DOWNSWING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

downswing

noun

Definition of downswing

as in downturn

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Recent Examples of downswing That group had known nothing but playing into February until the 6-11 downswing last season. — Sam McDowell March 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026 Inflation appears to be on the downswing again after a bumpy ride in 2025. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 Abbott only made the series cut this year (Brunson is still nominated as an executive producer), but her acting snub signals that the aging comedy, currently in its fifth season, is on the downswing with awards bodies. — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025 Slice of a big pie Years of Golden State home-price gains dull the pain of the recent downswing. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downswing

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Noun

That’s an uncomfortably thin margin for absorbing a slow quarter, let alone a genuine downturn.

— Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Brown battered the Chicago White Sox across seven scoreless innings, showing efficiency and strike-throwing that did not exist during his downturn.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of downturn

Noun

Construction, which began in 2018, took years, partly because of a global slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
In sharp contrast to Europe, Hong Kong's IPO market staged a robust turnaround last year following a multi-year slowdown, and that momentum has continued this year.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Definition of slowdown

Noun

This name broke a brutal downtrend that ran from well above $250 in early 2022 down into the $50s and $60s, spent roughly two years grinding through that range, and only recently pushed toward the top of it.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Fundraising then may pick up for VC firms after being stuck in a downtrend since a peak of $413 billion in 2022, according to PitchBook data, though the benefits won’t be immediate and will be contingent on public market reception.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

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