Entry Word: depreciate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to lower the price or value of <a faded finish will really depreciate your car when you decide to trade it in>

Synonyms cheapen, depress, mark down, write off

Related Words underrate, undervalue; abate, abridge, compress, contract, de-escalate, deflate, diminish, dwindle, lessen, lower, moderate, reduce, shrink

Near Antonyms bloat, blow up, inflate; add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, boost, dilate, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, increase, maximize, raise, swell

Antonyms appreciate, mark up

2 to express scornfully one's low opinion of <dared to depreciate Shakespeare, saying his works have no relevance for modern audiences> — see decry 1