DOWNERS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

downers

noun

plural of downer

as in downs

something (as a situation or event) that is depressing that story of drug addiction was a real downer

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Noun

Big 6-foot-7 tight end Tucker Wojdowski did damage over the middle, adding another six catches for 30 yards, many tough third-and-fourth downs.

— Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Friday evening brings the return of the Premier League and, with it, nine more months of twists and turns, quality and controversy, and, for fans of the 20 clubs involved, more ups and downs than a FIFA president’s private jet during a World Cup.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

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