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UPSWING Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word upswing. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For UPSWING

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downswing
nounn
noun

• a swing downward of a golf club

• a worsening of business or economic activity

decline
verb, nounv, n
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

decrease
verbv
noun

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

descent
nounn
noun

• a movement downward

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the act of changing your location in a downward direction

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• a downward slope or bend

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

downturn
nounn
noun

• a worsening of business or economic activity

drop
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

verb

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

fall
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve

• the season when the leaves fall from the trees

• a sudden drop from an upright position

• a downward slope or bend

• a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• a movement downward

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

• the time of day immediately following sunset

• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

verb

• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

• come under, be classified or included

• fall from clouds

• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

• die, as in battle or in a hunt

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• be captured

• occur at a specified time or place

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• yield to temptation or sin

• lose office or power

• to be given by assignment or distribution

• move in a specified direction

• be due

• lose one's chastity

• to be given by right or inheritance

• come into the possession of

• fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed

• be inherited by

• slope downward

• lose an upright position suddenly

• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

• fall or flow in a certain way

• assume a disappointed or sad expression

• be cast down

• come out; issue

• be born, used chiefly of lambs

• begin vigorously

• go as if by falling

• come as if by falling

slump
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

verb

• assume a drooping posture or carriage

• fall or sink heavily

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall in value

Alternatives for DOWNSWING

Alternatives for DECLINE

Alternatives for DECREASE

Alternatives for DESCENT

Alternatives for DOWNTURN

Alternatives for DROP

Alternatives for FALL

Alternatives for SLUMP

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