Synonymes et antonymes de plummet en anglais

plummet

These are words and phrases related to plummet. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, allez à la définition de plummet.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS

Temperatures last night plummeted.

Synonymes et exemples

decrease
The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lessen
A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduce
They've just reduced the price.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.
contract
As the metal cools, it contracts.

Antonyme et exemple

increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
Apprendre plus
When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.

TO GO DOWN ONTO THE GROUND SUDDENLY

The car went out of control and plummeted over the cliff.

Synonymes et exemples

fall
She slipped and fell.
drop
Several apples dropped from the tree.
collapse
Several buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
crumple
He fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
tumble
A huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
plunge
Four of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
stumble
The waiter stumbled and dumped the food in my lap.
trip
She tripped over a crack in the pavement and broke her wrist.
Apprendre plus
If someone or something falls, they go down onto the ground suddenly without intending to or by accident.
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plummet | American Thesaurus

plummet

verb
These are words and phrases related to plummet. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, allez à la définition de plummet.
The hawk plummeted toward the earth.

Antonyms

shoot upward
Synonyms for plummet from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

Mot du jour

horror-struck

UK
/ˈhɒr.əˌstrʌk/
US
/ˈhɔːr.ɚˌstrʌk/

extremely shocked and frightened

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