Sales will surely plummet without this change.
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Plummet
//ˈplʌmɪt//
Synonyms for "plummet" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
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12 entriesTranslations
150 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μολύβδαινα noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- στάθμη noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Arabic
4 entries- تُرّ noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- شَاقُول noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- مِطْمَار noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- مِطْمَر noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Aramaic
4 entries- מַשְׁקוּלְתָּא noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- מַתְקוּלְתָּא noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- ܡܰܫܩܠܳܐ noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- ܡܰܬܩܳܠܴܐ noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отвес noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- рязко спадане noun (violent or dramatic fall)
- тежест noun (any weight)
- падам право надолу verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鉛垂線 /铅垂线 noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Czech
1 entries- olovnice noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Dutch
4 entries- schietlood noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- kelderen verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- omlaagschieten verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- tuimelen verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Egyptian
1 entries- xA-A-i-i-T14-T14-V1 noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Estonian
4 entries- alang noun (decline, fall, drop)
- kukkuma noun (violent or dramatic fall)
- lang noun (decline, fall, drop)
- mõõn noun (decline, fall, drop)
Finnish
4 entries- koho noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- luotilanka noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- romahtaa verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- syöksyä verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
French
3 entries- fil à plomb noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- chuter verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- dégringoler verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
German
4 entries- Abfall noun (decline, fall, drop)
- Abnahme noun (decline, fall, drop)
- Absinken noun (decline, fall, drop)
- Abstieg noun (decline, fall, drop)
Greek
1 entries- αλφάδι noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֲנָךְ noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Hungarian
1 entries- zuhan verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Icelandic
2 entries- steypast verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- stingast verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Irish
2 entries- aigeach noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- luaidhe noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Italian
4 entries- caduta noun (decline, fall, drop)
- declino noun (decline, fall, drop)
- filo a piombo noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- piombino noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Latin
1 entries- perpendiculum noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Macedonian
1 entries- ви́сок noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Māori
4 entries- paramu noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- makere verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- tirikohu verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- urupou verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- blylodd noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- lodd noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- nedstyrting noun (violent or dramatic fall)
- styrt noun (violent or dramatic fall)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- blylodd noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- lodd noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اسقندیل noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- سونده noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- شاقول noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- مطمار noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Persian
1 entries- شاغول noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Polish
4 entries- ciężarek noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- pion noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- gwałtownie spadać verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- runąć verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Portuguese
3 entries- prumo noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- cair verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- despencar verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Russian
4 entries- лот noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- отве́с noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- па́дать verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- рухнуть verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- visak noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- ви́сак noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- obrušiti se verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- strmoglaviti se verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Sicilian
4 entries- caduta noun (decline, fall, drop)
- calancu noun (decline, fall, drop)
- cascata noun (decline, fall, drop)
- chiummata noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Spanish
4 entries- plomada noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- abatirse verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- aplomarse verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- batirse verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Swedish
4 entries- lod noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- lodlina noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- falla verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
- rasa verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Tagalog
1 entries- sumadsad verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Thai
2 entries- ลูกดิ่ง noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- ดิ่ง verb (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dây dọi noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
- lập loòng noun (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We heard that the company's stock is about to plummet, so we're getting out while the getting is good.
Source: tatoeba (10348476)
I'le ſeeke him deeper than ere plummet ſounded, / And with him there lye mudded.
Source: wiktionary
Iudgement also will I lay to the line, and righteousnesse to the plummet: and the haile shall sweepe away the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall ouerflow the hiding place.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.