Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drop
23 senses of drop
Sense 1
drop -- (let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes")
=> move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
Sense 2
drop -- (to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets")
=> 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")
Sense 3
drop -- (go down in value; "Stock prices dropped")
=> decline, go down, wane -- (grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned")
Sense 4
sink, drop, drop down -- (fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees")
=> change posture -- (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Sense 5
drop -- (terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket")
=> remove -- (remove from a position or an office)
Sense 6
drop -- (utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names")
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")
Sense 7
drop, knock off -- (stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!")
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")
Sense 8
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge -- (leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel")
=> deliver -- (bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers")
Sense 9
fell, drop, strike down, cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers")
=> cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")
Sense 10
drop -- (lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13")
=> lose -- (fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war")
Sense 11
spend, expend, drop -- (pay out; "spend money")
=> pay -- (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please")
Sense 12
flatten, drop -- (lower the pitch of (musical notes))
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 13
dangle, swing, drop -- (hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling")
=> hang -- (be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall")
Sense 14
dismiss, send packing, send away, drop -- (stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock")
=> displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")
Sense 15
dribble, drip, drop -- (let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture")
=> pour -- (cause to run; "pour water over the floor")
Sense 16
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop -- (get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes")
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")
Sense 17
drop -- (take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager")
=> drug, do drugs -- (use recreational drugs)
Sense 18
drop -- (omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's")
=> elide -- (leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant")
Sense 19
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")
Sense 20
drop -- (change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 21
drop -- (fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop")
=> fall -- (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work")
Sense 22
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate -- (grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match")
=> worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")
Sense 23
drop -- (give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning")
=> give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have -- (cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")
Antonyms of adj dropping
1 sense of dropping
Sense 1
dropping, falling -- (coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain")
INDIRECT (VIA descending) -> ascending -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")
Similarity of adj dropping
1 sense of dropping
Sense 1
dropping, falling -- (coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain")
=> descending (prenominal) (vs. ascending) -- (coming down or downward)
