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

Then write down all of your earnings. —Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

But in positive geometry, which is based on the type of space described by Roger Penrose’s twistor theory from 1967, just a simple set of terms can be written down, and calculated in a straightforward fashion, that yields a geometric object whose volume components can be calculated. —Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025

Copeland and Summers go on to say that this verbal agreement was formalized and written down in 1981. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025

Since then, the Oracle of Omaha has written down billions on the stake, while 3G Capital quietly headed for the exit, leaving Berkshire as the mostly exposed, and bruised, shareholder. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025