Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slump

4 senses of slump

Sense 1
slump, slouch -- (assume a drooping posture or carriage)
       => sag, droop, swag, flag -- (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)

Sense 2
slump, slide down, sink -- (fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank")
       => collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder -- (break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice")

Sense 3
slump, fall off, sink -- (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off")
       => drop -- (go down in value; "Stock prices dropped")

Sense 4
decline, slump, correct -- (go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")

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