Synonyms for Drop
32 senses across 2 parts of speech, powered by WordNet 3.0.
Words related to "Drop" (verb) include plop, dump, hang, plonk down.
Verb
let fall to the ground
"Don't drop the dishes"
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plopdumphangplonk down
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move
to fall vertically
"the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
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plungeplummetflumpdecline
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descend
go down in value
"Stock prices dropped"
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slumptumble
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decline
fall or descend to a lower place or level
"He sank to his knees"
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sinkdrop down
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drop opensag
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change posture
terminate an association with
"drop him from the Republican ticket"
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remove
utter with seeming casualness; drop names"
"drop a hint"
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express
stop pursuing or acting
"drop a lawsuit" "knock it off!"
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knock off
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nolle pros
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discontinue
leave or unload
"unload the cargo" "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
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drop offset downput downunloaddischarge
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wharfair-drop
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deliver
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
"strike down a tree" "Lightning struck down the hikers"
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fellstrike downcut down
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chop downpoleaxlogcut
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cut
lose (a game)
"The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
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lose
pay out
"spend money"
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spendexpend
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consumeaffordblowwantonunderspendmisspendpenny-pinchinvestsavelay outpiddle
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pay
lower the pitch of (musical notes)
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flatten
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change
hang freely
"the ornaments dangled from the tree" "The light dropped from the ceiling"
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dangleswing
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droop
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hang
stop associating with
"They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
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dismisssend packingsend away
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displace
let or cause to fall in drops
"dribble oil into the mixture"
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dribbledrip
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pour
get rid of
"he shed his image as a pushy boss" "shed your clothes"
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shedcastcast offshake offthrowthrow offthrow away
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shedabsciseexfoliateautotomize
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remove
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
"She dropped acid when she was a teenager"
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drug
omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
" New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
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elide
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?" "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
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neglectpretermitomitmissleave outoverlookoverleap
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forgetjump
change from one level to another
"She dropped into army jargon"
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change
fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
"shop til you drop"
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fall
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
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devolvedeterioratedegenerate
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tirelanguishwaste
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worsen
give birth; used for animals
"The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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give birth
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sharpenattend torecuperate
Noun
a shape that is spherical and small
"he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops" "beads of sweat on his forehead"
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beadpearl
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sphere
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
"he had a drop too much to drink" "a drop of each sample was analyzed" "there is not a drop of pity in that man" "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling
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dribdriblet
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small indefinite quantity
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index" "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery" "a dip in prices" "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
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dipfallfree fall
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decrease
a steep high face of rock
"he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town" "a steep drop"
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cliffdrop-off
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geological formation
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
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hiding place
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
"it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
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fall
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descentgravitation
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
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drop curtaindrop cloth
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curtain
a central depository where things can be left or picked up
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depository
the act of dropping something
"they expected the drop would be successful"
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descent
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