nosedive

nosedive

noun

Definition of NOSEDIVE

the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude <the pilot struggled to pull his plane out of a nosedive>

Synonyms dip, dive, down, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge

Related Words comedown, decline, downfall, downgrade; plummeting, sinking

Near Antonyms advance, headway, progress, progression; betterment, improvement

Antonyms ascent, climb, rise, rising, soaring, upswing, upturn