FALLING Synonyms: 310 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in dangling

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noun

as in weakening

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verb

present participle of fall

as in stumbling

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice

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as in succumbing

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment

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as in plunging

to go to a lower level especially abruptly word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock

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as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually manufacturing in the area is falling, and closing signs are going up all over

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as in descending

to lead or extend downward the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful

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as in losing

to undergo defeat not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent

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as in wandering

to commit an offense even saints can fall

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as in dying

to stop living if their brave leader falls, the men will lose their courage

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Recent Examples of falling

Noun

The Athletic reported in August that the 47-year-old did not see eye to eye with Forest’s then-head coach Nuno Espirito Santo and there was a falling out that would become the catalyst for the Portuguese coach to leave the club. —

David Ornstein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026 Perez had a falling out with DeSantis last year over immigration laws and an investigation into the first lady’s favorite charity, Hope Florida. —

Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026 Troy Police Department Detective Carlo Pizzorni testified in court last year that there was a falling out between Paljusevic and the victim after Paljusevic wasn't invited to a private viewing of the man's father, who had died a few weeks previously. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 The chimney partially collapsed, with brick falling on the inside. —

Chris Higgins updated January 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026 And this really culminated in a dramatic falling out between Musk and the president. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 The school might be dissatisfied with the team’s performance, believe the players no longer listen to the coach, or maybe there’s a falling out between the coach and the athletic director. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025 Perhaps the most recent and high-profile is the infamous falling out between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family. —

Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025 The two men became friends, or at least acquaintances, in the late 1980s and had a falling out in 2004. —

W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025

Verb

Last week, the Washington State Department of Health halted the recreational and commercial harvest of clams, oysters and mussels in Drayton Harbor after receiving multiple reports of people falling ill after consuming raw shellfish from the area. —

Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 In the meantime, racecourse attendances remain below pre-pandemic levels and the industry’s costs are rising, while betting revenue is falling. —

Ian King, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026 Rain will turn to snow just after dinner time Tuesday, with evening snow falling mostly north of the Twin Cities — but metro residents will possibly wake up Wednesday to an inch or more of snowy accumulation on grassy areas. —

Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 Born into an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan family, Southern California’s Trish Toledo first began signing cumbias and ballads before falling head-over-heels for the timeless pop, R&B and soul recordings from the ’60s and ’70s. —

Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Math and reading scores are still falling short of pre-pandemic levels, although math scores are slowly rising. —

ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 Also Monday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange plunged, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index falling nearly 10% amid rising geopolitical tensions following attacks on Iran. —

Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026 On Tuesday morning, a fire broke out at the Fujairah Port due to falling debris following the successful interception of a drone by air defense systems. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026 Stock markets tumbled and oil prices spiked after the US assault on Iran, with even traditional haven investments such as gold falling. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for falling

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While the design here is emphatically traditional, a dose of modern whimsy comes through with a dangling, multi-floor chandelier loosely inspired by jellyfish.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
Cernan, the junior pilot, was outside, dangling—actually spinning, tumbling, and flailing—at the end of a long umbilical cord, completely unable to control his movements.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025