| Main Entry: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or cause to contract |
Synonyms: |
collapse, decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, empty, exhaust, flatten, puncture, shrink, squash, void |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, inflate |
| Main Entry: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humiliate |
Synonyms: |
chasten, cut down to size, dash, debunk, disconcert, dispirit, humble, kick in the teeth, knock down, let down easy, let wind out of sails, mortify, puncture balloon, put down*, shoot down, take down |
Antonyms: |
boost, build up, inflate |
| Main Entry: | deflated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced |
Synonyms: |
burst, contracted, drained, empty, exhausted, kaput, punctured, sagging, shrunken |
Antonyms: |
inflated |
| Main Entry: | attenuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
Synonyms: |
abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deflate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine, vitiate |
Antonyms: |
expand, increase, intensify, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
Synonyms: |
belly up, bend, break, cave in, conk out, crack up, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, fall down, flag, flake out, fold, founder, give, give in, give out, give way, go to pieces, go*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield |
Antonyms: |
build, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | debunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
cut down to size, deflate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up, uncloak, unmask, unshroud |
Antonyms: |
prove, uphold |
| Main Entry: | depreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue, lose value |
Synonyms: |
abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down, write off |
Antonyms: |
gain value, increase, overrate, raise, rate |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing nothing |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste |
Antonyms: |
complete, entire, filled, full, replete, sated, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | explode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discredit |
Synonyms: |
belie, confute, debunk, deflate, discard, disprove, invalidate, puncture, refute, repudiate, shoot down, shoot full of holes |
Antonyms: |
prove |