Definition for Nose dive:

• a steep nose- down descent by an aircraft

Synonyms for Nose dive:

• n.

  •
  • turn for the worse,
  • decline,
  • crash.
  •act (noun)
  • nose dive.
  •free fall (noun)
  • plummeting,
  • sag,
  • collapse.
  •plunge (noun)
  • drop.

• v.

  •devalue (verb)
  • devaluate,
  • cheapen,
  • take down,
  • debase,
  • underrate,
  • undervalue,
  • lower,
  • decry,
  • knock off,
  • write off.
  •dive (verb)
  • plumb,
  • vault,
  • gutter,
  • spring,
  • go headfirst,
  • submerge,
  • vanish,
  • leap,
  • lunge.
  •drop (verb)
  • floor,
  • abandon,
  • relinquish,
  • depress,
  • give up,
  • plump,
  • shoot,
  • knock,
  • cave in,
  • loosen,
  • descend,
  • shed,
  • release,
  • dump,
  • ground,
  • bring down,
  • flop,
  • keel over,
  • fell,
  • unload.
  •fall (verb)
  • flag,
  • depreciate,
  • abate,
  • buckle,
  • diminish,
  • backslide,
  • cascade,
  • ease,
  • break down,
  • trail,
  • land,
  • drag,
  • take a header,
  • totter,
  • lessen,
  • be precipitated,
  • hit the dirt,
  • fold up,
  • wane,
  • trip,
  • gravitate,
  • relapse,
  • regress,
  • stumble,
  • tip over,
  • dwindle,
  • spin.
  •plummet (verb)
  • stoop,
  • precipitate.
  •plunge (verb)
  • lurch,
  • propel,
  • dash,
  • throw,
  • immerse,
  • throw oneself,
  • fling,
  • cast,
  • submerse,
  • sound,
  • go whole hog,
  • go the limit,
  • keel,
  • take a flyer,
  • shoot the works,
  • rush,
  • belly-flop,
  • hurtle,
  • drive,
  • Immerge,
  • thrust,
  • charge,
  • tear,
  • career.
  •topple (verb)
  • overturn,
  • founder,
  • do a pratfall,
  • unhorse,
  • teeter,
  • go belly up,
  • unseat,
  • knock down,
  • falter,
  • capsize,
  • stagger,
  • oust,
  • overbalance,
  • lose it,
  • turn over,
  • upset.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tumble.
  •
  • topple,
  • spill,
  • skid.
  •
  • slump.
  •
  • pitch.
  •
  • sink.

Antonyms for Nose dive:

• n.

  • fall
    scaling, climb.
  • free fall
    upturn.
  • nosedive
    growth, development, increase, perfection, ascent, upgrade, success, level, incline, enlargement, rise, expansion, evenness, improvement.

• v.

  • devalue
    raise, praise, overvalue, laud, enhance.
  • dip
    straighten, go up, even, ascend, advance.
  • dive
    face, arrive, appear.
  • drop
    pour, downpour, maintain, build, compliment, mount, take up, DO, continue, keep, hold, pursue.
  • fall
    grow, develop, overthrow, reach, attain, win, strengthen, progress, overcome, enlarge, scale, extend, expand, lose.
  • plummet
    shoot up.
  • plunge
    retreat, dry.
  • topple
    put, place.
  • tumble
    organize, order, clear up, arrange.
  • Other antonyms:
    intensify, arise, snowball, spike, accumulate, wax, up, soar, mushroom, balloon, swell, escalate, burgeon, lift.

Hypernym for Nose dive:

• n.

  • act
    power dive.

Hyponym for Nose dive:

• n.

  • act
    descent.