downturn

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: down=turn

OXFORD DICTIONARY

downturn, n. a decline, esp. in economic or business activity.

THESAURUS

downturn

boom, bottoming out, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, cascade, catabasis, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, cooling off, crash, crisis, debacle, debasement, decadence, decadency, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, defluxion, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, depression, derogation, descending, descension, descent, deterioration, devolution, diminuendo, dip, dive, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dropping, dwindling, dying, ebb, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, effeteness, expanding economy, expansion, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling, falling-off, falloff, gravitation, growth, high growth rate, inclination, involution, lapse, loss of tone, low, market expansion, peak, peaking, plummeting, plunge, pounce, prosperity, rapids, recession, recovery, regression, remission, retreat, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, sag, slip, slippage, slowdown, slump, stoop, subsidence, swoop, upturn, wane, waterfall