DOWN-MARKET Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

down-market

adjective

Definition of down-market

as in downscale

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Recent Examples of down-market One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 The company’s naming convention, for starters, doesn’t follow any kind of logical progression up- or down-market. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026 Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring. — ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025 Lucid proceeded with the rollout of other models in its product line, introducing its Gravity SUV and down-market car model as well. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for down-market

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The corner is the site of the Capitol Square shopping center — tenants include Ross, Marshalls and Cardenas market — and a more downscale mall across the street with Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree and a space that used to house a Fallas Discount Store.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 21 May 2026
In maybe the funniest scene in the episode, Duncan’s wife Lili has assembled an entire college-enrollment team around Jamie to chart her path to Stanford, which isn’t looking good with a sub-1300 SAT score that isn’t even good enough for such downscale institutions as Duke or Carnegie Mellon.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026

Definition of downscale

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Her campaign has emphasized protecting working-class residents from displacement while resisting what progressives describe as an increasingly corporate approach to city government.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
Theirs was a working-class community, nestled just a few blocks west of the presidential palace, that in recent years has been overrun by gangs and subjected to extreme and indiscriminate violence.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

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