Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun come_down

1 sense of comedown

Sense 1
comedown -- (decline to a lower status or level)
       => humiliation, abasement -- (depriving one of self-esteem)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb come_down

5 senses of come down

Sense 1
descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 2
reduce, come down, boil down -- (be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise")
       => become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")

Sense 3
precipitate, come down, fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum")

Sense 4
sicken, come down -- (get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital")
       => worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")

Sense 5
come down -- (criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play")
       => knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free")

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