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

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

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

Verb

Today our border is secure, our spirit is restored, inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising fast, the roaring economy is roaring like never before and our enemies are scared. —February 25, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026

Those prices are plummeting downward. —Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026

Trump boasted that inflation is plummeting and gas prices are lower. —Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026

One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026

Hilary Fordwich, a British Royals expert, told Fox News Digital that the public's plummeting opinion on the monarchy is playing into William's less than calm state. —Janelle Ash , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026

While immigration enforcement may be a difficult issue for Evans, the congressman might gain political traction by turning to the nation’s plummeting crime rate. —John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026

Now, as crypto enters yet another winter, with token prices plummeting and excitement washed out by AI hype, Dragonfly is announcing its fourth fund, a $650 million vehicle. —Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026

The move, which comes as regulators are rolling out social consumption regulations, is meant to open up a conversation about how to support marijuana businesses and stabilize the market as an influx of supply has led to plummeting prices. —State House News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026