Synonyms for downturn
ˈdaʊnˌtɜrndown·turn

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1. downturnnoun

   Antonyms:
   upturn

2. downturnnoun

   The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.

   Antonyms:
   upturn

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1. downturn, downswingnoun

   a worsening of business or economic activity

   "the market took a downturn"

   Synonyms:
   downswing

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1. • Worsening

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1. List of paraphrases for "downturn":

   recession, slowdown, decline, slump, doldrums, contraction, slowing, slow-down, depression, crisis, deterioration, deceleration, adversity, drop, decrease, regression, setback, fall, deflation, sluggishness

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1. Tom Lawler:

   It could potentially be an issue in the next downturn.

2. Bruce Van Saun:

   There could be a slowdown or even a shallow and short recession. But we're not seeing a protracted downturn that would inflict a lot of pain.

3. Abhishek Rimal:

   Millions of people are struggling to meet their daily needs, there is a huge workforce in Southeast Asia that depends on daily wages, and they are being affected because of this economic downturn.

4. Chris Williamson:

   The euro zone will look upon 2014 as a year in which recession was avoided by the narrowest of margins, but the weakness of the survey data suggests there's no guarantee that a renewed downturn will not be seen in 2015.

5. Tim Olson:

   We were going through an incredibly difficult economic downturn, and so we ended up recruiting 3.9 million people, and we did that with virtually no advertising.