Synonyms of dips

dips 1 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of dip

1

as in immerses

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

first dip a paper towel in water

she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immerses
• ducks
• dunks
• drowns
• submerges
• plunges
• dowses
• douses
• soaks
• wets
• bathes
• floods
• moistens
• submerses
• steeps
• souses
• sops
• thrusts
• dives
• drenches

2

as in scoops

to lift out with something that holds liquid

carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scoops
• spoons
• empties
• buckets
• drains
• pumps
• ladles
• dishes
• eliminates
• bails
• lades
• exhausts
• depletes
• draws
• draws (off)
• bleeds
• slops
• siphons
• syphons
• suctions
• decants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fills
• pours

3

as in plunges

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the temperature dipped a bit in the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• falls
• tumbles
• declines
• drops
• plummets
• sinks
• skids
• descends
• decreases
• dives
• crashes
• lowers
• nose-dives
• craters
• retreats
• diminishes
• dies (down)
• droops
• subsides
• wanes
• ebbs
• tapers off
• moderates
• dwindles
• lessens
• abates
• recedes
• lets up
• de-escalates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• lifts
• ups
• spikes
• arises
• ascends
• soars
• mounts
• increases
• grows
• builds
• swells
• mushrooms
• expands
• accumulates
• intensifies
• waxes
• escalates
• enlarges
• picks up
• snowballs
• burgeons
• balloons
• bourgeons

4

as in falls

to lead or extend downward

slow down, the road dips here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• falls
• descends
• slopes
• sinks
• drops
• declines
• tilts
• leans
• tips
• angles
• heels
• inclines
• lists
• slants
• reclines
• cocks
• cants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• climbs
• ascends
• mounts
• arises
• upturns
• levels
• planes
• smoothes
• straightens
• uprises
• flattens
• upsweeps
• smooths
• evens

5

as in peeks

to take a quick or hasty look

I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peeks
• glances
• glimpses
• browses
• skims
• glints
• scans
• squints
• rakes
• peeps
• looks over
• peruses
• keeks
• blinks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stares
• gazes
• examines
• surveys
• overlooks
• oversees
• questions
• studies
• views
• pries
• peers
• goggles
• leers
• gawks
• rubbernecks
• ogles

dips

2 of 3

noun (1)

plural of dip

1

as in declines

a downward slope

marathoners have one last dip before the race course levels off and the finish line comes into view

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falls
• declines
• downhills
• descents
• hangs
• hangings
• depressions
• downgrades
• basins
• declivities
• hollows
• declensions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• upgrades
• ascents
• hills
• gradients
• inclines
• grades
• rakes
• pitches
• acclivities
• tilts
• uprises
• uphills
• inclinations
• leans
• glacis

2

as in drops

the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude

the city's population has taken a slight dip since the last census

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drops
• declines
• falls
• descents
• plunges
• downs
• dives
• nosedives
• downgrades
• comedowns
• downfalls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• climbs
• upturns
• upswings
• risings
• ascents
• advances
• progresses
• progressions
• improvements
• soarings
• headways
• betterments

dips

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural of dip

as in idiots

a stupid person

how did that dip get through medical school?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiots
• morons
• dummies
• stupids
• losers
• stocks
• dumbbells
• noodles
• clunks
• mutts
• naturals
• donkeys
• fools
• sapheads
• clucks
• jerks
• lumps
• lunatics
• hammerheads
• turkeys
• stupes
• dumb clucks
• deadheads
• dopes
• goofs
• cuddies
• thickheads
• clodpoles
• nuts
• noddies
• woodenheads
• chowderheads
• dumbheads
• prats
• schnooks
• pinheads
• hardheads
• dim bulbs
• bubbleheads
• momes
• goons
• dufuses
• meatheads
• loggerheads
• fatheads
• imbeciles
• airheads
• ninnyhammers
• shlubs
• ignorami
• ganders
• boneheads
• lunkheads
• clowns
• golems
• loons
• dunces
• numbskulls
• dodos
• dolts
• dummkopfs
• knuckleheads
• numskulls
• geese
• blockheads
• dullards
• ignoramuses
• dunderheads
• dodoes
• clots
• yahoos
• dimwits
• dum-dums
• chuckleheads
• nincompoops
• ninnies
• doofuses
• clodpolls
• schlubs
• yo-yos
• cretins
• lunks
• jackasses
• lamebrains
• nits
• know-nothings
• simpletons
• oafs
• ratbags
• villains
• dorks
• nimrods
• birdbrains
• half-wits
• skunk
• nitwits
• boobies
• mugs
• skunks
• creeps
• snakes
• heels
• madmen
• gawks
• buffoons
• loonies
• zanies
• featherbrains
• stinkers
• beasts
• scatterbrains
• churls
• boors
• curs
• cads

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• genii
• intellectuals
• geniuses
• thinkers
• sages
• intellects
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• sharpies
• polymaths

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of dips

Noun

Indigenous ingredients make ample appearances on chef Donald Hawk's menu, from mesquite and elote pastas to tepary bean dips and huitlacoche butter. —Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024

Other areas may see stabilization or slight price dips. —Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024

Other areas may see stabilization or slight price dips. —Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024

Other areas may see stabilization or slight price dips. —Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024

Indigenous ingredients make ample appearances on chef Donald Hawk's menu, from mesquite and elote pastas to tepary bean dips and huitlacoche butter. —Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024

Indigenous ingredients make ample appearances on chef Donald Hawk's menu, from mesquite and elote pastas to tepary bean dips and huitlacoche butter. —Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024

Other areas may see stabilization or slight price dips. —Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024

Indigenous ingredients make ample appearances on chef Donald Hawk's menu, from mesquite and elote pastas to tepary bean dips and huitlacoche butter. —Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024