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plunge


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

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS


Temperatures last night plunged below zero.

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?
plummet
Temperatures last night plummeted.
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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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


Four of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.

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

plunge | American Thesaurus


plunge


verb
These are words and phrases related to plunge. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of plunge.
The blacksmith plunged the red-hot horseshoe into a bucket of water. The boys plunged into the swimming pool.

Synonyms


dip
thrust
cast
douse
immerse
duck
submerge
submerse
descend
sink
dive
jump
leap
throw oneself
fall headlong
tumble
pitch

Antonyms


emerge
rise
withdraw
take out
The firemen plunged into the building.

Synonyms


rush
dash
run
dart
charge
speed
hurtle
bolt
sprint
scramble
lunge
hasten
scurry
scuttle
hustle
whisk
tear
shoot
fly
streak
surge
push
press
drive
swarm

Antonyms


stroll
amble
crawl
The boat plunged in the high seas.

Synonyms


pitch
toss
lurch
heave
reel
rock
jerk
roll
sway
tumble about
prance about

plunge


noun
The sky diver had a plunge of more than 20,000 feet before his parachute opened.

Synonyms


drop
fall
dive
headlong rush
jump
leap
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