Synonyms of the word

dive

• v. To swim under water.
• v. To jump into water head-first.
• v. To descend sharply or steeply.
• v. (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
• v. (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's…
• v. To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
• v. (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
• v. (figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to…
• n. A jump or plunge into water.
• n. A swim under water.
• n. A decline.
• n. (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
• n. (aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
• n. (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
• n. plural of diva.

cabaret

• n. Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of…
• n. The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.

club

• n. A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything^Wp.
• n. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
• n. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
• n. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
• n. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
• n. (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
• n. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
• v. (transitive) to hit with a club.
• v. (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
• v. (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
• v. (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
• v. (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
• v. (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
• v. (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
• v. (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
• v. (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

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).

diving

• v. present participle of dive.
• n. The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
• n. The sport of jumping head first into water.
• n. The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation.
• adj. That or who dives or dive.

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.

honkytonk

• n. Alternative spelling of honky-tonk.

nightclub

• n. A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music…
• v. To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.

nightspot

• n. An establishment that is open late at night, especially one that provides entertainment, such as a nightclub.

nosedive

• n. A headfirst fall or jump.
• n. (economics) A rapid fall in price or value.
• v. (intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.
• v. (intransitive, economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.

plunge

• n. the act of plunging or submerging.
• n. a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
• n. (dated) A swimming pool.
• n. (figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
• n. (slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
• n. (obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or…
• v. (transitive) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
• v. (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
• v. (intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.

plunk

• v. (transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
• v. (intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
• v. (baseball, transitive) To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch.
• v. (intransitive, of a raven) To croak.
• v. (transitive) To pluck and quickly release (a musical string); to twang.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To be a truant from (school).
• n. The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
• n. (slang, obsolete) A large sum of money.
• n. (slang, obsolete, US) A dollar.

submerge

• v. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
• v. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
• v. (transitive) To be engulfed in or with something.

submerse

• v. To submerge.
• adj. Denoting or characteristic of a plant growing entirely under water.

swim

• v. (intransitive, archaic) To float.
• v. (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural…
• v. (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize…
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
• v. (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
• v. (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
• v. (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather…
• v. (transitive) To undergo a giddy sensation.
• n. An act or instance of swimming.
• n. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
• n. (Britain) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
• abbr. (Internet slang, text messaging) Someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination,…

swimming

• v. present participle of swim.
• n. The activity of moving oneself through water using one's arms and legs while buoyed up by the water, carried…
• n. A giddy sensation.