PLUMMETING Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in sinking

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verb

present participle of plummet

as in plunging

to go to a lower level especially abruptly a week in which stock prices plummeted

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Recent Examples of plummeting

Noun

Immunity has also played a role in the mortality rate plummeting. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026 Smit Machchhar with a cabin axe before trying to take control of the aircraft’s flight controls, sending the plane plummeting. — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 This review may have already given away a little too much, but high places and plummeting are important details in this story. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026 With enrollment plummeting and bloated staffing levels, the district is already on shaky financial footing and can’t sustain payroll without drawing down its reserves. — Aaron Garth Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026 Chesapeake employs 344 before a collapse in natural gas prices sends its stock value plummeting. — Steve Lackmeyer, Oklahoman, 25 Feb. 2026 The shutdown is part of a response by the government to ongoing protests against rising inflation and the value of the nation's currency plummeting. — Berly McCoy, NPR, 26 Jan. 2026 Successive polls have shown his approval rating on immigration plummeting. — Richard Hall, Time, 26 Jan. 2026 Under the roof — with the glare gone, the temperature easing across the third and fourth sets and the radiated heat from the court plummeting — the momentum swung. — John Pye, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2026

Verb

Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Bumper earnings from bellwether tech giants Anthropic and TSMC did little to assuage a market that has turned bearish on the AI trade, sending stocks plummeting. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 In the meantime, some fans have been celebrating the meme coin’s plummeting value all the while bashing the leaks. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 And there is an affordability crisis compounded by persistent inflation, cratering economic data, plummeting consumer confidence, and weak jobs growth. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 Sales of German autos are plummeting in China, but China is also poised to gobble up market share in Europe by undercutting European automakers on price thanks to heavy state subsidies. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 This dynamic sent SaaS stocks plummeting earlier this year, but many have regained some ground (registration required) as reality sets in. — Dan Faulkner, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 That’s after years of production decline that has led to plummeting work opportunities already domestically. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeting

Noun

In Jakarta, the sinking and flooding has become so severe that Indonesia is building a brand-new capital city on the island of Borneo.

— Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Miss Wolcott’s Ghost by Louise Penny The largest is the sinking of a luxury ocean liner called the Empress of Ireland in 1914, in which 1,012 lives were lost off the coast of Canada.

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The sharp shoulders of the gown featured an extra layer of black lace, with a slightly plunging neckline that continued the scalloped motif incorporated throughout.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Kardashian’s plunging corset dress featured several midriff cutouts and a semi-sheer, floor-length skirt in black.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunging

Noun

And Musk’s businesses took a hit on Wednesday after already seeing declines in overnight trading.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Consequently, industry experts emphasize that underlying supply tightness remains unchanged, suggesting overnight crude price declines reflect short term market sentiment reactions to election results rather than shifting fundamentals.

— , CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of decline

Verb

The Senate homeland security committee has one of the broadest investigative jurisdictions in Congress, with instances of waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, and mismanagement across the federal government all falling within the panel’s purview.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
In a potentially troublesome sign for the future, analysts have noted that while tech earnings remain strong, many of their potential clients are struggling, with borrowing weak and non-AI investment falling.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of falling

Verb

With shot numbers declining, a study found more babies are at risk of bleeding.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Public fallout Despite all his success, though, his relationship with the national team has slowly soured over the last few years – much in part due to his declining performances on the field.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of declining

Verb

Her work at both ends of the court — including dropping a shocking 30 points in Game 2 against the league’s best defense — has led the Dream to a dominant start in the series.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
But there’s something to be said for dropping your adversary off in a Chicago beset by a mushroom cloud.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

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