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
   • Fall
   • 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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1. President Barack Obama:

   Republicans in Congress have put forward the same proposals year after year after year regardless of the realities of the economy, when the economy’s in a slump? We needed tax cuts. When the economy’s doing well? You know what – let’s try some tax cuts.

2. Laurence J. Peter:

   Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

3. Jacob Young:

   Just staying positive with each other, standing together, knowing stuff gets hard, you dont separate, you come together, the season we had the beginning of the season is going to come back. We just need help right now. Were in a bit of a slump now. Were going to come together. Were going to talk it over. We got a little time to talk over it now, like a week. When we come back, well come back ready.

4. Qi Yifeng:

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

5. Xiao Fu:

   The key might be in the second half, when we see whether the Chinese property cycle recovers modestly or if it continues to slump. That will be a key determinant in terms of how big the copper surplus will be, overall, I think that China restocking trends can be quite powerful and many market participants may be under-pricing that scenario.