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Synonyms for plunge
plʌndʒplunge

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. plunge

    Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak of baptism by immersion as dipping now seems rude; tho entirely proper and usual in early English. Baptists now universally use the word immerse. To dip and to immerse alike signify to bury or submerge some object in a liquid; but dip implies that the object dipped is at once removed from the liquid, while immerse is wholly silent as to the removal. Immerse also suggests more absolute completeness of the action; one may dip his sleeve or dip a sponge in a liquid, if he but touches the edge; if he immerses it, he completely sinks it under, and covers it with the liquid. Submerge implies that the object can not readily be removed, if at all; as, a submerged wreck. To plunge is to immerse suddenly and violently, for which douse and duck are colloquial terms. Dip is used, also, unlike the other words, to denote the putting of a hollow vessel into a liquid in order to remove a portion of it; in this sense we say dip up, dip out. Compare synonyms for BURY.

    Synonyms:
    bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, immerse, sink, submerge

    Preposition:
    The object is immersed in water.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. plunge

    Synonyms:
    dip, dive, douse, duck, submerge, immerse, precipitate, sink, overwhelm, thrust under, pitch headlong

    Antonyms:
    emerge, issue, soar, raise, extricate, rescue

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. dip, plungenoun

    a brief swim in water

    Synonyms:
    drop, fall, magnetic inclination, free fall, magnetic dip, pickpocket, angle of dip, dip, inclination, cutpurse

  2. plungeverb

    a steep and rapid fall

    Synonyms:
    dip

  3. immerse, plungeverb

    thrust or throw into

    "Immerse yourself in hot water"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, bury, swallow, dump, engross, dunk, souse, launch, eat up, absorb, immerse, swallow up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, douse

  4. dive, plunge, plunkverb

    drop steeply

    "the stock market plunged"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, plank, plonk, dump, plop, engross, dunk, flump, clunk, launch, plump down, clump, absorb, pick, immerse, souse, plunk down, clop, plunk, dip, pluck, soak up, dive, plump, steep, douse

  5. plungeverb

    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

    "She plunged at it eagerly"

    Synonyms:
    dive, engulf, dump, plunk, douse, souse, dip, steep, soak up, launch, engross, immerse, dunk, absorb

  6. plunge, launchverb

    begin with vigor

    "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, set up, dump, found, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, set in motion, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, establish, steep, douse

  7. plunge, immerseverb

    cause to be immersed

    "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, swallow up, swallow, engross, dunk, launch, eat up, dump, absorb, bury, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, douse

  8. plunge, dumpverb

    fall abruptly

    "It plunged to the bottom of the well"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, immerse, knock down, dump, deck, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, underprice, souse, plunk, dip, coldcock, ditch, soak up, dive, steep, floor, douse

  9. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb

    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

    "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, dunk, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorb

  10. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb

    devote (oneself) fully to

    "He immersed himself into his studies"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, absorb, engage, take in, immerse, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, infuse, suck

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plungeverb

    Synonyms:
    immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid)

  2. plungeverb

    Synonyms:
    dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self

  3. plungenoun

    Synonyms:
    dive, dip, ducking

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.7 / 3 votes

  1. plungeverb

    Synonyms:
    souse, immerse, submerge, dip, douse, dive, pitch

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "plunge":

    dive, engulf, overthrow, precipitate

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How to use plunge in a sentence?

  1. Elvis Picardo:

    The implications of a rise in royalty rates would be quite negative for the Canadian energy sector, coming as it would at a time of unprecedented turmoil caused by the plunge in crude oil prices, the incipient recovery we have been seeing lately in the energy sector could well be quashed.

  2. Alan Watts:

    The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

  3. John Claypool:

    We do not first get all the answers and then live in the light of our understanding. We must rather plunge into life meeting what we have to meet and experiencing what we have to experience and in the light of living try to understand. if insight comes at all, it will not before, but only through and after experience.

  4. David Gauke:

    Are David Gauke going to side with those who want to scrub the democratic verdict of the people — and plunge this country into chaos ? or are Prime Minister Boris Johnson going to side with those of us who want to get on, deliver on the mandate of the people and focus with absolute, laser-like precision on the domestic agenda ? That's the choice.

  5. Lakshheish M Patel:

    The more ordinary people invest in shares, the more the stock price will plunge down


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