All downgrade synonyms
down·grade
D d verb downgrade
- demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- undervalue — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- devalue — To devalue something means to cause it to be thought less impressive or less deserving of respect.
- demerit — The demerits of something or someone are their faults or disadvantages.
- minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
- bench — A bench is a long seat of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- decry — If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- abase — to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- write off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
- declass — to lower in social status or position; degrade
- disrate — to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- relegate — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- minimise — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- devalorize — Devalue.
noun downgrade
- slope — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- hill — the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- inclination — a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
adjective downgrade
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.