leveling off
Growth stops here
Leveling off is the point at which something stops rising or falling and becomes stable.
Growth, prices, or rates level off when they plateau: Inflation has been leveling off after months of increases.
An aircraft levels off when it stops climbing or descending and maintains altitude.
The phrase suggests a transition from change to steadiness.
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- plateauFlat highland area
- topping outReaching highest point
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
slowing down · cruising altitude · carrying capacity · steady state · steady-state · equilibrium · equalization · saturation point · stabilization · smoothing · balancing · normalization · deceleration · cooling off · moderation · asymptote · evening out · settling
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
leveling offaccelerating
Increasing in speed
skyrocketing · surging · plummeting · decelerating · spiking
level, leveling, levelled, leveled, levels, leveler, leveller