drop off

1. 1.

   fall or diminish

   “The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test”

   Broaderdecrease
2. 2.

   change from a waking to a sleeping state

   “he always falls asleep during lectures”

   Synonymsfall asleepdope offflake outdrift offnod offdoze offdrowse off

   Narrowerzonk out
3. 3.

   remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

   “unload the cargo”

   “drop off the passengers at the hotel”

   Synonymsdropset downput downunloaddischarge

   Broaderdeliver

   Narrowerwharfair-drop
4. 4.

   retreat

   Synonymsfall backfall behindrecede

   Broaderregress
5. 5.

   get worse

   “My grades are slipping”

   Synonymsslipdrop awayfall away

   Broaderworsen

   Narrowerlapse

Questions about drop off

What does drop off mean?

drop off means "fall or diminish". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for drop off?

Close synonyms include fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop off a common word?

drop off is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.