FALLEN OFF Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

fallen off

verb

past participle of fall off

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay

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straightened

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Recent Examples of fallen off The show’s audience, both worldwide and in the United States, had fallen off in the fourth and fifth seasons. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Arkansas’ running game has fallen off A much grimmer running game story is the one at Arkansas. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 State police said one person was reported to have fallen off a roof. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026 If Jenn is low-hanging fruit for Victoria, Carmella is whatever’s fallen off the tree and spoiled on the ground. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 The California condo is dying Condo construction in California has fallen off dramatically since the early 2000s, severely limiting access to the entry-level market for homeownership. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 So far, only a handful of restaurants have lost favor with the guide and fallen off the list, including Wyld in Beaver Creek and AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Denver (even before it was engulfed in scandal). — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026 As a shocking chart by the Wall Street Journal illustrates, the amount of capital spent on non-data center construction in the US has quite literally fallen off a cliff, while the capital deployed to build data centers soars into the stratosphere. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 While riding a horse, the band on Cedarstaff's hat had fallen off. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallen off

Verb

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The signature curved heel from the designer’s Larroudé past collections returns, but this time also in a kitten heel iteration.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Related Though local law enforcement swept Tulsa’s BOK Center and its surroundings and determined the threat was not credible on Friday, the show was still called off.

— Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026