Synonyms for depreciate
dɪˈpri ʃiˌeɪtde·pre·ci·ate

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1. depreciateverb

   Synonyms:
   do down

   Antonyms:
   aggrandize, aggrandise, appreciate, big up

2. depreciateverb

   To reduce in value over time.

   Synonyms:
   do down

   Antonyms:
   appreciate, aggrandise, aggrandize, big up

3. depreciateverb

   To belittle

   Synonyms:
   do down

   Antonyms:
   appreciate, aggrandise, aggrandize, big up

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1. depreciate

   To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner. A witness or a statement is discredited; the currency is depreciated; a good name is dishonored by unworthy conduct; we underestimate in our own minds; we may underrate or undervalue in statement to others. These words are used, with few exceptions, of things such as qualities, merits, attainments, etc. To disparage is to belittle by damaging comparison or suggestion; it is used only of things. A man's achievements are disparaged, his motives depreciated, his professions discredited; he himself is calumniated, slandered, etc. Compare SLANDER.

   See synonyms for PRAISE.

   Synonyms:
   belittle, carp at, decry, derogate from, detract from, discredit, dishonor, disparage, lower, underestimate, underrate, undervalue

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1. deprecate, depreciate, vilipendverb

   belittle

   "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

   Synonyms:
   devalue, undervalue, vilipend, devaluate, deprecate

   Antonyms:
   apprize, revalue, appreciate, apprise

2. depreciateverb

   lower the value of something

   "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"

   Synonyms:
   devalue, undervalue, vilipend, devaluate, deprecate

   Antonyms:
   apprise, revalue, appreciate, apprize

3. depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalueverb

   lose in value

   "The dollar depreciated again"

   Synonyms:
   devalue, undervalue, vilipend, devaluate, underestimate, deprecate

   Antonyms:
   apprize, apprise, appreciate, revalue

Matched Categories

1. • Devalue

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1. depreciateverb

   Synonyms:
   underrate, undervalue, lessen the price of, diminish the value of

2. depreciateverb

   Synonyms:
   disparage, decry, traduce, malign, degrade, censure, find fault with

3. depreciateverb

   Synonyms:
   fall in price, fall in value, become of less worth

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1. List of paraphrases for "depreciate":

   amortize, devalue, repay

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How to use depreciate in a sentence?

1. Mark Williams:

   The big picture is that policy makers are doing everything they can do to dampen expectations that the yuan will depreciate much.

2. India Governor Raghuram Rajan:

   You may try to depreciate your currency but (what) if somebody (else) is also depreciating their currency? we can't all depreciate against each other, therefore the net effect will be limited.

3. Stefan Hofer:

   It is counterproductive to depreciate to 8 or even 7.5 as it increases costs to importers and debt service costs much higher for Chinese issuers that borrow in dollars and have income streams in renminbi.

4. Carl Jung:

   All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

5. Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes":

   All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: "Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?"