'downturn' definitions:
Definition of 'downturn'
(from WordNet)
noun
A worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn" [syn: downturn, downswing]
Synonyms of 'downturn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- cascade,
- catabasis,
- cataract,
- chute,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- crisis,
- debacle,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- defluxion,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- derogation,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- diminuendo,
- dip,
- dive,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downslide,
- downswing,
- downtrend,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dropping,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebb,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- effeteness,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- falloff,
- gravitation,
- growth,
- high growth rate,
- inclination,
- involution,
- lapse,
- loss of tone,
- low,
- market expansion,
- peak,
- peaking,
- plummeting,
- plunge,
- pounce,
- prosperity,
- rapids,
- recession,
- recovery,
- regression,
- remission,
- retreat,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- sag,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- stoop,
- subsidence,
- swoop,
- upturn,
- wane,
- waterfall