DEPRECIATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPRECIATE?

Need another word that means the same as “depreciate”? Find 34 synonyms and 30 related words for “depreciate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Depreciate” are: devaluate, devalue, undervalue, deprecate, vilipend, decrease in value, lose value, decline in price, drop in price, fall in price, cheapen, reduce, lower in value, lower in price, mark down, cut, discount, belittle, disparage, denigrate, decry, make light of, treat lightly, discredit, underrate, underestimate, deflate, detract from, diminish, minimize, trivialize, run down, traduce, defame

Depreciate as a Verb

Definitions of "Depreciate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “depreciate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Lose in value.
• Lower the value of something.
• Disparage or belittle (something.
• Reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period.
• Diminish in value over a period of time.
• Belittle.

Synonyms of "Depreciate" as a verb (34 Words)

belittle	Cause to seem less serious; play down. Don t belittle his influence.
cheapen	Degrade. The mass media cheapen the experience of art.
cut	Cut down on make a reduction in. The way the director cuts from shot to shot has an impact.
decline in price	Grow worse.
decrease in value	Make smaller.
decry	Publicly denounce. They decried human rights abuses.
defame	Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. The journalists have defamed me.
deflate	Become deflated or flaccid as by losing air. His response deflated me.
denigrate	Charge falsely or with malicious intent. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country.
deprecate	Express strong disapproval of; deplore. Avoid the deprecated blink element that causes text to flash on and off.
detract from	Take away a part from; diminish.
devaluate	Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of. The pound was devaluated further during the year.
devalue	Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of. I resent the way people seem to devalue my achievement.
diminish	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The new law is expected to diminish the government s chances.
discount	Bar from attention or consideration. I never discount these books they sell like hot cakes.
discredit	Damage the reputation of. This newspaper story discredits the politicians.
disparage	Express a negative opinion of. He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors.
drop in price	Get rid of.
fall in price	Be captured.
lose value	Fail to win.
lower in price	Set lower.
lower in value	Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one’s forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
make light of	Reach in time.
mark down	Notice or perceive.
minimize	Make small or insignificant. The aim is to minimize costs.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. Reduce a problem to a single question.
run down	Set animals loose to graze.
traduce	Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation. It was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him.
treat lightly	Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
trivialize	Make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is. Don t trivialize the seriousness of the issue.
underestimate	Assign too low a value to. The government has grossly underestimated the extent of the problem.
underrate	Make too low an estimate of. They vastly underrate their own players.
undervalue	Esteem lightly. Through overfamiliarity it is easy to undervalue this concerto.
vilipend	Belittle.

Usage Examples of "Depreciate" as a verb

• The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year.
• The Fed depreciated the dollar once again.
• The dollar depreciated again.
• She was already depreciating her own aesthetic taste.

Associations of "Depreciate" (30 Words)

abase	Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone. I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees.
appraise	Consider in a comprehensive way. I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional.
assess	Estimate the value of (property) for taxation. All empty properties will be assessed at 50 per cent.
compute	Seem reasonable; make sense. The hire charge is computed on a daily basis.
currency	General acceptance or use. The term gained wider currency after the turn of the century.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. War debases people.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided.
decrement	A reduction or diminution. The instruction decrements the accumulator by one.
defame	Charge falsely or with malicious intent. He claimed that the article defamed his family.
degrade	Break down or deteriorate chemically. When exposed to light the materials will degrade.
demote	Move (someone) to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment. The head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary.
depreciation	Decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use. A currency depreciation.
devaluation	The reduction in the official value of a currency in relation to other currencies. The general devaluation of expertise in our culture.
disgrace	A state of dishonor. You have disgraced the family name.
disprove	Prove that (something) is false. The physicist disproved his colleagues theories.
dollar	A United States coin worth one dollar. The dollar coin has never been popular in the United States.
downgrade	Rate lower; lower in value or esteem. A steep downgrade for which he had to put the car in second.
estimate	Judge tentatively or form an estimate of quantities or time. He got an estimate from the car repair shop.
evaluate	Evaluate or estimate the nature quality ability extent or significance of. Substitute numbers in a simple formula and evaluate the answer.
fall	A controlled act of falling especially as a stunt or in martial arts. At the corner of the massif this fall is interrupted by other heights of considerable stature.
minimize	Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance. They may minimize or even overlook the importance of such beliefs.
monetary	Relating to or involving money. Documents with little or no monetary value.
mortify	Hold within limits and control. Mortify the flesh.
pricing	The evaluation of something in terms of its price.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. Increase the heat and reduce the liquid.
specificity	The narrowness of the range of substances with which an antibody or other agent acts or is effective. The sensitivity of paramedics for diagnosis of stroke was 66 with a specificity of 98.
underestimate	An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value. He had underestimated the new President.
underrate	Underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something. They vastly underrate their own players.
undervalue	Assign too low a value to. Through overfamiliarity it is easy to undervalue this concerto.
value	Fix or determine the value of assign a value to. The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.