goes down

Drops in altitude

Goes down covers movement to a lower position or level: The sun goes down at seven.

It extends to decreases: The price goes down every month.

Food or drink that goes down is swallowed: This medicine goes down easy.

Something that goes down a certain way is received that way: That joke didn't go down well.

In slang, what goes down is what happens: What goes down at these parties?

Vulgar slang: to perform oral sex on someone.

decrease

decline

Decrease or refuse

dip · reduce · shrink · slump · diminish · lessen · subside · depreciate · wane · ebb

descend

elevator

Vertical conveyance between floors

  • sinkBasin with drain
  • lowerReduce or move downward
  • dropFall or release

dive · stoop · alight · land · crouch · kneel · duck · squat · plunge · dip

defeat

loss

Being without something

vanquished · surrender · collapse · rout · capitulation · humiliation · downfall · submission · crushed · toppled

sunset

twilight

Light after sunset

afterglow · golden hour · amber · silhouette · sundown · red sky · orange sky · gloaming · eventide · crepuscule

swallow

gulp

Hasty, large swallow

chew · mouthful · quaff · digest · ingest · eat · drink · swill · guzzle · bolt

history

remembered

Brought back to mind

annals · posterity · fame · infamy · legendary · immortalized · notable · renowned · written · documented

malfunction

crash

Sudden violent impact

  • failBe unsuccessful
  • breakInterrupt continuity
  • outageLoss of electrical service

glitch · error · freeze · stall · shutdown · system failure · offline · kaput · conk out · give out

Categories
Opposites
vertical direction

goes downgoes up

Rises or increases

rises · ascends · comes up · climbs · elevates

numerical change

goes downgoes up

Rises or increases

increases · rises · climbs · grows · escalates

celestial motion

goes downcomes up

Emerges or surfaces

rises · goes up · boots up · appears · dawns

Family

down, gone, going, downward, goes, going down, downwards, goer, goers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG