Hypernyms for "fall"
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abate
abseil
alight
anticlimax
avalanche
boil down
break
cascade
cascade down
climb down
concentrate
contract
correct
correction
crash
decelerate
decline
decoct
decrescendo
de-escalate
deflate
depreciate
devaluate
devalue
die away
dismount
dive
downhill
drip
drop
drop off
dwindle
dwindle away
dwindle down
ease off
ease up
fall
fall in love
flag
flop
fly
free fall
get down
get off
go down
go under
hail
let up
light
night
pitch
plop
plunge
plunk
pounce
pratfall
precipitate
precipitation
prolapse
rain
rain down
rappel
reduce
remit
retard
roll down
rope down
set
settle
shorten
shrink
shrivel
shrivel up
sink
slack
slack off
slacken off
sleet
slow
slow down
slow up
slump
snow
spat
steep
subside
swoop
takedown
taper
thin out
topple
tumble
undervalue
unhorse
vanish
vaporize
voltage drop
wane
weaken
wipeout
wither
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.