Synonyms for depreciation
Most common
disparagement derogation detraction impeachment abatement decrease
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Disparagement
2. Abatement
abatement, decrease, fall, shrinkage, slump, lessening, depression, diminution
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- n. 2
The decline in value of assets.
There was a sharp depreciation in the value of the currency.
Related words
- Phrases
- accelerated depreciation
Forms
- Plural
- depreciations → disparagements, derogations, detractions, impeachments…
Example sentences
- impeachment The president is threatened by impeachment.
- decrease A significant decrease in temperature is expected.
- abatement No cure was possible, despite the abatement of symptoms.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depreciation | falling | |
| impeachment | steady | |
| detraction | falling | |
| decrial | steady | |
| decrease | falling | |
| abatement | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1
- 5 letters
- slump1
- 7 letters
- decrial
- 8 letters
- decrease2
- 9 letters
- shrinkage2, lessening3, abatement3
- 10 letters
- depression3, diminution4, derogation, detraction
- 11 letters
- impeachment3
- 13 letters
- disparagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decrease2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dépréciation
- Italiano
- deprezzamento