# downer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdaʊnə/ · frequency rank #26,764

## Definitions
1. A negative drug trip.
2. A drug that has depressant qualities.
3. Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
4. A livestock animal that has collapsed.
5. A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.

## Etymology
From down + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-downs)
- **Dwyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-dwyer)
- **downy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-downy)
- **Downey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-downey)
- **Downie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-downie)
- **drowned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downer-vs-drowned)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/down-vs-downer)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-downer)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doer-vs-downer)
- **donor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donor-vs-downer)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dover-vs-downer)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-downer)
- **Donne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donne-vs-downer)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-downer)
- **downed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downed-vs-downer)
- **dodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-downer)
- **docker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docker-vs-downer)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-downer)
- **dormer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-downer)
- **dowager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowager-vs-downer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddowner`, `donwer`, `dowenr`, `downerr`, `downner`, `downre`, `dowwner`, `dwoner`, `odwner`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/downer