All deflation synonyms

noun deflation

• shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
• devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• slump — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
• shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
• undoing — the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
• humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
• demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
• cropper — a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
• condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
• reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
• abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
• confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
• lessening — to become less.
• abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
• narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
• shrinking — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• constriction — Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
• receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• condensing — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
• dwindling — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.