nosedive
Sudden sharp drop
A nosedive is a steep, headfirst plunge—originally of an aircraft dropping with its nose pointed toward the ground.
The word extends to any sudden, dramatic decline: Stock prices took a nosedive, His career went into a nosedive after the scandal.
As a verb: The company's reputation nosedived.
Rapid downward descent
- plungeSudden steep descent
- dropFall or release
- crashSudden violent impact
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
collapse · freefall · slump · downturn · deterioration · spiral · tank · crater
Downward slope or lineage
- plungeSudden steep descent
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- tailspinSteep spiral descent
- plummetRapid downward descent
spiral · altitude · cockpit · pilot · airspeed · emergency · mayday · crash
plummet
Rapid downward descent
tumble · collapse · freefall · slump · downturn · deterioration · spiral · tank · crater · bottom out
descent
Downward slope or lineage
plummet · spiral · altitude · cockpit · pilot · airspeed · emergency · mayday · crash · turbulence
collapse
Sudden structural failure
debacle · ruin · downfall · catastrophe · bankruptcy · implosion · meltdown · bust · flop · wreck
plunge
Sudden steep descent
cannonball · pike · tuck · springboard · platform · entry · splash · vertical · descent
- aerobaticsbarrel roll, loop the loop, loop-the-loop, loops, snap roll
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- instabilityinstability, unsteadiness, shakiness, wobbliness, precariousness
nosediverecovery
Regaining what was lost
turnaround · resurgence · comeback · improvement · advance