PLUMMETING Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in sinking

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plummeting

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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

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 But with Nvidia’s shares having gained so much in recent months, a miss on Wednesday, or cautious guidance tied to China restrictions, could send the stock plummeting. — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

Verb

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 Climate change raises the stakes –– with yields of some traditional staple crops, like rice, already plummeting in places like Vietnam and Thailand. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 But just two years ago, Albemarle outlined $750 million in cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and project postponements, amid plummeting EV demand. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 By the 2010s, the brand had lost its mojo, with sales plummeting and the company closing hundreds of stores. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeting

Noun

Thirteen people were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on Wednesday in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel nearly five years ago, in one of the biggest tragedies of migrants making the dangerous crossing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
South Gate’s rain-sodden float depicted a floral Titanic sinking alongside the killer iceberg.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Those winds are full of snow and ice, and bring gusts of 150-200 kilometers per hour, plunging temperatures to minus 60 to 80 degrees Celsius (minus 79 to minus 112 Fahrenheit).

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
De Ramon wore an off-the-shoulder sheer gown with a plunging sweetheart neckline that led into a corset bodice.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunging

Noun

Huawei's push into the smartphone market comes as sales in China have slumped this year, with a double-digit decline year-on-year in August and September, according to Counterpoint Research.

— Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The co-CEOs have modeled a cash ramp-up in coming years but meanwhile there’s not a big cushion if churn rises, cable-network declines accelerate, the box office softens again or there’s macroeconomic or geopolitical disruption.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of decline

Verb

People have moved so aggressively along the learning curve that those challenges are falling by the wayside.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Paired with an all-leather ensemble, pants and pointed-toe pumps included, the hair screamed ’80s rom-com star, the curls falling toward her face in a single swift motion.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of falling

Verb

Only its convenient foods division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa reported declining volume, of 1%.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Since the 1960s, bowling as a business has fallen, with the number of bowling centers in the United States declining by roughly 75% from a peak of about 12,000 to some 3,000.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of declining

Verb

The main structures at the front (the spa, gym, studio, and reception) are made of natural stone with bougainvillea tumbling down their sides, set between shallow pools of water, echoing the floating effect of the resort above the mangroves.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Labor market shifts The US trucking industry is shaking off a nearly four-year downturn, a post-pandemic correction marked by tumbling freight rates, carrier bankruptcies, and a high-cost/tepid-volume operating environment.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of tumbling

Verb

Matt Stanley, head of market engagement at Kpler, highlighted Europe’s dilemma and the risks posed by dipping into emergency reserves in an uncertain geopolitical environment.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Voices, voices, voices, chirping, screeching, rising high to a crescendo, dipping low for a moment, then soaring straight up again.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of dipping

Verb

While dropping a metal water bottle to make a loud sound might work as a distraction in one scenario, another might require delegating by finding a person who is better positioned to stop the scenario.

— Katie Hurley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
That pales before $174 billion for subscription OTT and a jaw-dropping $292 billion for other online ad revenues in 2026, Amor said.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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