Synonyms for plunge
plʌndʒplunge

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. plunge

   Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak of baptism by immersion as dipping now seems rude; tho entirely proper and usual in early English. Baptists now universally use the word immerse. To dip and to immerse alike signify to bury or submerge some object in a liquid; but dip implies that the object dipped is at once removed from the liquid, while immerse is wholly silent as to the removal. Immerse also suggests more absolute completeness of the action; one may dip his sleeve or dip a sponge in a liquid, if he but touches the edge; if he immerses it, he completely sinks it under, and covers it with the liquid. Submerge implies that the object can not readily be removed, if at all; as, a submerged wreck. To plunge is to immerse suddenly and violently, for which douse and duck are colloquial terms. Dip is used, also, unlike the other words, to denote the putting of a hollow vessel into a liquid in order to remove a portion of it; in this sense we say dip up, dip out. Compare synonyms for BURY.

   Synonyms:
   bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, immerse, sink, submerge

   Preposition:
   The object is immersed in water.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. plunge

   Synonyms:
   dip, dive, douse, duck, submerge, immerse, precipitate, sink, overwhelm, thrust under, pitch headlong

   Antonyms:
   emerge, issue, soar, raise, extricate, rescue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. dip, plungenoun

   a brief swim in water

   Synonyms:
   drop, fall, magnetic inclination, free fall, magnetic dip, pickpocket, angle of dip, dip, inclination, cutpurse

2. plungeverb

   a steep and rapid fall

   Synonyms:
   dip

3. immerse, plungeverb

   thrust or throw into

   "Immerse yourself in hot water"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, bury, swallow, dump, engross, dunk, souse, launch, eat up, absorb, immerse, swallow up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, douse

4. dive, plunge, plunkverb

   drop steeply

   "the stock market plunged"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, plank, plonk, dump, plop, engross, dunk, flump, clunk, launch, plump down, clump, absorb, pick, immerse, souse, plunk down, clop, plunk, dip, pluck, soak up, dive, plump, steep, douse

5. plungeverb

   dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

   "She plunged at it eagerly"

   Synonyms:
   dive, engulf, dump, plunk, douse, souse, dip, steep, soak up, launch, engross, immerse, dunk, absorb

6. plunge, launchverb

   begin with vigor

   "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, set up, dump, found, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, set in motion, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, establish, steep, douse

7. plunge, immerseverb

   cause to be immersed

   "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, swallow up, swallow, engross, dunk, launch, eat up, dump, absorb, bury, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, douse

8. plunge, dumpverb

   fall abruptly

   "It plunged to the bottom of the well"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, immerse, knock down, dump, deck, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, underprice, souse, plunk, dip, coldcock, ditch, soak up, dive, steep, floor, douse

9. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb

   immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

   "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, dunk, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorb

10. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb

    devote (oneself) fully to

    "He immersed himself into his studies"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, absorb, engage, take in, immerse, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, infuse, suck

Matched Categories

1. • Begin
   • Concentrate
   • Dash
   • Immerse
   • Swimming

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plungeverb

   Synonyms:
   immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid)

2. plungeverb

   Synonyms:
   dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self

3. plungenoun

   Synonyms:
   dive, dip, ducking

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1. plungeverb

   Synonyms:
   souse, immerse, submerge, dip, douse, dive, pitch

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1. List of paraphrases for "plunge":

   dive, engulf, overthrow, precipitate

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How to use plunge in a sentence?

1. Junichi Ishikawa:

   Last week's dollar/yen plunge was such that it was natural for some to instinctively buy the dollar.

2. John Kilduff:

   Gasoline demand is summer-like at 9.0 million bpd, and the plunge crude oil imports, obviously, exaggerated the crude oil inventory drawdown.

3. Erik Pevernagie:

   The whole wire system of the brain could be disconnected in a spark of a second by a sometimes unsignificant detail. An unexpected incident or an innocuous phone call may provoke an ethereal distress that might plunge one’s life into chaos and like a sudden twist of fate overturn everything, ransacking the assembled experiences of our history. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)

4. Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily:

   After almost 20 years of violence, civil war, it would be really sad for Burundi to plunge again into a new circle of violence.

5. Rory Trahair:

   We've launched yachts in the last few years that have multiple pools, helipads, a squash court. There are few things now a yacht can't have, whereas a jacuzzi was a luxury in the early 2000s, now if you've got just one, it's rather frowned upon. You need to have a few and you need to have an infinity plunge pool that doubles as a helipad.