falling

The word “falling” has 2 syllables: fall-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for falling?

In the thesaurus, “falling” has 193 synonyms and 102 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for falling

abating
alleviating
angling
backslide
backsliding
biting the dust
bombing
bowed
bowing
bowing out
breaching
breaking
breaking the law
buckling
buying it
buying the farm
canting
capitulating
checking out
cocking
collapsing
compressing
conceding
condensing
constricting
consuming
contracting
crashing
cratering
croaking
crumbling
crumpling
dangling
de-escalating
decadence
decay
decaying
deceasing
declension
declination
decline
declined
declining
decreasing
deflating
degeneracy
degeneration
degradation
demising
departing
descendant
descendent
descending
descent
deterioration
devaluation
diminishing
dipping
disappearing
diving
downfall
downgrade
drooping
droopy
dropping
drying up
dwindling
dying
easing
ebbing
ending
erring
evaporating
exiting
expiring
fading
failing
falling away
falling from grace
faltering
flagging
flatlining
flopping
floppy
flumping
flunking
folding
forfeiting
foundering
free-falling
giving out
giving up
giving up the ghost
going
handing over
hanging
heeling
hung
inclining
infringing
keeling
kicking in
kicking off
kicking the bucket
knuckling under
lapse
lapsing
leaning
lessening
letting up
limp
listing
losing
lowering
messing up
missing
moderating
nodding
nose-diving
offending
palling
parting
passing away
pegging out
pendant
pendent
pendulous
perishing
phasing down
plonking
plopping
plummeting
plunging
plunking
popping off
precipitating
predeceasing
receding
reclining
regress
regression
relapse
relaxing
relenting
relinquishing
remitting
retreating
retrogression
reversion
sagging
settling
shrinking
sinking
sinning
skidding
slackening
slanting
sliding
slipping
sloping
slumping
snuffing it
stepping out
stooping
straying
striking out
stumbling
submitting
subsiding
succumbing
surrendering
suspended
taking the count
tanking
tapering
tapering off
throwing
tilting
tipping
toppling
tottering
transgressing
trespassing
tripping
tumbling
vanishing
violating
wandering
waning
washing out
weakening
weeping
wiping out

Antonyms for falling

accumulating
advancement
appearing
arising
ascending
ballooning
beating
being
betterment
blowing up
bourgeoning
breathing
bucking
building
burgeoning
climbing
coming to
conquering
defying
development
distending
elaboration
elevated
elongating
emerging
enduring
enlarging
erect
escalating
evening
evolution
existing
expanding
expansion
fighting
flattening
flourishing
forgiving
getting up
growing
growth
improvement
improving
increasing
incubation
inflexible
intensifying
justifying
lengthening
leveling
levelling
lifting
lingering
living
maturation
maturing
mounting
mushrooming
opposing
overcoming
pardoning
perfection
picking up
planing
prevailing
progress
progression
prospering
raised
refinement
regretting
repelling
repenting
resisting
reviving
rigid
ripening
rising
ruing
showing up
smoothing
snowballing
soaring
spiking
standing
stiff
straightening
subsisting
succeeding
swelling
thriving
triumphing
unbending
upping
upraised
upright
uprising
upsweeping
upturning
waxing
winning
withstanding

Meanings of falling

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. Present participle of fall.
adjective
1. That falls or fall.

Example Sentences

The sound of rain falling on the roof provided a soothing backdrop for the evening.
She glanced out the window and saw leaves falling gently from the trees, signaling the arrival of autumn.
He felt a sense of exhilaration while skydiving, experiencing the sensation of free falling through the air.
The economy showed signs of improvement with unemployment rates falling steadily over the past few months.
As she stumbled, she felt herself falling forward, but a quick reflex saved her from hitting the ground.

On this page you'll find 295 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to falling, such as: abating, accumulating, advancement, alleviating, angling, appearing, arising.

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