Synonyms of plummeting

plummeting 1 of 2

noun

as in sinking

Related Words

• sinking
• decline
• downfall
• drop
• plunge
• dip
• nosedive
• dive
• downgrade
• comedown
• fall
• down
• descent

Dissimilar Words

• rise
• soaring
• climb
• ascent
• progress
• advance
• upswing
• rising
• progression
• upturn
• improvement
• headway
• betterment

plummeting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of plummet

as in plunging

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

a week in which stock prices plummeted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunging
• falling
• declining
• tumbling
• dipping
• dropping
• sinking
• descending
• skidding
• crashing
• decreasing
• lowering
• cratering
• diving
• nose-diving
• diminishing
• dwindling
• retreating
• subsiding
• waning
• ebbing
• drooping
• dying (down)
• lessening
• moderating
• tapering off
• receding
• abating
• letting up
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• soaring
• ascending
• mounting
• arising
• lifting
• increasing
• growing
• spiking
• building
• expanding
• escalating
• swelling
• accumulating
• intensifying
• upping
• burgeoning
• enlarging
• picking up
• mushrooming
• ballooning
• snowballing
• waxing

Example Sentences

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

Two female skydivers who were taking part in an organized skydiving event in California were killed after colliding midair and plummeting to the ground. — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Ingram is itching to join his new teammates, to slow the losses and turn around a plummeting season. — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2026

Smith’s lower body caught Anunoby at an awkward angle, sending him plummeting headfirst toward the hardwood. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

In the blink of an eye, a private jet plummeting 450 feet per second nosedived into a Florida roadway, bursting into flames and killing all nine people on board. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

In California, where school enrollment is plummeting, many school districts continue hiring with abandon. — M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Video of the crash captured on a car’s dashcam showed the jet plummeting into the road at a high speed, causing a fiery explosion. — Colin Sheeley, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026

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