STAIRSTEPS Antonyms

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• a movement downward

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the act of changing your location in a downward direction

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• a downward slope or bend

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• the downward slope of a hill

• a ski race down a trail

• toward a lower or inferior state

• toward the bottom of a hill

• sloping down rather steeply

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• a body of students who are taught together

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

• one-hundredth of a right angle

• a degree of ablaut

• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

• the height of the ground on which something stands

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

• assign a rank or rating to

• level to the right gradient

• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

• determine the grade of or assign a grade to

• an elevated geological formation

• an inclined surface connecting two levels

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

• bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well

• lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow

• be at an angle

• feel favorably disposed or willing

• make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief

• an inclined surface connecting two levels

• North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

• a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

• behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

• furnish with a ramp

• be rampant

• creep up -- used especially of plants

• stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

• a biased way of looking at or presenting something

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• lie obliquely

• present with a bias

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• heel over