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

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

Shedeur Sanders' draft stock plummeting didn't help, either. — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025

Verb

That contrasts with the 'shock and awe' approach that underpinned the sweeping 'Liberation Day' levies announced in April 2025, which sent markets plummeting. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026

But for the purposes of this test, the Starlink craft merely attempted to establish laser communications with the wider network, before ultimately plummeting to their doom in Earth’s atmosphere. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026

Their prize money had taken a significant hit, as crowd restrictions sent revenues plummeting. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Rates of other crimes, such as carjacking and burglary, are also plummeting, a report shows. — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 24 July 2026

Trump in recent days has tried to deny polls showing plummeting support for the war among Americans. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Tate attempted to rectify funding issues through staff cuts, sending staff morale plummeting and spurring a strike. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026

As wildfires burn millions of acres across Canada, smoke has descended upon cities across the United States, with air quality plummeting to unhealthy levels. — Rebecca Florsheim, STAT, 17 July 2026

Ever wonder how actors recreate a cargo plane plummeting to the ground? — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026