Synonyms for fell
fɛlfell

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1. fell

   Synonyms:
   cruel, barbarous, inhuman, savage, bloody, direful, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, remorseless, relentless, fierce, truculent

   Antonyms:
   generous, chivalrous, humane, lenient, propitious

2. fell

   Synonyms:
   cut, level, prostrate, demolish, subvert, waste, bare

   Antonyms:
   plant, erect, support, propagate, stock, upraise, rear

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1. hide, fellnoun

   the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

   Synonyms:
   pelt, hide, felled seam, skin

   Antonyms:
   humane

2. fell, felled seamnoun

   seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

3. felladjective

   the act of felling something (as a tree)

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

4. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousverb

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   humane

5. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

   Synonyms:
   unload, push down, bring down, dribble, pull down, send packing, mow, fly, drop off, dismiss, slash, drop down, sink, down, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, knock down, cut, cut out, trim back, overleap, trim, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, reduce, expend, send away, set down, flatten, swing, trim down, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cut back, vanish, cast off, cancel, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   humane

6. fly, fell, vanishverb

   pass away rapidly

   "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

   Synonyms:
   take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, strike down, go away, wing, cut down, fly

   Antonyms:
   humane

7. fellverb

   sew a seam by folding the edges

   Synonyms:
   cut down, fly, vanish, drop, strike down

   Antonyms:
   humane

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Skin
   • Elapse
   • Sew

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1. felladjective

   Synonyms:
   cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, vandalic

2. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   prostrate, level, bring to the ground

3. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   cut down, hew down

4. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   hem (the lap of a seam)

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1. List of paraphrases for "fell":

   dropped, declined, decreased, landed, tumbled, plunged, dipped, slipped, retreated, slid, plummeted, crashed, slumped, sagged, feii, stumbled, collapsed, ran, bumped, nosedived, fallen, dabbled, sank

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How to use fell in a sentence?

1. Mohinder Randhawa:

   He punched on my face with a closed right hand, i fell down on the ground.

2. nojoe:

   the way they make you fell does not mater

3. Alex Childress:

   We were working outside a factory and I snipped down a bush and it fell and touched my face, i didn't pay any mind to it because I do it all the time.

4. Ezra Blount:

   When my son went to the concert, he had my grandson on his shoulder, all the people pushed in and he could not breathe so he ended up passing out because of all the pressure that was being applied to his body. And when he passed out, Ezra fell off his shoulder and fell into the crowd.

5. Edwin Teale:

   Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow.