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plummet


These are words and phrases related to plummet. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of plummet.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS


Temperatures last night plummeted.

Synonyms and examples


decrease
The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lessen
A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduce
They've just reduced the price.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.
contract
As the metal cools, it contracts.

Antonym and example


increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
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See words related to plummet


fall-off
falling-off
nosedive
reduction
downturn
downswing
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When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.

TO GO DOWN ONTO THE GROUND SUDDENLY


The car went out of control and plummeted over the cliff.

Synonyms and examples


fall
She slipped and fell.
drop
Several apples dropped from the tree.
collapse
Several buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
crumple
He fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
tumble
A huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
plunge
Four of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
stumble
The waiter stumbled and dumped the food in my lap.
trip
She tripped over a crack in the pavement and broke her wrist.
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If someone or something falls, they go down onto the ground suddenly without intending to or by accident.

plummet | American Thesaurus


plummet


verb
These are words and phrases related to plummet. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of plummet.
The hawk plummeted toward the earth.

Synonyms


plunge
fall
fall headlong
drop straight down
dive
tumble
descend abruptly
nosedive

Antonyms


rise
ascend
shoot upward
soar
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