|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

slump

DEFINITIONS OF: slump

1

v fall or sink heavily

“He slumped onto the couch”
Synonyms:
sink, slide down
Type of:
break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way
break down, literally or metaphorically

v assume a drooping posture or carriage

Synonyms:
slouch
Type of:
droop, flag, sag, swag
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

v fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

Synonyms:
fall off, sink
drop, drop down, sink
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Type of:
drop
go down in value

v go down in value

“prices slumped”
Synonyms:
correct, decline
Type of:
come down, descend, fall, go down
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

n a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

“the team went into a slump”
Synonyms:
drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack
Type of:
declension, decline in quality, deterioration, worsening
process of changing to an inferior state

n a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

Synonyms:
depression, economic crisis
Examples:
Great Depression
the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
Type of:
crisis
an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
economic condition
the condition of the economy
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES