Synonyms for nose-dive
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : nohz-dahyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for nose-dive Other synonyms for the word nose-dive
- abate
- backslide
- be precipitated
- belly flop
- belly-flop
- bend
- bowl down
- break down
- bring down
- buckle
- capsize
- career
- cascade
- cast
- cave in
- charge
- dash
- depress
- disappear
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disturb
- dive
- do a pratfall
- down
- downturn
- drag
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- duck
- dump
- dunk
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- fade
- fall
- fall headlong
- falter
- fell
- flag
- flatten
- fling
- floor
- flop
- fold up
- founder
- give up
- go belly up
- go down
- go headfirst
- go the limit
- go whole hog
- gravitate
- ground
- gutter
- header
- high dive
- hit the dirt
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- immersion
- incline
- investment
- jumble
- jump
- keel
- keel over
- knock
- knock down
- knock over
- land
- lapse
- leap
- lessen
- level
- loosen
- lose footing
- lose it
- lower
- lunge
- lurch
- mess up
- nose-dive
- nosedive
- oust
- overbalance
- overturn
- pitch
- plumb
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- plunk
- precipitate
- propel
- reach
- recede
- regress
- relapse
- release
- relinquish
- roll
- rush
- sag
- set
- settle
- shed
- sheer
- shoot
- shoot the works
- sink
- skew
- skid
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slue
- slump
- sound
- spill
- spin
- spiral
- spree
- spring
- stagger
- stoop
- stumble
- submerge
- submergence
- submerse
- submersion
- subside
- swoop
- take a flyer
- take a header
- tear
- teeter
- throw
- throw oneself
- thrust
- tilt
- tip over
- topple
- toss
- totter
- trail
- trip
- tumble
- turn over
- unhorse
- unload
- unseat
- unsettle
- upset
- vanish
- vault
- veer
- venture
- verge
- wane
Définition of nose-dive
Origin :- "sudden large decrease," 1920, from airplane sense, first attested 1912, from nose (n.) + dive (n.). As a verb from 1915.
- As in plunge : noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
- As in header : noun plunge
- As in nosedive : noun plunge
- As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
- As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast
- As in topple : verb fall or knock over; overthrow
- As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
- As in dip : verb lower, descend
- As in dive : verb descend, usually going underwater
- As in drop : verb let go of; fall
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
- The effect will then be to keep the nose up and prevent a nose-dive.
- Extract from : « The Aeroplane Speaks » by H. Barber
- A nose-dive seemed inevitable, but once more she came to position.
- Extract from : « Curlie Carson Listens In » by Roy J. Snell
- As it was, it was really almost a nose-dive, and I did the first half of it with the throttle wide open.
- Extract from : « Many Fronts » by Lewis R. Freeman
- Well, Bridgeman isn't back and Tam said he saw him nose-dive behind the German trenches.
- Extract from : « Tam O' The Scoots » by Edgar Wallace
- She was then "on an even keel," but about to nose-dive towards the surface of the sea, barely a couple of hundred feet below.
- Extract from : « Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. » by Percy F. Westerman
- But he wouldn't quit yet; the activity might—probably would—take a nose-dive any instant.
- Extract from : « The Vortex Blaster » by Edward Elmer Smith
- I can loop and I can write my initials in fire on a still night—but damned if I do a nose-dive with nothing but a horse under me.
- Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
- Out of a nose-dive one Frenchman came when so near the ground that I had closed my eyes to avoid seeing the crash.
- Extract from : « Huts in Hell » by Daniel A. Poling
- It was no nose-dive, but bore all the marks of either an engine gone dead or of some mishap to the pilot.
- Extract from : « Air Service Boys Flying for Victory » by Charles Amory Beach
- He might have made a nose-dive, trusting to flatten out' and gain the surface of the water.
- Extract from : « Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. » by Percy F. Westerman
Antonyms for nose-dive
- advance
- appear
- arrange
- arrive
- ascend
- ascent
- attain
- build
- clear up
- climb
- compliment
- continue
- develop
- do
- downpour
- dry
- enlarge
- even
- expand
- extend
- face
- go up
- grow
- hold
- increase
- keep
- level
- lose
- maintain
- mount
- order
- organize
- overcome
- overthrow
- place
- pour
- praise
- progress
- pursue
- put
- raise
- reach
- retreat
- rise
- scale
- shoot up
- straighten
- strengthen
- take up
- win
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