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. Yogi Berra:

   Slump I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

2. Laurence J. Peter:

   Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

3. Zhang Yanbin:

   The market is still a bull one despite the corrections, small-cap shares are mostly recovered from yesterday's slump.

4. David Dai:

   The correction is not yet over, yesterday's slump was too rapid, so many investors didn't have time to flee. Many are still seeking exit.

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.