One entry found for descent.

Entry Word: descent
Function: noun
Text: 1 the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude <the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field>
Synonyms dip, dive, down, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge
Related Words comedown, downfall, downgrade; sinking
Near Antonyms advance, headway, progress, progression; betterment, improvement
Antonyms ascent, climb, rise, upswing, upturn
2 a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body <the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility> -- see DECLINE 1
3 a change to a lower state or level <the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution> -- see DECLINE 2
4 a loss of status <for throwing the game, the ball player underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans> -- see COMEDOWN
5 a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory <the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town> -- see RAID 1
6 the act or action of setting upon with force or violence <the descent of the locusts on the wheat fields> -- see ATTACK 1
7 the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended <a person of Finnish descent> -- see ANCESTRY