Synonyms of diving

diving

verb

present participle of dive

1

as in plunging

to cast oneself head first into deep water

we watched her dive in after the drowning man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunging
• sounding
• pitching
• dipping
• submerging
• immersing
• plunking
• plumping
• plonking
• belly flopping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surfacing

2

as in falling

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunging
• falling
• dipping
• tumbling
• declining
• dropping
• sinking
• plummeting
• descending
• skidding
• crashing
• decreasing
• lowering
• cratering
• nose-diving
• retreating
• subsiding
• diminishing
• dying (down)
• drooping
• ebbing
• dwindling
• tapering off
• waning
• moderating
• lessening
• letting up
• receding
• abating
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• lifting
• ascending
• mounting
• soaring
• arising
• spiking
• increasing
• building
• growing
• expanding
• accumulating
• escalating
• swelling
• upping
• intensifying
• enlarging
• mushrooming
• burgeoning
• waxing
• picking up
• ballooning
• snowballing
• bourgeoning