Thesaurus / fall on
FEEDBACKsynonyms for fall on
synonyms for fall on
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- besiege
- embarrass
- invade
- overrun
- perplex
- surround
- aggress
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bug
- circle
- compass
- dog
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entangle
- environ
- girdle
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infest
- nag
- nudge
- pester
- ride
- ring
- storm
- strike
- drive up the wall
- fall upon
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- jump on one's case
- pick on
- put the squeeze on
- start in on
- face
- meet
- assail
- assault
- combat
- encounter
- launch
- strike
- do battle with
- give battle to
- join battle with
- take on
- allow
- become
- consider
- enjoy
- experience
- feel
- know
- leave
- need
- permit
- see
- suffer
- undergo
- entertain
- let
- must
- sustain
- tolerate
- be compelled to
- be forced to
- be one's duty to
- be up to
- meet with
- ought
- put up with
- rest with
- should
- think about
- breach
- infect
- infest
- loot
- occupy
- overrun
- penetrate
- pillage
- plunder
- raid
- ravage
- storm
- violate
- access
- assail
- assault
- burglarize
- crash
- entrench
- foray
- infringe
- interfere
- maraud
- meddle
- overspread
- permeate
- pervade
- trespass
- burst in
- descend upon
- go in
- inroad
- make inroads
- muscle in
- overswarm
- swarm over
antonyms for fall on
MOST RELEVANT
- retreat
- surrender
- banish
- break off
- break up
- cancel
- decline
- defuse
- discharge
- disconnect
- dismiss
- eject
- expel
- fire
- give up
- let go
- oust
- refuse
- reject
- release
- shun
- yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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START THE QUIZ How to use fall on in a sentence
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEAs the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIt mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENPoindexter ordered his men to fall in, and they followed Porter, but at a more leisurely gait.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNThe world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUAustria's fall was due to the lethargy and hesitation of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBy his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSBy the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSAristide again sought the message of the stars; but the sky was clouded over, and soon a fine rain began to fall.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWORDS RELATED TO FALL ON
- aggress
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- besiege
- bug
- circle
- compass
- dog
- drive up the wall
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entangle
- environ
- fall on
- fall upon
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infest
- invade
- jump on one's case
- nag
- nudge
- overrun
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- put the squeeze on
- ride
- ring
- start in on
- storm
- strike
- surround
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.