Synonyms of write down

write down

verb

1

as in to reduce

to diminish the price or value of

a company forced to write down its assets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reduce
• mark down
• write off
• sink
• lower
• depress
• attenuate
• downgrade
• devalue
• shrink
• devaluate
• depreciate
• cheapen
• break
• underestimate
• debase
• demonetize
• compress
• moderate
• undervalue
• underrate
• contract
• lessen
• underprice
• downsize
• deflate
• dwindle
• abridge
• de-escalate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appreciate
• mark up
• enhance
• upgrade
• blow up
• inflate
• add
• increase
• overestimate
• extend
• expand
• raise
• maximize
• multiply
• augment
• compound
• swell
• boost
• amplify
• escalate
• bloat
• heighten
• enlarge
• dilate
• up
• overrate
• overvalue
• overprice
• balloon
• aggrandize

2

as in to record

to make a written note of

write down what you remember about that day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• record
• log
• set down
• report
• take down
• note
• transcribe
• jot (down)
• mark
• enter
• put down
• register
• minute
• chronicle
• chalk (up)
• enregister
• inscribe
• notch
• score

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of write down

Recently, Hobert wrote down one of her goals 40 times in a notebook. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Brian had written down the recipe, and, in his back shed, Michael, with the eventual assistance of Kasey, sets about following it into strange and disturbing territory. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Other inventive scenes include Duong’s father reading from his memoir in Vietnamese, as his relatives do not speak or read English, and so will not have heard his story as written down. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026