Synonyms and Antonyms of tumbling
1
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
- the infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet
collapsing, crumpling, dropping, flumping, keeling, plopping, plunking (or plonking), slumping (over)
crashing, free-falling, nose-diving, plummeting, plunging, precipitating, wiping out
skidding, sliding
2
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
- stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released
crashing, cratering, declining, descending, dipping, diving, dropping, falling, lowering, nose-diving, plummeting, plunging, sinking, skidding
abating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, drooping, dwindling, dying (down), ebbing, lessening, letting up, moderating, subsiding, tapering off, waning
receding, retreating
accumulating, ballooning, building, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), enlarging, escalating, expanding, growing, increasing, intensifying, mushrooming, picking up, snowballing, swelling, waxing
3
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
- tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans
confusing, deranging, disarranging, disarraying, discomposing, disheveling (or dishevelling), disjointing, dislocating, disordering, disorganizing, disrupting, disturbing, hashing, jumbling, messing (up), mixing (up), muddling, mussing, rumpling, scrambling, shuffling, tousling, upsetting
aligning (also alining), lining, lining up, queuing (or queueing)
classifying, codifying, methodizing, systematizing, systemizing
adjusting, fixing
grooming, making up, sprucing (up)
unscrambling
arranging, arraying, disposing, drawing up, marshaling (or marshalling), ordering, organizing, ranging, regulating, straightening (up), tidying
4
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
- all we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble
deflating, flattening, melting, melting down
breaking, breaking down, conking (out), crashing, dying, failing, giving out, stalling
bursting, shattering, smashing, splintering, splitting
cracking, crumbling, popping, snapping
