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Word | Plummet |
the metal bob of a plumb line / A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. / fall sharply / a steep and rapid fall or drop. / plumb; also : plumb line / to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place / to fall or drop suddenly in amount, value, etc., | |
Usage | ⇒ The labourers use plummet while constructing the houses ⇒ Stock prices plummeted as Wall Street reacted to the rise in interest rates. ⇒ The acrobat plummeted into the net. ⇒ His body was pushed back in the seat by the fall, the plummet sending his adrenaline running through his veins. |
Synonyms | plunge, fall, drop, dive, descend, sink, decline, tumble, slump, collapse, dip, crash, plumb, plumb bob, submerge, swoop, nosedive, decrease, drop down, go down, |
Antonyms | ascend, rise, escalate, rocket, arise, increase, exceed, expand, fly, go up, grow, heave, heighten, hover, shoot up, soar, climb, mushroom, accrue, accumulate, |
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