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Main Entry:
plunge [pluhnj]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dive or fall fast
Synonyms: belly-flop, career, cast, charge, dash, descend, dip, drive, drop, duck, fling, go down, go the limit, go whole hog, hurtle, immerge, immerse, jump, keel, lunge, lurch, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunk, propel, rush, shoot the works, sink, sound, submerge, submerse, swoop, take a flyer, take a header, tear, throw, throw oneself, thrust, topple, tumble
Antonyms: ascend, increase, rise
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Plunge.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-nouns
plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; diver.
-verbs
plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe (water)., submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom., get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon; founder, welter, wallow.
Antonyms: leap
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