Synonyms of the word

swoop

• v. (intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
• v. (intransitive) To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
• v. (transitive) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
• v. (transitive) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
• v. To pass with pomp; to sweep.
• n. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
• n. A sudden act.
• n. (music) A quick passage from one note to the next.

descend

• v. (intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,…
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
• v. (intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come…
• v. (intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station;…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters…
• v. (intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation…
• v. (intransitive, anatomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
• v. (intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
• v. (transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of.

descent

• n. An instance of descending.
• n. A way down.
• n. A sloping passage or incline.
• n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
• n. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
• n. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

foray

• n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a…
• n. A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
• v. (transitive) To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
• v. (intransitive) To pillage; to ravage.

glissando

• n. (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale…

maraud

• v. (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
• v. (intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
• v. (transitive) To raid and pillage.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

pounce

• n. (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry…
• n. (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs,…
• v. (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
• n. The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
• n. A punch or stamp.
• n. Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
• v. (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
• v. (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
• v. (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
• v. (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
• v. (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.

raid

• n. (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• n. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
• n. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who…
• n. (sports) An attacking movement.
• v. To engage in a raid.
• v. To steal from; pillage.
• v. To lure from another; to entice away from.
• v. (archaic) To indulge oneself by taking from.

slide

• v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
• v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
• v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
• v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
• v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
• v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
• n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
• n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
• n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
• n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
• n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
• n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
• n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
• n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
• n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
• n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
• n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
• n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
• n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
• n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
• n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
• n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
• n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
• n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

snap

• n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
• n. A sudden break.
• n. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
• n. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together…
• n. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
• n. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot).
• n. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
• n. A thin circular cookie or similar good.
• n. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
• n. A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be…
• n. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
• n. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
• n. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
• n. (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
• n. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching…
• n. (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
• n. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;…
• n. briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
• n. (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily…
• n. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
• n. A snapper, or snap beetle.
• n. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed…
• n. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
• n. (colloquial) Something of no value.
• n. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
• v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
• v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
• v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
• v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
• v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
• v. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
• v. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
• v. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
• v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
• v. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
• v. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing…
• v. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
• v. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
• v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike…
• v. To misfire.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
• interj. The winning cry at a game of snap.
• interj. (Britain) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
• interj. (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
• interj. (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement…
• interj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly…
• adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.

snatch

• v. To grasp quickly.
• v. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
• v. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
• v. To grasp and remove quickly.
• v. To steal.
• v. (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
• v. To do something quickly due to limited time available.
• n. A quick grab or catch.
• n. (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked…
• n. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
• n. (vulgar slang) A vulva.
• n. The handle of a scythe; a snead.