Synonyms of devalue

devalue

verb

(ˌ)dē-ˈval-(ˌ)yü 

as in to reduce

to diminish the price or value of

normally, significant damage would devalue an antique

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devalue

For other first basemen, understanding the metrics might mean the difference between finding a job or slipping out of a sport that has increasingly devalued their position. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 25 June 2026

There, on May 29, Sojourner Truth delivered a legendary speech that called on attendees to reject the racial and gender biases used to limit her place in society and to defy a status quo that devalued her as a Black woman and treated her as invisible and expendable. — Jocelyn Frye, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026

When fact and fiction run together, when folks seek to stifle speech, limit access to education, devalue diversity, erase the inconvenient parts of our history. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Then, in 2017, the Associated Press shared that the ranch had been devalued from $100 million to $67 million. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026