fall off

The phrase “fall off” has 2 syllables: fall off

It's pronounced as /fɔːl ɒf/


What is synonym and antonym for fall off?

In the thesaurus, “fall off” has 54 synonyms and 23 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fall off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fall off

  • abatement
  • arc
  • arch
  • bend
  • bow
  • circle
  • coil
  • crook
  • curl
  • curlicue
  • curtailment
  • curve
  • cut
  • cutback
  • decline
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deduction
  • dent
  • depletion
  • depression
  • deviate
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • fall
  • hook
  • lessen
  • loop
  • loss
  • reduction
  • retrenchment
  • round
  • sag
  • shortening
  • shrinkage
  • slip
  • slump
  • spiral
  • step-down
  • subtraction
  • sweep
  • swerve
  • trend
  • turn
  • twist
  • veer
  • wane
  • wheel
  • wind

Antonyms for fall off

Meanings of fall off

  • verb
    1. To become detached or to drop from.
    2. To diminish in size, value, etc.
    3. To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.

Example Sentences

  • Be careful not to fall off the ladder while you're cleaning the gutters.
  • The leaves started to fall off the trees as autumn approached.
  • If you don't maintain your fitness routine, you may notice your stamina start to fall off.
  • The paint on the old house began to fall off in flakes, revealing the weathered wood underneath.
  • I've noticed that the quality of his work tends to fall off when he's under a lot of stress.

On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fall off, such as: abatement, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, arc, arch.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fag

  • annoy
  • attack
  • back
  • bang away
  • bankrupt
  • be disregarded
  • be neglected
  • bear down
  • bedraggle
  • biri
  • bore
  • break
  • brood
  • burden
  • burn out
  • bush
  • bust
  • butt
  • cancer stick
  • cause ennui
  • cig
  • cloy
  • coffin nail
  • collapse
  • conk out
  • crawl
  • cubeb
  • cultivate
  • debilitate
  • decline
  • deject
  • deplete
  • depress
  • desire
  • despond
  • deteriorate
  • die on vine
  • dig in
  • disable
  • disgust
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • displease
  • distress
  • do in
  • do up
  • drain
  • draw
  • drive
  • droop
  • drop
  • drowse
  • drudge
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • ennui
  • essay
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exert
  • exert oneself
  • exhaust
  • fade
  • fag out
  • fail
  • faint
  • fall off
  • fatigue
  • fizzle
  • fizzle out
  • flag
  • fold
  • frazzle
  • gasper
  • give out
  • glut
  • go soft
  • go stale
  • go to pieces
  • grieve
  • grind
  • grow tired
  • grow weary
  • grub
  • hanker
  • harass
  • have had enough
  • hump
  • hunger
  • hustle
  • impoverish
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jade
  • kill
  • knock out
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • languish
  • leave one cold
  • long
  • lose interest
  • make discontented
  • moil
  • nauseate
  • oppress
  • outwear
  • overburden
  • overdo
  • overexert
  • overextend
  • overfatigue
  • overstrain
  • overtax
  • overtire
  • overwork
  • pain
  • pall
  • peter out
  • pine
  • pitch in
  • plague
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • plug away
  • poop
  • poop out
  • pour it on
  • prostrate
  • puff
  • put out
  • put to sleep
  • reefer
  • repine
  • rot
  • run ragged
  • sag
  • sap
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • sicken
  • sigh
  • sink
  • slave
  • slog
  • smoke
  • snivel
  • sorrow
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • succumb
  • suck dry
  • suffer
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • take
  • take it out of
  • tax
  • tend
  • tire
  • tire out
  • tobacco
  • toil
  • travail
  • trudge
  • try
  • try the patience of
  • tucker
  • tucker out
  • tug
  • use up
  • vex
  • wade
  • wash out
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear down
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • weigh
  • wilt
  • wither
  • work
  • work oneself to the bone
  • worry
  • yawn
  • yearn

fall away

  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • absolve
  • alleviate
  • amnesty
  • backslide
  • bag
  • become smaller
  • bend
  • bow
  • cancel
  • cave in
  • clench
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • condone
  • confine
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • curtail
  • curve
  • dangle
  • de-escalate
  • decay
  • decline
  • decrease
  • defer
  • deflate
  • degenerate
  • delay
  • desist
  • deteriorate
  • die down
  • die out
  • diminish
  • dip
  • draw in
  • drop
  • drop off
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • ease off
  • ease up
  • ebb
  • edit
  • epitomize
  • evaporate
  • excuse
  • exonerate
  • fade away
  • fail
  • fall
  • fall back
  • fall farther behind
  • fall off
  • flag
  • flap
  • flop
  • flow back
  • forbear
  • forgive
  • give out
  • give way
  • go back
  • go out
  • grow less
  • halt
  • hang
  • hang down
  • hold off
  • hold up
  • intermit
  • languish
  • lapse
  • lean
  • lessen
  • let up
  • lose
  • lose ground
  • lower
  • melt
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • narrow
  • omit
  • pall
  • pardon
  • peter out
  • phase down
  • prorogue
  • purse
  • put off
  • recede
  • reduce
  • relapse
  • relax
  • release
  • relent
  • remit
  • repeal
  • reprieve
  • rescind
  • respite
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrocede
  • retrogress
  • revert
  • roll back
  • run out of gas
  • sag
  • settle
  • shelve
  • shrink
  • shrivel
  • sink
  • slack
  • slacken
  • slide
  • slip
  • slump
  • soften
  • stay
  • subside
  • suspend
  • swag
  • syncopate
  • take in
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw back
  • tighten
  • turn back
  • vanish
  • wane
  • waste
  • weaken
  • wilt
  • withdraw
  • wither
  • wrinkle

