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

Beck, the Miami quarterback, played at Georgia last season, but an injury in the SEC title game ended his season and sent his draft stock plummeting. — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 2 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

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

Within seconds, cheers echo across the mountain valley as a vehicle soars through the sky before plummeting down below. — Carmela Asmar, USA Today, 2 July 2026

The news sent the price of oil plummeting more than 10%. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 28 June 2026

By James Raia After years of drastically plummeting sales, the Jeep Cherokee was discontinued in 2023 following a half-century run. — James Raia, Mercury News, 28 June 2026

But over the past five years, Kohl’s stock has lost nearly 70% of its value, plummeting as the retailer reported weak sales. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 27 June 2026

Video and photos shared on social media appear to show the aircraft plummeting to the ground after smashing a large hole in the 108-story CITIC Tower, located in the Chinese capital's business district. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

That airflow obstruction sends oxygen levels plummeting, stimulating the pulmonary arteries to squeeze. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 June 2026

At the time, rates had been plummeting from their annual peak of nearly $6,000 that July, when mass diversions away from the Red Sea resulted in elevated congestion at some of the busiest gateways worldwide including the Ports of Singapore, Shanghai and Ningbo. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 25 June 2026