Synonyms of craters

craters 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of crater

1

as in collapses

to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• flops
• bombs
• folds
• fails
• tanks
• struggles
• misses
• strikes out
• founders
• flames out
• falls short
• lays an egg
• comes a cropper
• falls flat
• comes to grief
• crashes
• washes out
• comes up empty
• declines
• flunks
• dies on the vine
• slumps
• falls on one's face
• crumbles
• slips
• skids
• sinks
• flounders
• misfires
• wanes
• miscarries
• goes under
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works out
• comes off
• clicks
• goes over
• goes
• succeeds
• delivers
• cooks
• flourishes
• pans out
• thrives
• triumphs
• wins
• prevails
• prospers

2

as in dips

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dips
• falls
• tumbles
• plunges
• declines
• drops
• sinks
• crashes
• plummets
• skids
• decreases
• dives
• descends
• nose-dives
• dies (down)
• lowers
• diminishes
• retreats
• tapers off
• subsides
• moderates
• droops
• wanes
• lessens
• ebbs
• dwindles
• lets up
• recedes
• abates
• de-escalates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• ups
• spikes
• arises
• lifts
• mounts
• ascends
• soars
• increases
• mushrooms
• builds
• grows
• swells
• accumulates
• expands
• enlarges
• intensifies
• picks up
• waxes
• snowballs
• balloons
• escalates
• bourgeons
• burgeons

craters

2 of 2

noun

plural of crater

as in potholes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• potholes
• sinkholes
• caves
• wells
• valleys
• caverns
• furrows
• excavations
• trenches
• boreholes
• ditches
• grooves
• burrows
• water holes
• basins
• postholes
• troughs
• gutters
• bowls
• clefts
• pockets
• dimples
• gouges
• chuckholes
• nooks
• openings
• wallows
• impressions
• sockets
• chasms
• alveoli
• alcoves
• imprints
• voids
• pits
• cavities
• abysses
• niches
• recesses
• hollows
• vacuums
• indentations
• depressions
• dents
• notches
• holes
• concavities
• vacua
• vacuities
• gulfs
• dints
• indentures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hills
• mounds
• tumors
• rises
• bumps
• pimples
• swellings
• lumps
• humps
• swells
• projections
• bunches
• protuberances
• protrusions
• bulges
• convexities
• cambers
• juts