Synonyms for fall

verb

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
• come into the possession of
• fall from clouds
• lose an upright position suddenly
• fall or flow in a certain way
• fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• decrease in size, extent, or range
• come as if by falling
• come under, be classified or included
• be inherited by
• assume a disappointed or sad expression
• be born, used chiefly of lambs
• be captured
• be cast down
• be due
• begin vigorously
• come out; issue
• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
• die, as in battle or in a hunt
• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
• go as if by falling
• lose office or power
• lose one's chastity
• move in a specified direction
• occur at a specified time or place
• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
• slope downward
• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
• to be given by assignment or distribution
• to be given by right or inheritance
• yield to temptation or sin

noun

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
• a downward slope or bend
• the season when the leaves fall from the trees
• the time of day immediately following sunset
• a sudden drop from an upright position
• a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
• a movement downward
• the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve