Fall definition

Fall as a verb

1. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   "The barometer is falling"

   Same sense: go down, come down, descend

3. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

   "fall into a trap"

4. come under, be classified or included

   "fall into a category"

   Same sense: come

5. fall from clouds

   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"

   Same sense: come down, precipitate

6. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

   "We must stand or fall"

7. die, as in battle or in a hunt

   "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"

8. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

   Same sense: strike, shine

9. be captured

10. occur at a specified time or place

    "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"

11. decrease in size, extent, or range

    Same sense: decrease, diminish, lessen

12. yield to temptation or sin

13. lose office or power

14. to be given by assignment or distribution

15. move in a specified direction

    "The line of men fall forward"

16. be due

    "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

17. lose one's chastity

    "a fallen woman"

18. to be given by right or inheritance

19. come into the possession of

    Same sense: accrue

20. fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed

    Same sense: light

21. be inherited by

    Same sense: return, pass, devolve

22. slope downward

    "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

23. lose an upright position suddenly

    Same sense: fall down

24. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

25. fall or flow in a certain way

    Same sense: flow, hang

26. assume a disappointed or sad expression

27. be cast down

28. come out; issue

29. be born, used chiefly of lambs

30. begin vigorously

31. go as if by falling

32. come as if by falling

    Same sense: settle, descend

Fall as a noun

33. the season when the leaves fall from the trees

    "in the fall of 1973"

    Same sense: autumn

34. a sudden drop from an upright position

    Same sense: spill, tumble

35. a downward slope or bend

    Same sense: decline, descent, declination, declension, downslope, declivity

36. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

    "a fall from virtue"

37. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

    "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

    Same sense: downfall

38. a movement downward

    "the rise and fall of the tides"

39. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

    Same sense: surrender, capitulation

40. the time of day immediately following sunset

    "they finished before the fall of night"

    Same sense: twilight, dusk, nightfall, gloaming, crepuscule, crepuscle, evenfall, gloam

41. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

    Same sense: pin

42. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

    Same sense: drop

43. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

    "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

    Same sense: free fall, drop, dip

Synonyms and antonyms

• go down
• come down
• descend
• come definition
• precipitate
• strike
• shine
• decrease
• diminish
• lessen
• accrue
• light definition
• return definition
• pass
• devolve
• fall down
• flow
• hang
• settle
• autumn
• spill
• tumble
• decline
• descent

Opposite: rise.

How to say fall

Fall has 1 syllable and rhymes with all. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with fall

• all
• small
• call
• football
• ball
• wall
• overall
• hall
• basketball
• baseball
• tall
• recall

FALL in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

0

Is FALL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FALL in the word checker, or unscramble FALL to see the shorter words in its letters.