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plunging

verb , present participle of plunge

Synonyms and Antonyms of plunging

1 to cast oneself head first into deep water
  • she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool
Synonyms of plunging

diving, pitching, sounding
Words Related to plunging

dipping, immersing, submerging

belly flopping, plumping, plunking (or plonking)
Near Antonyms of plunging

surfacing
2 to go to a lower level especially abruptly
  • prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced
Synonyms of plunging

crashing, cratering, declining, descending, dipping, diving, dropping, falling, lowering, nose-diving, plummeting, sinking, skidding, tumbling
Words Related to plunging

abating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, drooping, dwindling, dying (down), ebbing, lessening, letting up, moderating, subsiding, tapering off, waning

receding, retreating
Near Antonyms of plunging

accumulating, ballooning, building, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), enlarging, escalating, expanding, growing, increasing, intensifying, mushrooming, picking up, snowballing, swelling, waxing
Antonyms of plunging

arising, ascending, lifting, mounting, rising, soaring, spiking, upping
3 to lead or extend downward
  • a stairway plunging into darkness
Synonyms of plunging

declining, descending, dipping, dropping, falling, sinking
Words Related to plunging

angling, canting, cocking, heeling, inclining, leaning, listing, reclining, slanting, sloping, tilting, tipping
Near Antonyms of plunging

evening, flattening, leveling (or levelling), planing, smoothing, straightening
Antonyms of plunging

arising, ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, uprising, upsweeping, upturning

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