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DOWNTURN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DOWNTURN?

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Downturn as a Noun
Definitions of "Downturn" as a noun
Synonyms of "Downturn" as a noun (23 Words)
Usage Examples of "Downturn" as a noun
Associations of "Downturn" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Downturn” are: downswing, setbacks, upsets, reverses, reversals, reversals of fortune, downturns, mishaps, strokes of ill luck, strokes of bad luck, accidents, shocks, vicissitudes, crises, catastrophes, tragedies, calamities, trials, crosses, knocks, burdens, blows, buffets

Downturn as a Noun

Definitions of "Downturn" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “downturn” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A decline in economic, business, or other activity.
A worsening of business or economic activity.

Synonyms of "Downturn" as a noun (23 Words)

accidents	An unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. Winning the lottery was a happy accident.
blows	Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth. He gave his nose a loud blow.
buffets	A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves.
burdens	An onerous or difficult concern. The burden of responsibility.
calamities	An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity.
catastrophes	A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system.
crises	A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.
crosses	A marking that consists of lines that cross each other. That is his cross to bear.
downswing	A swing downward of a golf club. Your body must not sway to the left during the downswing.
downturns	A worsening of business or economic activity. The market took a downturn.
knocks	A bad experience. The school of hard knocks.
mishaps	An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
reversals	The act of reversing the order or place of. The reversal of the image in the lens.
reversals of fortune	Turning in an opposite direction or position.
reverses	An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. We thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true.
setbacks	An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
shocks	A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body. Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.
strokes of bad luck	The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam.
strokes of ill luck	The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.
tragedies	An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
trials	The determination of a person’s innocence or guilt by due process of law. The trials* for the semifinals began yesterday.*
upsets	A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging. Everyone gets stomach upsets* from time to time.*
vicissitudes	A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something. The project was subject to the usual vicissitudes* of exploratory research.*

Usage Examples of "Downturn" as a noun

The market took a downturn.
A downturn in the housing market.

Associations of "Downturn" (30 Words)

abate	Make (something) less intense. This action would not have been sufficient to abate* the odour nuisance.*
adversely	In a way that prevents success or development; harmfully or unfavourably. His self confidence was adversely* affected for years to come.*
attritional	Relating to or caused by attrition.
curtail	Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. War debases people.
decline	Diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate. The birth rate continued to decline.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. A decrease* in births.*
depletion	The state of being depleted. The depletion* of the ozone layer.*
descend	Move or fall downwards. She was descended from an old Italian noble family.
descending	(of sound) becoming lower in pitch. The categories are listed in descending* order of usefulness.*
deteriorate	Become progressively worse. Her condition deteriorated.
diminish	Make or become less. The pain will gradually diminish.
diminished	Diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. A diminished* fifth.*
diminution	Change toward something smaller or lower. A permanent diminution* in value.*
downgrade	A downward gradient on a railway or road. A steep downgrade* for which he had to put the car in second.*
dwindle	Become smaller or lose substance. Her savings dwindled down.
exacerbate	Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem.
fall	Go as if by falling. In the fall* of 1973.*
lessen	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
lower	The lower of two berths. Managers lower* down the hierarchy.*
mitigation	To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. The identification and mitigation* of pollution.*
reducible	(of a subject or problem) capable of being simplified in presentation or analysis. Shakespeare s major soliloquies are not reducible* to categories.*
reduction	Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. The reaction is limited to reduction* to the hydrocarbon.*
rundown	(of a company or industry) in a poor economic state. A rundown* in the business would be a devastating blow to the local economy.*
slump	Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. Prices slumped.
subside	Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. The valleys subside.
wane	Become smaller. Interest in the project waned.
waning	Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases. The waxing and waning* of the moon.*
weaken	Lessen the strength of. His resistance had weakened.
wither	Wither as with a loss of moisture. A business that can wither* the hardiest ego.*