fallen

The word “fallen” has 2 syllables: fal-len

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔːlən/


What is synonym and antonym for fallen?

In the thesaurus, “fallen” has 39 synonyms and 47 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for fallen

Antonyms for fallen

  • accumulated
  • alive
  • appeared
  • arisen
  • ascended
  • ballooned
  • been
  • breathed
  • breathing
  • built
  • climbed
  • come to
  • conquered
  • endured
  • enlarged
  • escalated
  • expanded
  • forgiven
  • fought
  • going
  • got up
  • gotten up
  • grown
  • increased
  • intensified
  • justified
  • lifted
  • live
  • lived
  • living
  • mounted
  • mushroomed
  • opposed
  • pardoned
  • picked up
  • prevailed
  • quick
  • revived
  • risen
  • soared
  • spiked
  • stood
  • swelled
  • swollen
  • triumphed
  • waxed
  • won

Meanings of fallen

  • verb
    1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
    2. To move downwards.
    3. To happen, to change negatively.
    4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
    5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
    6. To bring forth.
    7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
    8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
    9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
    10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
    11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
    12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
    13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
    14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
  • noun
    1. The dead.
    2. Casualties of battle or war.
    3. One who has fallen, as from grace.
  • adjective
    1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
    2. Killed in battle.
    3. Having lost one's chastity.
    4. Having collapsed.
    5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.

Example Sentences

  • The autumn leaves had fallen gracefully, carpeting the ground in hues of red and gold.
  • He couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness for the fallen soldiers memorialized in the cemetery.
  • The once proud empire had now fallen into ruin, its glory days long past.
  • As darkness enveloped the forest, the fallen leaves rustled softly in the wind.
  • Despite his best efforts, he found himself among the fallen contenders in the final round of the competition.

On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fallen, such as: accumulated, alive, appeared, arisen, ascended, asleep, ballooned.

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

Related Words

dampened

  • blunted
  • crestfallen
  • damped
  • deadened
  • decreased
  • despondent
  • diminished
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dispirited
  • drained
  • dulled
  • exhausted
  • flushed
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • moistened
  • morose
  • numbed
  • reduced
  • rinsed
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • undermined
  • washed
  • weakened
  • wet
  • wetted
  • wore

dashed

  • blasted
  • blew
  • burdened
  • buzzed
  • chased
  • concerned
  • crestfallen
  • darted
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • dispirited
  • drove
  • flew
  • flung
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • hurled
  • hurried
  • jogged
  • jumped
  • morose
  • oppressed
  • pessimistic
  • raced
  • ran
  • run
  • rushed
  • saddened
  • scooted
  • scurried
  • scuttled
  • slung
  • sped
  • speeded
  • splashed
  • splattered
  • sprinted
  • stepped
  • threw
  • tortured
  • tossed
  • traveled
  • travelled
  • trotted
  • troubled
  • weighed down
  • worried
  • zipped

daunted

  • ambivalent
  • anxious
  • appalled
  • apprehensive
  • bashful
  • cowed
  • crestfallen
  • demure
  • depressed
  • diffident
  • discouraged
  • dismayed
  • distressed
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • forlorn
  • frightened
  • frustrated
  • gentle
  • horrified
  • humble
  • intimidated
  • modest
  • nervous
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • pessimistic
  • scared
  • shocked
  • spooked
  • startled
  • suspicious
  • timid
  • unnerved
  • weak

dead

  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • all
  • asleep
  • barren
  • beaten
  • bland
  • bleak
  • boring
  • buried
  • complete
  • completely
  • crashing
  • damn
  • damned
  • deadly
  • deadness
  • death
  • deceased
  • definite
  • defunct
  • desolate
  • done
  • doomed
  • dormant
  • drained
  • dying
  • entire
  • entirely
  • even
  • exactly
  • exhausted
  • extinct
  • fallen
  • fast
  • finished
  • flat
  • fully
  • gone
  • grave
  • idle
  • impoverished
  • inoperative
  • insensitive
  • insipid
  • late
  • lifeless
  • low
  • mortal
  • mortality
  • nonfunctional
  • nonfunctioning
  • numb
  • numbed
  • off
  • out
  • outright
  • perfect
  • perfectly
  • plain
  • poor
  • pure
  • quite
  • real
  • right
  • ruined
  • sheer
  • simple
  • slow
  • spectral
  • spiritless
  • straight
  • sunk
  • tasteless
  • thin
  • thoroughly
  • tired
  • total
  • totally
  • unalive
  • unanimated
  • unconditional
  • unfeeling
  • uninteresting
  • unresponsive
  • unused
  • utter
  • utterly
  • vacant
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • very
  • waste
  • weak
  • weary
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide
  • wooden

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