" down "

1: toward or in a lower position;

  * e.g., " ... the stairs went down to the basement "

•  Synonyms : 

•  below,

•  downward,

•  over

•  Antonyms : 

•  up,

•  upward,

•  upwardly

2: from this or that place;

  * e.g., " ... came down from New York for the weekend "

•  Synonyms : 

•  away,

•  fro,

•  hence,

•  off,

•  out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in all the way, at length;

•  Synonyms : 

•  all the way,

•  at length,

•  down to the ground,

•  for fair,

•  in whole,

•  to bits,

•  to pieces,

•  to the hilt,

•  to the max,

•  all,

•  all of,

•  all over,

•  altogether,

•  clean,

•  completely,

•  dead,

•  enough,

•  entire,

•  entirely,

•  even,

•  exactly,

•  fast,

•  flat,

•  full,

•  fully,

•  heartily,

•  out,

•  perfectly,

•  plumb,

•  quite,

•  soundly,

•  thoroughly,

•  through and through,

•  totally,

•  utterly,

•  well,

•  wholly,

•  wide

•  Antonyms : 

•  half,

•  halfway,

•  incompletely,

•  part,

•  partially,

•  partly,

•  barely,

•  hardly,

•  just,

•  kind of,

•  marginally,

•  minimally,

•  scarcely,

•  slightly,

•  superficially,

•  approximately,

•  roughly,

•  somewhat

1: brought or having come to an end;

  * e.g., " ... eight down and two to go "

•  Synonyms : 

•  complete,

•  completed,

•  concluded,

•  done,

•  ended,

•  finished,

•  over,

•  over with,

•  terminated,

•  through,

•  up

•  Antonyms : 

•  continuing,

•  incomplete,

•  ongoing,

•  uncompleted,

•  undone,

•  unfinished

2: directed down;

  * e.g., " ... a down escalator "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bowed,

•  downcast,

•  downward,

•  lowered

•  Antonyms : 

•  blissful,

•  buoyant,

•  buoyed,

•  cheerful,

•  cheery,

•  chipper,

•  delighted,

•  glad,

•  gladdened,

•  gladsome,

•  gleeful,

•  happy,

•  joyful,

•  joyous,

•  jubilant,

•  sunny,

•  upbeat

3: feeling unhappiness;

  * e.g., " ... feeling a bit down "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad,

•  blue,

•  brokenhearted,

•  cast down,

•  crestfallen,

•  dejected,

•  depressed,

•  despondent,

•  disconsolate,

•  doleful,

•  down in the mouth,

•  downcast,

•  downhearted,

•  droopy,

•  forlorn,

•  gloomy,

•  glum,

•  hangdog,

•  heartbroken,

•  heartsick,

•  heartsore,

•  heavyhearted,

•  inconsolable,

•  joyless,

•  low,

•  low-spirited,

•  melancholic,

•  melancholy,

•  miserable,

•  mournful,

•  sad,

•  saddened,

•  sorrowful,

•  sorry,

•  unhappy,

•  woebegone,

•  woeful,

•  wretched

•  Antonyms : 

•  hale,

•  healthful,

•  healthy,

•  sound,

•  well,

•  whole,

•  wholesome

1: as in downscale, déclassé;

•  Synonyms : 

•  déclassé,

•  downscale,

•  plain,

•  poor,

•  simple,

•  working-class,

•  bourgeois,

•  middle-class,

•  baseborn,

•  common,

•  humble,

•  ignoble,

•  inferior,

•  low,

•  lowborn,

•  lower-class,

•  low-life,

•  lowly,

•  lumpen,

•  mean,

•  plebeian,

•  prole,

•  proletarian,

•  unwashed,

•  vulgar

•  Antonyms : 

•  aristocratic,

•  blue-blooded,

•  genteel,

•  gentle,

•  grand,

•  great,

•  high,

•  highborn,

•  highbred,

•  lofty,

•  noble,

•  patrician,

•  upper-class,

•  upper-crust,

•  wellborn,

•  eminent,

•  illustrious,

•  notable,

•  prominent

1: a soft airy substance or covering;

  * e.g., " ... a comforter filled with goose down "

•  Synonyms : 

•  floss,

•  fluff,

•  fur,

•  fuzz,

•  lint,

•  nap,

•  pile

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: something (as a situation or event) that is depressing;

  * e.g., " ... lately it's been one down after another in my life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bummer,

•  downer

•  Antonyms : 

•  upper

2: a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong;

  * e.g., " ... I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  grievance,

•  grudge,

•  resentment,

•  score

•  Antonyms : 

•  appetite,

•  favor,

•  fondness,

•  like,

•  liking,

•  partiality,

•  preference,

•  relish,

•  shine,

•  taste,

•  use

3: a strong feeling of not liking or approving;

  * e.g., " ... for years after the war her grandfather had an unshakable down on the Germans "

•  Synonyms : 

•  allergy,

•  averseness,

•  aversion,

•  disfavor,

•  disinclination,

•  dislike,

•  disliking,

•  disrelish,

•  mislike

•  Antonyms : 

•  ascent,

•  climb,

•  rise,

•  rising,

•  soaring,

•  upswing,

•  upturn

1: a broad area of level or rolling treeless country;

  * e.g., " ... hold a festival on the downs "

•  Synonyms : 

•  campo,

•  champaign,

•  grassland,

•  heath,

•  lea,

•  llano,

•  moor,

•  pampa,

•  plain,

•  prairie,

•  savanna,

•  steppe,

•  tundra,

•  veld

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in have-nots, paupers;

•  Synonyms : 

•  have-nots,

•  indigents,

•  paupers,

•  ne'er-do-wells,

•  hoboes,

•  tramps,

•  vagabonds,

•  drifters,

•  roamers,

•  transients,

•  almsmen,

•  beggars,

•  mendicants,

•  panhandlers,

•  gamines,

•  ragamuffins,

•  urchins,

•  waifs,

•  bankrupts,

•  insolvents

•  Antonyms : 

•  affluents,

•  deep pockets,

•  fat cats,

•  haves,

•  moneybags,

•  plutocrats,

•  billionaires,

•  billionairesses,

•  gazillionaires,

•  millionaires,

•  millionairesses,

•  magnates,

•  moneymakers,

•  nabobs,

•  successes,

•  tycoons

1: as in have-not, pauper;

•  Synonyms : 

•  have-not,

•  indigent,

•  pauper,

•  ne'er-do-well,

•  hobo,

•  tramp,

•  vagabond,

•  drifter,

•  roamer,

•  transient,

•  almsman,

•  beggar,

•  mendicant,

•  panhandler,

•  gamine,

•  ragamuffin,

•  urchin,

•  waif,

•  bankrupt,

•  insolvent

•  Antonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  deep pocket,

•  fat cat,

•  have,

•  moneybags,

•  plutocrat,

•  billionaire,

•  billionairess,

•  gazillionaire,

•  millionaire,

•  millionairess,

•  magnate,

•  moneymaker,

•  nabob,

•  success,

•  tycoon

1: to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall;

  * e.g., " ... downed his opponent with one stunning blow "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bowl (down or over),

•  drop,

•  fell,

•  floor,

•  knock down,

•  knock over,

•  level,

•  mow (down),

•  prostrate

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirm,

•  ratify

2: to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat;

  * e.g., " ... downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda "

•  Synonyms : 

•  get down,

•  ingest,

•  swallow

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to reject by or as if by a vote;

  * e.g., " ... all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blackball,

•  kill,

•  negative,

•  nix,

•  shoot down,

•  veto

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)