Synonyms for slump
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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
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   • 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. Warren Buffett:

   When you get a chance to buy a wonderful company, there is usually some reason why you are getting that chance and perhaps a slump in oil and gas helps us in this case.

2. Yasuo Sakuma:

   Japanese stocks look well supported considering the slump in commodity prices and a seven-day losing streak in the U.S. Dow Jones average.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   SBI securities have already defunct its web trading platform at 1:15 pm and thus not allowing its intraday short selling traders to sell any shares and this shows downward slump likely today

4. Qi Yifeng:

   It's just a matter of whether it will fall more slowly, or continue to slump in freefall.

5. Hank Aaron:

   My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.