Thesaurus / plummeting
FEEDBACKsynonyms for plummeting
synonyms for plummeting
- plunge
- slide
- coast
- crash
- declension
- declination
- decline
- declivity
- dip
- downgrade
- droop
- drop
- drop-off
- fall
- grade
- gradient
- header
- hill
- inclination
- incline
- landslide
- precipitation
- prolapse
- sag
- settlement
- sinking
- slant
- slip
- slope
- swoop
- tailspin
- tumble
- cave-in
- coming down
- falling
- plunging
- sinkage
- topple
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use plummeting in a sentence
Birds sang in the trees while quail scurried across the road or took off in their short plummeting flights.
TICKTOCK AND JIMKEITH ROBERTSONDon had a glimpse of Professor Garet's machine plummeting down in the midst of most of Superior's vehicular population.
AND THEN THE TOWN TOOK OFFRICHARD WILSONBending over he seized the first of the gleaming cubes and hurled it over the edge of the crater, saw it start plummeting down.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE, AUGUST 1930VARIOUSUndaunted, he tried again, and again it happened—the stone went plummeting.
THE BEGINNINGHENRY HASSE"You'll see their power come plummeting to earth if I can work the machine," said John urgently.
THE BUTTONED SKYGEOFF ST. REYNARDChow, Doc, and the girls watched his plummeting figure fade from view.
TOM SWIFT AND THE ELECTRONIC HYDROLUNGVICTOR APPLETONSally saw something which glittered come plummeting toward the ground, unsupported.
SPACE TUGMURRAY LEINSTERThe thunder of the rockets increased and the mighty ship quivered as its plummeting descent was checked slightly.
THE SPACE PIONEERSCAREY ROCKWELLJonner recoiled, only his webbed safety belt preventing him from plummeting from the control chair.
ATOM DRIVECHARLES LOUIS FONTENAYEdward squirmed in his arms, nearly plummeting to the hard stone floor.
SOMEONE COMES TO TOWN, SOMEONE LEAVES TOWNCORY DOCTOROWWORDS RELATED TO PLUMMETING
- cave-in
- coast
- coming down
- crash
- declension
- declination
- decline
- declivity
- dip
- downgrade
- droop
- drop
- drop-off
- fall
- falling
- grade
- gradient
- header
- hill
- inclination
- incline
- landslide
- plummeting
- plunge
- plunging
- precipitation
- prolapse
- sag
- settlement
- sinkage
- sinking
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- swoop
- tailspin
- topple
- tumble
- abating
- declining
- diminishing
- dropping
- dwindling
- dying down
- ebbing
- fading away
- lightening
- losing momentum
- lowering
- moderating
- narrowing
- plummeting
- plunging
- quieting
- sagging
- shrinking
- shriveling up
- sinking
- slackening
- slowing
- slumping
- softening
- subsiding
- waning
- wasting
- weakening
- wearing down
- wearing off
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.