write down

1 to diminish the price or value of <a company forced to write down its assets> Synonyms attenuate, break, cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, sink, depreciate, write offRelated Words debase, demonetize; underestimate, underprice, underrate, undervalue; abridge, compress, contract, de-escalate, deflate, downsize, dwindle, lessen, moderate, shrinkNear Antonyms bloat, blow up, inflate; overestimate, overprice, overrate, overvalue; add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, boost, compound, dilate, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, increase, maximize, multiply, raise, swell, upAntonyms appreciate, enhance, mark up, upgrade

2 to make a written note of <write down what you remember about that day> Synonyms jot (down), log, mark, note, put down, register, report, set down, take down, recordRelated Words chronicle, minute, transcribe; enregister, enter, inscribe; chalk (up), notch, score