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

5 senses of precipitate

Sense 1
precipitate -- (bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution")
       => effect, effectuate, set up -- (produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave")

Sense 2
precipitate -- (separate as a fine suspension of solid particles)
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

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
precipitate -- (fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin")
       => 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 5
precipitate -- (hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below")
       => hurl, hurtle, cast -- (throw forcefully)

Antonyms of adj precipitating

1 sense of precipitating

Sense 1
precipitating (prenominal) -- (bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce")

INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal -- (not causative)

Similarity of adj precipitating

1 sense of precipitating

Sense 1
precipitating (prenominal) -- (bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce")
       => causative (vs. noncausative) -- (producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime")