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| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commercialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for saleability |
| Synonyms: | advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, lessen, lower, market, sell, develop as business, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make profitable, make saleable |
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away a part; lessen |
| Synonyms: | backbite*, belittle, blister, cheapen, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, knock*, laugh at, lower, minimize, reduce, underrate, undervalue, withdraw, write off, cut rate, devaluate, disesteem, draw away, misprize, subtract from, vilipend |
| Antonyms: | add to, increase, optimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devalue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depreciate |
| Synonyms: | cheapen, debase, decrease, decry, knock off, lower, take down, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut rate, devalorize, devaluate, mark down, nose dive, revalue, write down |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise, overvalue |
| Main Entry: | impair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm, hinder |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devalue, diminish, ding*, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, mar, prejudice, queer, reduce, rough up*, spoil, tarnish, total, tweak, undermine, unfit, vitiate, weaken, worsen, devaluate, lose strength, make useless |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minimize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smaller; underrate |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock*, lessen, pan, play down, pooh-pooh*, prune, put down, reduce, run down, shrink, underestimate, cut down to size, cut rate, knock down*, make light of, make little of, miniaturize, poor-mouth, underplay |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, overrate, maximize, overestimate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prostitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put one's talent to an unworthy use |
| Synonyms: | abuse, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, deprave, devalue, misapply, misuse, pervert, profane, vitiate, misemploy |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | degrade, shame |
| Synonyms: | abase, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, enfeeble, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, sink, take down*, undermine, weaken, bemean, cast down, devaluate, drag down*, dump on, fluff off, shoot down, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue, lose value |
| Synonyms: | abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write off, devalorize, mark down, write down |
| Antonyms: | increase, overrate, raise, rate, gain value |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, bankrupt, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, impair, impoverish, lessen, lower, moderate, pare, rebate, recede, ruin, shave, shorten, slash, slim, step down, taper, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, bant, go on a diet, lose weight, mark down, nutshell, pauperize, roll back, scale down, slow down, take off weight, taper off, wind down |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, become less |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, languish, lapse, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose value |
| Antonyms: | improve, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue |
| Synonyms: | cheapen, debase, depreciate, diminish, downgrade, impair, lessen, lower, reduce |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | diminish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouth*, cheapen, decry, demean, depreciate, derogate, devalue, minimize, pan*, put away*, put down*, run down*, tear down*, cut down to size, detract from, dispraise, dump on, give comeuppance, knock off high horse, poormouth |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undercut |
| Part of Speech: | verb2 |
| Definition: | undersell |
| Synonyms: | cheapen, undercharge, underprice |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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