Synonyms for drop
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : drop |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɒp |
Top 10 synonyms for drop Other synonyms for the word drop
- abort
- abyss
- adios
- be alienated from
- bead
- bit
- bleed
- break with
- bring down
- bubble
- call off
- cast off
- cave in
- cease
- chasm
- crumb
- dab
- dash
- declivity
- deepness
- depress
- depth
- descend
- descent
- desert
- dewdrop
- discontinue
- dismiss
- disown
- distill
- ditch
- divorce
- downfall
- downslide
- downswing
- downtrend
- drain
- dribble
- driblet
- drip
- droplet
- duck
- dust off
- eighty-six
- emanate
- end
- fall
- fall-off
- fell
- floor
- flop
- forfeit
- forget about
- forsake
- give up
- go down
- ground
- hail
- have done with
- interrupt
- iota
- jilt
- keel over
- kick
- knock
- landslide
- lapse
- leak
- leave
- loosen
- lose
- lower
- lowering
- molecule
- morsel
- nip
- nose-dive
- ooze
- ounce
- part from
- part with
- particle
- pearl
- percolate
- pinch
- pitch
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- precipice
- precipitate
- precipitation
- quit
- reduction
- reject
- release
- relinquish
- remit
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- sacrifice
- sag
- scratch
- scrub
- seep
- separate
- shake
- shed
- shoot
- sink
- sip
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slump
- smidgen
- snow
- speck
- splash
- spot
- stop
- taste
- tear
- teardrop
- terminate
- throw over
- topple
- trace
- trickle
- trill
- tumble
- unload
- upset
- wash out
- waste one
- wipe out
- write off
Définition of drop
Origin :- Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
- Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
- Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).
- noun globule
- noun steep decline; hole
- noun decrease
- verb fall in globules
- verb let go of; fall
- verb abandon; ignore
- And oh, sir,” added Stephen, “may we crave a drop of water for our dog?
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- We have not had a drop of rain since the light shower on the 4th August.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I will drop you a slight hint, which you had better bear in mind.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Mrs M. is a humbug—not a drop of information can I get for love or money.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- There was no trace of the body in the waters, no drop of blood on the rocks.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Not only do we drop the subject there, but we resent it if everyone else does not drop the subject there.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- When he've got a drop in his nob, it's always for singin' he is—an' that's the worst of him.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- "No one has ever come back," we say, "to tell us what his experience has been," and we drop the subject there.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Mallyan's Spout is the most imposing, having a drop of about 76 feet.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- Take my rede, sir, and let it drop, for you have come very well out from it.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Antonyms for drop
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