PLUNGING Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

plunging

verb

present participle of plunge

as in diving

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

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as in falling

to go to a lower level especially abruptly prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced

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as in descending

to lead or extend downward a stairway plunging into darkness

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Recent Examples of plunging On July 26, the wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos modeled a plunging black bathing suit on her Instagram Stories. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 July 2026 The driver lost control of their vehicle in the 6900 block of South Cicero Avenue, plunging off the bridge carrying the roadway and colliding with a train box car below, police said. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Discovery until after a ruling on a challenge by states to the deal, plunging the $110 billion deal into further uncertainty. — Jody Godoy, USA Today, 25 July 2026 Vehicle sales have been plunging as customers are driven away by the richest man in the world’s tasteless behavior and erratic commentary. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 July 2026 Kindergarten enrolment has been plunging for years, with the number of registrations falling by a quarter just between 2020 and 2024. — 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 The satellites would only survive about 20 minutes before ultimately plunging to their fiery doom reentering Earth’s atmosphere. — Lee Billings & Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 July 2026 Four hundred years later, a merry band of scientists and entrepreneurs of mind-altering intoxicants are plunging even deeper into the diabolical by mechanizing DMT’s delivery via IV syringe pumps. — Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunging

Verb

Respected directors are diving into the genre and creating masterpieces, but none of them seem interested in outer space.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 26 July 2026
Even Netflix is diving in on a selective high-profile events such as Christmas Day NFL games.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of diving

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

Similar tools can be applied to descending — particularly on a technical descent like Tuesday’s.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Co-directed by Alexandra Orton, the film combines Maddox’s personal video diaries, therapy sessions, and exclusive interviews while descending into Manson’s early background and sensationalized media persona as a monster.

— Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026

Definition of descending

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

Definition of dipping

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When the restaurant’s patron reveals a major downturn in his investment portfolio, the frenetic urgency that’s long defined the show is joined by the despondency of a sinking ship.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
After spending a day exploring, a soak in your private hot tub is rivaled only by sinking into a plush pillow-top mattress covered in buttery-soft Comphy sheets.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

Definition of sinking

Verb

When the servicer’s robotic arm touches a tumbling satellite, the force from that contact pushes the servicer back.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
But its crude imports have fallen dramatically during the course of the war, tumbling below 8 million barrels per day from more than 12 million a day before the war, according to maritime data company Signal Ocean Research.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of tumbling

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

That contrasts with the 'shock and awe' approach that underpinned the sweeping 'Liberation Day' levies announced in April 2025, which sent markets plummeting.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
But for the purposes of this test, the Starlink craft merely attempted to establish laser communications with the wider network, before ultimately plummeting to their doom in Earth’s atmosphere.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026