fall short

  • abandon
  • abate
  • abort
  • abstain
  • atrophy
  • back wrong horse
  • backfire
  • backslide
  • be careless
  • be defeated
  • be demoted
  • be deprived of
  • be found lacking
  • be impoverished
  • be in vain
  • be late for
  • be reduced
  • be ruined
  • become poorer
  • bereave
  • blow
  • blunder
  • bomb
  • botch
  • break down
  • bust
  • capitulate
  • close
  • collapse
  • come a cropper
  • come apart
  • come to grief
  • come to naught
  • come to nothing
  • come up empty
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • crash
  • crater
  • crumble
  • decline
  • decrease
  • default
  • deflate
  • deplete
  • depress
  • deteriorate
  • die
  • die away
  • die down
  • die on the vine
  • die out
  • dim
  • diminish
  • disenchant
  • disillusion
  • disinherit
  • displace
  • dispossess
  • disregard
  • dissatisfy
  • dissipate
  • divest
  • do without
  • drain
  • draw to a close
  • drop
  • drop off
  • drop the ball
  • dwindle
  • ease off
  • ebb
  • err
  • exhaust
  • expend
  • explode
  • fade
  • fade away
  • fail
  • fail to keep
  • fall
  • fall flat
  • fall flat on face
  • fall off
  • fall through
  • fizz out
  • fizzle
  • fizzle out
  • flame out
  • flop
  • flounder
  • flub
  • flummox
  • flunk
  • fold
  • forfeit
  • forget
  • founder
  • fumble
  • give up
  • go astray
  • go down
  • go down swinging
  • go downhill
  • go short
  • go under
  • go up in smoke
  • go wrong
  • grow smaller
  • hit bottom
  • hit the skids
  • ignore
  • implode
  • juggle
  • lack
  • lavish
  • lay an egg
  • leave in lurch
  • leave stranded
  • lessen
  • let go
  • let slip
  • let up
  • lose
  • lose control
  • lose out
  • lose status
  • lower
  • meet with disaster
  • miscarry
  • misfire
  • mislay
  • misplace
  • miss
  • miss fire
  • miss the boat
  • miss the mark
  • misspend
  • moderate
  • muff
  • narrow
  • need
  • neglect
  • omit
  • oust
  • overlook
  • overshoot
  • pass over
  • pass up
  • peter out
  • play into
  • poop out
  • pull down
  • reduce
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • rob
  • run aground
  • sacrifice
  • self-destruct
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • shrivel
  • sink
  • skid
  • skip
  • slack off
  • slacken
  • slight
  • slip
  • slump
  • squander
  • stall
  • strike out
  • struggle
  • subside
  • suffer
  • suffer loss
  • surrender
  • take down
  • tank
  • taper off
  • trip
  • trip up
  • turn out badly
  • undershoot
  • underwhelm
  • use up
  • wane
  • want
  • wash out
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wind down
  • wither
  • wrinkle
  • yield

lag

  • amble
  • be behind
  • bottommost
  • break down
  • closing
  • concluding
  • conclusive
  • consequent
  • crawl
  • creep
  • crowning
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • decay
  • decelerate
  • decisive
  • decrease
  • deferment
  • deferral
  • definitive
  • degenerate
  • delay
  • detainment
  • detention
  • deteriorate
  • diddle
  • dillydally
  • diminish
  • drag
  • droop
  • drop behind
  • ease
  • ebb
  • emaciate
  • endmost
  • ensuing
  • eventual
  • extreme
  • fade
  • fail
  • fall behind
  • fall off
  • falter
  • farthermost
  • farthest
  • filibuster
  • final
  • flag
  • following
  • fool around
  • foot-dragging
  • furthermost
  • furthest
  • get no place fast
  • go
  • hang back
  • hang fire
  • hesitation
  • hindmost
  • hobble
  • holdback
  • holding pattern
  • holdup
  • idle
  • inch
  • inch along
  • jelly
  • lallygag
  • languish
  • last
  • latest
  • latter
  • limp
  • linger
  • loaf
  • loiter
  • loll
  • lollygag
  • lose strength
  • lounge
  • lowermost
  • lowest
  • lumber
  • mark time
  • mess around
  • mope
  • nethermost
  • outermost
  • outmost
  • pause
  • penultimate
  • play
  • plod
  • poke
  • postponement
  • procrastinate
  • put off
  • rearmost
  • remotest
  • reprieve
  • respite
  • retard
  • rot
  • run down
  • sag
  • saunter
  • setback
  • shilly-shally
  • shuffle
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slouch
  • slow
  • slow up
  • slowdown
  • stagger
  • stall
  • stay
  • straggle
  • stroll
  • succeeding
  • tail
  • tarry
  • temporize
  • terminal
  • terminating
  • tool
  • trail
  • trifle
  • trudge
  • ultimate
  • utmost
  • wait
  • wane
  • weaken
  • wear out
  • wilt
  • wither
  • yield

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