See slump in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture:
drop, fall, sink. See riseTo take on or move with an awkward, slovenly posture:
loll, slouch. See move, postureTo undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:
dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumble. Idiom: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn). See increase
noun
A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:
decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, tumble. See increaseA period of decreased business activity and high unemployment:
depression, recession. See rich
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