Synonyms for slump
slʌmpslump

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1. slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling offnoun

   a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

   "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

   Synonyms:
   slackness, economic crisis, falloff, slack water, cliff, morass, drop, depression, falling off, quag, lessening, mire, decrease, quagmire, slack, drop-off

2. depression, slump, economic crisisverb

   a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, slack, falling off, imprint, falloff, natural depression, drop-off, clinical depression, depression

3. slump, slouchverb

   assume a drooping posture or carriage

   Synonyms:
   slide down, slouch, decline, sink, correct, fall off

4. slump, slide down, sinkverb

   fall or sink heavily

   "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

   Synonyms:
   drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, sink, fall off, pass, bury

5. slump, fall off, sinkverb

   fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

   "The real estate market fell off"

   Synonyms:
   drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, sink, fall off, pass, fall away, bury

6. decline, slump, correctverb

   go down in value

   "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

   Synonyms:
   right, even out, reject, chasten, go down, adjust, refuse, slouch, objurgate, discipline, set, redress, correct, sink, rectify, worsen, even up, slide down, counterbalance, chastise, wane, compensate, sort out, even off, fall off, pass up, make up, decline, castigate, turn down

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1. • Collapse
   • Fall
   • Sag

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1. slumpverb

   Synonyms:
   sink (as in walking on snow)

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1. slumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   depreciation

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1. List of paraphrases for "slump":

   recession, downturn, depression, doldrums, collapse, slowdown, subsidence, stagnation, decline, fall, drop

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How to use slump in a sentence?

1. Steve Murphy:

   It dismisses any concerns of a potential slump in household spending after some weakness in the last few months. Not that there is much doubt any more, but this supports the case for a rate hike by the Fed next week.

2. Hayley Berg:

   The huge surge in demand, I think we'll probably exhaust that this summer, that and the normal slump in demand we see in September and October will probably mean lower fares.

3. Maurizio Naro:

   Milan has turned into a leisure tourism city in the last 10 years exactly to face up to the sharp slump in business tourism.

4. Mark Cutifani:

   This strategy generally has a net negative effect, moreover, we can't rely on a reversal of this price slump any time soon. 2016 is already shaping up to be the most challenging yet. Opinions are divided on whether we have reached the bottom of the cycle... So things may still get worse before they get better. Anglo American announced plans in December to whittle down Anglo American business to cope with severe falls in commodity prices. The plan involves offloading three-fifths of its assets.

5. President Barack Obama:

   Republicans in Congress have put forward the same proposals year after year after year regardless of the realities of the economy, when the economy’s in a slump? We needed tax cuts. When the economy’s doing well? You know what – let’s try some tax cuts.