by a vote

all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismisses
• kills
• refuses
• vetoes
• negatives
• shoots down
• blackballs
• declines
• disapproves
• nixes
• disallows
• blacklists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passes
• confirms
• allows
• admits
• approves
• sanctions
• ratifies
• assents (to)
• elects
• supports