Synonyms for depreciate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Degrade — to belittle or disparage
degrade, disparage, detract, derogate, cheapen, malign, decrease, decline, reduce, lessen, belittle, denigrate, underrate, speak ill of, underestimate, depress, decry, discredit, downgrade, vilify, lower, bad-mouth
2. Devalue — to lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of
Definitions
- v. 1
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- v. 2
To belittle or disparage.
They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.
Related words
- Word family
- depreciatable depreciative depreciator depreciatory
Forms
- Past participle
- depreciated
e.g. depreciated → degraded, disparaged, detracted, derogated…
Example sentences
- decrease A significant decrease in temperature is expected.
- degrade Don't degrade yourself by telling such a lie.
- disparage We didn't mean to disparage our contenders.
- cheapen My parents say that YouTube and streaming services cheapen the magic of film.
- devalue Self-centered people like to devalue others.
- undervalue Does Algeria need to undervalue its exchange rate?
By length
- 5 letters
- lower2, decry2
- 6 letters
- reduce2, lessen2, malign2, vilify3
- 7 letters
- decline2, degrade2, detract2, depress2, devalue3, cheapen2, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- decrease2, belittle3, derogate
- 9 letters
- discredit3, downgrade2, disparage3, denigrate3, underrate3, deprecate3, devaluate4
- 10 letters
- undervalue4
- 13 letters
- underestimate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lower2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déprécier