“down”

Definitions

• noun

  English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

  Synonyms: john langdon down, cod, vandyke, actively, adown, ailing, air, anthill, backset, bad, barrow, basin

• adjective

  being or moving lower in position or less in some value

  Antonyms: up

  • Example:“… lay face down”
  • Example:“The moon is down.”

• adjective

  extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

  Synonyms: downward

  • Example:“the down staircase”
  • Example:“the downward course of the stream”

• adjective

  becoming progressively lower

  • Example:“the down trend in the real estate market”

• adjective

  being put out in a game of baseball

  • Example:“two down in the bottom of the ninth”

• adjective

  understood perfectly

  Synonyms: down pat, mastered

  • Example:“… had his algebra problems down”