downturn

Questions about downturn

What does downturn mean?

downturn means "a worsening of business or economic activity".

How many syllables are in downturn?

downturn has 2 syllables: down-turn. The stress falls on "down". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊnˌtɝn/.

What is another word for downturn?

Close synonyms include downswing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is downturn a common word?

downturn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with downturn?

7 words rhyme with downturn. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.