Related Words for downturn

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recession
x/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
upturn
x/
Noun
upswing
x/
Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun
cutbacks
/x
Noun
economy
x/xx
Noun
boom
/
Noun
doldrums
/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
turmoil
/x
Noun
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
economic
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
upheaval
x/x
Noun
resurgence
x/x
Noun
layoffs
/x
Noun
deflation
x/x
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
drought
/
Noun
worsening
/xx
Verb
disaster
x/x
Noun
meltdown
/x
Noun
turnaround
/xx
Noun
implosion
x/x
Noun
malaise
x/
Noun
growth
/
Noun
downfall
/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drop
/
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
trough
/
Noun
dive
/
Noun
declension
x/x
Noun
plummet
/x
Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
dawn
/
Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
fall
/
Noun
turn
/
Noun
downtime
/x
Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
nadir
/x
Noun
downward spiral
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
ups and downs
///
Phrase, Noun
death
/
Noun
drooping
/x
Verb
wane
/
Noun
depths
/
Noun
cliff
/
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
lowdown
/x
Noun
dusk
/
Noun
downpour
/x
Noun
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun
lapse
/
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
apocalypse
x/xx
Noun
autumn
/x
Noun
gloom
/
Noun
raining
/x
Verb
bout
/
Noun
lowe
/
Name
outage
/x
Noun
darkness
/x
Noun
low water
//x
Phrase, Noun
dimming
/x
Noun
cold spell
//
Phrase, Noun
upside
//
Adjective
lull
/
Noun
flaw
/
Noun
crescendo
x/x
Noun
climacteric
x//x
Noun
cyclical
/xx
Adjective
weather
/x
Verb
fortunes
/x
Noun
exacerbating
x/xxx
Verb
coincided
xx/x
Verb
brunt
/
Noun
cycle
/x
Noun
market
/x
Noun
wake
/
Noun
experiencing
x/xxx
Verb
stagnation
x/x
Noun
hedge
/
Noun
sharp
/
Adjective
aggravated
/xxx
Verb
crash
/
Noun
tourism
/xx
Noun
triggered
/x
Verb
impacted
/xx
Verb
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
periods
/xx
Noun
prices
/x
Noun
sales
/
Noun
reverse
x/
Verb
blamed
/
Verb
precipitate
x/xx
Verb
ensuing
/xx
Verb
profitability
xxx/xx
Noun
severity
x/xx
Noun
worldwide
//
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
hit
/
Verb
seventies
/xx
Noun
suffered
/x
Verb
spending
/x
Noun
midst
/
Noun
business
/x
Noun
demand
x/
Noun
revenues
/xx
Noun
withstand
x/
Verb
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun
adversity
x/xx
Noun
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backsliding
/xx
Noun, Adjective
bending
/x
Noun
brake
/
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
constriction
x/x
Noun
contracting
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cooling
/x
Noun, Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
curtailment
x/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
declination
xx/x
Noun
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
degradation
xx/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
discomfort
x/x
Noun, Verb
downside
/x
Noun
easing
/x
Noun
ebb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fold
/
Noun, Verb
glut
/
Noun, Verb
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
hem
/
Noun, Verb
hindsight
/x
Noun
impasse
x/
Noun
juncture
/x
Noun
kickback
/x
Noun
landing
/x
Noun
landslide
/x
Noun, Verb
loss
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lowering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
moderation
xx/x
Noun
morass
x/
Noun
narrowing
/xx
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
predicament
x/xx
Noun
prosperity
x/xx
Noun
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
recoil
x/
Noun, Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
regress
/x
Noun, Verb
regression
x/x
Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun
retraction
x/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrogression
/x/x
Noun
reversal
x/x
Noun, Adjective
rise
/
Noun, Verb
rollover
/xx
Noun, Verb
shortages
/xx
Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
shrinking
/x
Noun, Adjective
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
slackening
/xx
Noun
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slippage
/x
Noun
slowing
/x
Noun
sluggishness
/xx
Noun
softening
/xx
Noun
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
standstill
/x
Noun
stricture
/x
Noun
turbulence
/xx
Noun
unease
x/
Noun, Verb
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
weakening
/xx
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb