Synonyms of plummets

plummets

verb

present tense third-person singular of plummet

as in plunges

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

a week in which stock prices plummeted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• falls
• tumbles
• declines
• dips
• drops
• descends
• decreases
• sinks
• lowers
• crashes
• skids
• dives
• nose-dives
• diminishes
• dwindles
• subsides
• wanes
• droops
• dies (down)
• ebbs
• retreats
• craters
• lessens
• abates
• moderates
• tapers off
• recedes
• lets up
• de-escalates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• arises
• ascends
• soars
• lifts
• ups
• increases
• spikes
• mounts
• grows
• builds
• expands
• intensifies
• accumulates
• swells
• mushrooms
• enlarges
• picks up
• escalates
• waxes
• burgeons
• snowballs
• balloons

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plummets

With the married couple of Robert and Camille Sims careening off onto very different moral trajectories, Camille must confront troubling truths as her conscience plummets into the pits of Hades, while Robert is on a profound journey of salvation. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026

While students using unrestricted AI show immediate performance improvement while using AI agents, their performance plummets once the tool is removed. — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026

Las Vegas plummets down the board with its 8th place finish, and now sits outside the playoff positions. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 June 2026

People run for safety as a drone, probably downed by Russian air defenses, plummets into a building in a sprawling marketplace. — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

As the temperatures climb higher and higher, our desire to cook often plummets in the opposite direction. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 May 2026

But conditions in the global oil market are set to worsen in the next few weeks, Morgan Stanley analysts warned, as the rate of releases from global strategic reserves plummets to less than a third of current levels. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026

As the two riders swing in a circle, the ride's cable snaps and the capsule plummets toward the ground. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026