down: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with N
Meaning of down
adv
- comparable, not-comparable, usually
From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
Example: The cat jumped down from the table.
- not-comparable, usually
To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
Example: Go down to the bottom of the page.
- comparable, not-comparable, usually
At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
Example: His place is farther down the road.
- not-comparable, usually
To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
Example: I went down to Miami for a conference.
Listed forms: doon.
Source: Wiktionary — down.
prep
From the higher end to the lower of.
Example: The ball rolled down the hill.
From north to south of.
Example: We sailed down the eastern seaboard.
Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
Example: In this game we float sticks down the river.
From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
Example: The bus went down the street.
Listed forms: doon.
Source: Wiktionary — down.
adj
- predicative
Facing downwards.
Example: Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down.
- predicative
At a lower level than before.
Example: The stock market is down.
- informal, predicative
Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
Example: Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.
- predicative
Sick, wounded, or damaged: Sick or ill.
Example: He is down with the flu.
Listed forms: doon.
Source: Wiktionary — down.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for down.
adjective
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
adjective
understood perfectly
- down pat
- mastered
adjective
lower than previously
adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
- gloomy
- grim
- blue
- depressed
- dispirited
- downcast
- downhearted
- down in the mouth
- low
- low-spirited
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is down in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of down
D(2) + O(1) + W(4) + N(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of down
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from down
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in down. Showing up to 24, longest first.