Synonyms of cratering

cratering

verb

present participle of crater

1

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• failing
• flopping
• folding
• bombing
• struggling
• missing
• tanking
• foundering
• striking out
• flunking
• declining
• flaming out
• crashing
• falling short
• slumping
• laying an egg
• falling flat
• coming up empty
• washing out
• coming to grief
• crumbling
• skidding
• dying on the vine
• floundering
• slipping
• waning
• coming a cropper
• falling on one's face
• sinking
• imploding
• misfiring
• miscarrying
• going under
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• going
• succeeding
• delivering
• working out
• clicking
• coming off
• going over
• cooking
• flourishing
• prospering
• thriving
• prevailing
• panning out
• winning
• triumphing

2

as in plunging

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunging
• falling
• tumbling
• declining
• dipping
• plummeting
• dropping
• sinking
• skidding
• crashing
• descending
• decreasing
• lowering
• diving
• nose-diving
• diminishing
• subsiding
• retreating
• waning
• dwindling
• dying (down)
• ebbing
• drooping
• lessening
• moderating
• tapering off
• receding
• abating
• letting up
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• mounting
• ascending
• arising
• spiking
• soaring
• lifting
• increasing
• building
• growing
• expanding
• swelling
• mushrooming
• intensifying
• escalating
• accumulating
• upping
• enlarging
• burgeoning
• waxing
• picking up
• ballooning
• snowballing
• bourgeoning