Antonyms for downgrade
ˈdaʊnˌgreɪddown·grade

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1. downgradeverb

   Synonyms:
   degrade, ruin, demote, defame, reduce, revert

2. downgradeverb

   To place lower in position.

   The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.

   Synonyms:
   revert, ruin, reduce, degrade, defame, demote

3. downgradeverb

   To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.

   Synonyms:
   defame, revert, ruin, reduce, degrade, demote

4. downgradeverb

   to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.

   Synonyms:
   ruin, reduce, defame, degrade, demote, revert

5. downgradeverb

   To revert software back to an older version.

   Synonyms:
   ruin, defame, degrade, revert, reduce, demote

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1. • Rate

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1. downgradeverb

   the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

   Antonyms:
   upgrade

2. downgradeverb

   rate lower; lower in value or esteem

   Antonyms:
   upgrade

How to use downgrade in a sentence?

1. Geir Lode:

   Further, the share price faces short term pressures: the SFO's investigation and an almost inevitable downgrade of its debt to junk status, we think that it is premature to own the stock.

2. Masafumi Yamamoto:

   It can be said that the sales tax delay had gained the support of the international community as it was meant to help the economy amid a slowdown, and the downgrade is unlikely to change such views, as for Japanese government bonds (JGBs), which are more directly impacted by downgrades, any effect is likely to be temporary thanks to the Bank of Japan's quantitative easing. Past downgrades have also had little impact on JGBs.

3. Democratic Senator:

   We need new sustainable revenue just to keep the lights on and avoid yet another credit downgrade.

4. Sergey Dergachev:

   I am very cautious on weaker credits like Bahrain, where downgrade risk to junk is very high.

5. Klaus Spielkamp:

   The market has been pricing in a downgrade with a negative outlook, anything different from that, such as downgrade with a stable outlook, will be positive for Colombia.

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