| Waterfall 1. (n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. 2. (n.) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall. 3. (n.) A certain kind of neck scarf. Thesaurus Entries Niagara, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, crash, debacle, declension, declination, defluxion, descending, descension, descent, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drop, dropping, eddy, fall, falling, falls, force, gravitation, inclination, linn, nappe, plummeting, pounce, rapids, riffle, sault, shoot, spout, stoop, surge, swoop, vortex, watershoot, whirlpool |