Synonyms of cratered

cratered

verb

past tense of crater

1

as in collapsed

to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsed
• flopped
• failed
• folded
• bombed
• missed
• struggled
• tanked
• foundered
• struck out
• flunked
• crashed
• flamed out
• fell short
• fell flat
• came to grief
• laid an egg
• washed out
• declined
• slumped
• came up empty
• floundered
• crumbled
• died on the vine
• skidded
• slipped
• came a cropper
• waned
• fell on one's face
• sunk
• sank
• misfired
• imploded
• miscarried
• went under
• self-destructed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• went
• succeeded
• delivered
• worked out
• clicked
• went over
• flourished
• cooked
• came off
• thrived
• prospered
• won
• panned out
• prevailed
• triumphed
• throve

2

as in fell

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fell
• plunged
• tumbled
• dipped
• declined
• plummeted
• dropped
• sunk
• sank
• skidded
• crashed
• descended
• decreased
• nose-dived
• dived
• lowered
• dove
• diminished
• subsided
• retreated
• died (down)
• waned
• drooped
• dwindled
• ebbed
• lessened
• moderated
• tapered off
• receded
• abated
• let up
• de-escalated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• mounted
• soared
• lifted
• spiked
• ascended
• arose
• upped
• built
• increased
• grew
• expanded
• enlarged
• mushroomed
• swelled
• intensified
• accumulated
• waxed
• ballooned
• escalated
• picked up
• burgeoned
• snowballed
• bourgeoned