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

That was the holy grail of spaceflight, plummeting through fire to be snatched out of the air by steel. — CBS News, 14 Nov. 2026

The resignation sent shares of Nvidia plummeting 14% at the opening bell, before stabilizing. — Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

Huang’s infidelity and resignation sent Nvidia’s shares plummeting in early trading on Thursday. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 12 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

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