What is another word for free fall?
Synonyms for free fall
free fall
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Princeton's WordNet
free fallnoun
the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
drop, dip, fall, free fallnoun
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
Synonyms:
driblet, cutpurse, pin, crepuscule, dip, surrender, twilight, drop-off, spill, magnetic inclination, downslope, bead, declivity, decline, drop curtain, cliff, pickpocket, declination, pearl, descent, inclination, fall, autumn, drib, evenfall, gloam, plunge, drop cloth, downfall, declension, drop, magnetic dip, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, angle of dip, gloaming, tumble, capitulation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1232 | fall | |
#2158 | drop | |
#3071 | pin | |
#3864 | pearl | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6341 | autumn | |
#9036 | cliff | |
#9094 | dip | |
#10122 | twilight | |
#10165 | bead | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#11777 | spill | |
#13070 | descent | |
#17934 | tumble | |
#18076 | dusk | |
#19555 | plunge | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#27947 | downfall | |
#38177 | declination | |
#49878 | nightfall | |
#80167 | capitulation | |
#111946 | pickpocket | |
#116269 | downslope | |
#117527 | declension | |
#145906 | crepuscule | |
#185304 | gloaming | |
#253199 | declivity | |
#327568 | evenfall |
How to use free fall in a sentence?
It was between 1 and two hours after we left LA and all of a sudden the plane went through a violent turbulence and then completely up-ended and we were nosediving, we were all lifted from our seats immediately and we were in a free fall. It was that feeling like when you are at the top of a rollercoaster and you’ve just gone over the edge of the peak and you start heading down.
In Britain, the picture is different, for many small British firms, Brexit meant losing access to their most important export market... It’s like shooting yourself in the foot. And this explains why German imports from Britain are in free-fall now.
With stocks having fallen so much, much of the risk has been priced in and another free-fall is quite unlikely, although the chance of a sustainable rebound is also slim, china's economy is slowing, but it's still growing much faster than U.S. and Europe. While the yuan is under depreciation pressure, China has the ability to control the pace of declines.
It will not be a bull market next year, but the chance of a free fall is also slim.
This is interpreted as good news by some investors, but investors' risk appetite is still weak, as a possible free fall in mainland market could weigh on the Hong Kong market as well.
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