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

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

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 The incentives ended in September, and EV sales spiked to roughly 10% of all vehicles sold that month before plummeting later in the year. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 July 2026 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 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeting

Noun

The sinking has claimed at least two lives and prompted a multi-agency search and recovery operation in one of the Bay Area's busiest waterways.

— James Ward, USA Today, 18 July 2026
The body of a second victim was recovered Thursday following the sinking of a three-level yacht near Alcatraz Island and has been identified by San Francisco authorities as a Sacramento County resident.

— Michael McGough Updated July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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Verb

Kindergarten enrolment has been plunging for years, with the number of registrations falling by a quarter just between 2020 and 2024.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Investors will also have a look at IBM’s quarterly numbers, after the legacy tech giant posted preliminary figures that sent the stock plunging .

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 19 July 2026

Definition of plunging

Noun

An analysis from the Florida Policy Institute shows that the SNAP caseload has dropped in every Florida county, including a 10% decline in Miami-Dade County, from July 2025 to December 2026.

— Austin Horn July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Investing in nature is crucial for building resilient food systems, combating malnutrition, and preventing economic decline.

— Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of decline

Verb

Buzzy semiconductor stocks that surged earlier this year have struggled to maintain their momentum, with the popular iShares Semiconductor index falling nearly 20% from its early-June peak.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
That surpasses the original Galaxy Watch Ultra's 590mAh cell, which lasted 46 hours in my testing with the always-on display enabled, again falling just short of the company’s estimate (48 hours).

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026

Definition of falling

Verb

However, declining vaccination rates fueled by vaccine hesitancy have created pockets of susceptible individuals where the virus can spread quickly.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Idaho’s divorce rate has been steadily declining for nearly half a century, and since 2020, has been below the low-water mark set in 1956, according to data collected since 1950.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026

Definition of declining

Verb

The pickup appeared to veer off the roadway before tumbling down the mountainside and eventually coming to rest at the bottom of the cliff, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of tumbling

Verb

Perhaps not for the fainthearted, this involves being gently slapped with oak branches in the sauna before dipping into a bracing cold plunge (rinse and repeat).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026
More footage shot inside the disco shows the Real Madrid hunk grabbing Exposito, dipping her down and giving her a big kiss in front of everyone.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

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