bear market

noun

: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market

Examples of bear market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To navigate drawdowns, consider tools such as the Trefis Reinforced Value (RV) Portfolio, which has outperformed its all-cap benchmark (combination of the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 benchmark indices), or work with an advisor experienced in bear markets. —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Those gains helped the S & P 500 recover from near bear market territory to trade back at record levels. —Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025

During the selloff, the S&P 500 flirted with bear market territory, diving nearly 20% from its prior high. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025

One of the greatest real-life examples of this came on April 7 as news stories swept the country that there would be a 90-day retreat from tariffs after the markets opened entering bear market territory. —Hillary Stalker, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

bear entry 1 (one that sells in expectation of a price decline)

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bear market

• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket
• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket