Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [498]
7 : STUMBLE, STRAY
8 : to drop down wounded or dead esp. in battle
9 : to become captured 10 : to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure 11 : to commit an immoral act 12 : to move or extend in a downward direction 13 : to become quiet or less : SUBSIDE, ABATE 14 : to decline in quality, activity, quantity, or value 15 : to assume a look of shame or dejection 16 : to occur at a certain time 17 : to come by chance 18 : DEVOLVE 19 : to have the proper place or station 20 : to come within the scope of something 21 : to pass from one condition to another 22 : to set about heartily or actively <~ to work> — fall all over oneself or fall over backward : to display excessive eagerness — fall flat : to produce no response or result — fall for 1 : to fall in love with 2 : to become a victim of — fall foul : to have a quarrel : CLASH — fall from grace : BACKSLIDE — fall into line : to comply with a certain course of action — fall short 1 : to be deficient 2 : to fail to attain Synonyms [1, 5] decline, descend, drop, lower, settle, sink Antonyms rise [6] slip, stumble, topple, trip, tumble Antonyms get up, rise, stand (up) [9] capitulate, give up, knuckle under, submit, succumb, surrender Antonyms stand [13] abate, decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, lessen, recede, subside, wane—more at DECREASE 2fall noun 1 : the act of falling 2 : a falling out, off, or away : DROPPING 3 : AUTUMN 4 : a thing or quantity that falls 5 : loss of greatness, power, status, influence, or dominion : DOWNFALL 6 : the surrender or capture of a besieged place 7 : departure from virtue or goodness 8 : SLOPE 9 : WATERFALL — usu. used in pl. 10 : a decrease in size, quantity, degree, or value 11 : the distance which something falls 12 : an act of forcing a wrestler's shoulders to the mat; also : a bout of wrestling Synonyms [1] descent, dip, dive, down, drop, plunge—more at DESCENT [1] slip, spill, stumble, tumble [5] comedown, decline, descent, down, downfall—more at COMEDOWN [10] decline, decrease, drop, loss, reduction, shrinkage—more at DECREASE fal·la·cious adjective 1 : embodying a fallacy 2 : tending to deceive or mislead Synonyms [1] illogical, invalid, irrational, unsound, weak—more at ILLOGICAL [2] deceptive, false, misleading, specious—more at DECEPTIVE fal·la·cy noun, plural -cies 1 : a false or mistaken idea 2 : an often plausible argument using false or illogical reasoning 3 : erroneous or fallacious character Synonyms error, falsehood, falsity, illusion, misconception, myth, untruth Antonyms truth, verity fall back verb : to give way : RETREAT, RECEDE Synonyms back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw—more at RETREAT fall guy noun 1 : one that is easily duped 2 : one who assumes or on whom is placed the blame or responsibility : SCAPEGOAT fal·li·ble adjective 1 : liable to be erroneous 2 : capable of making a mistake — fal·li·bly adverb fall·ing–out noun, plural fallings–out or falling–outs : QUARREL falling star noun : METEOR fal·lo·pi·an tube noun, often cap F : either of the pair of anatomical tubes that carry the eggs from the ovary to the uterus fall·out noun 1 : the often radioactive particles that result from a nuclear explosion and descend through the air 2 : a secondary and often lingering effect or result fall out verb : to have a quarrel : QUARREL Synonyms argue, bicker, dispute, quarrel, row, scrap, spat, squabble, wrangle—more at ARGUE 1fallow noun : fallow land; also : the state or period of being fallow — fallow verb 2fallow adjective 1 : left without tilling or sowing after plowing 2 : characterized by a state of creative or recuperative rest or dormancy : DORMANT, INACTIVE Synonyms dead, dormant, idle,