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

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

But Venus plummets out of the evening sky in the next few weeks. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026

And when the temperature inevitably plummets in the first few months, the bob will no doubt disguise itself under the Olsen or Victoria Beckham turtleneck tuck, a technique that involves covering the ends of the hair in a high-neck sweater or jacket. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025

Yet the sensation of a work that, in translation from one medium to another, no longer defies gravity but sort of roughly plummets back down to terra firma can’t easily be shaken off. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025