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Synonyms and Antonyms of puts down
- he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism
approves, countenances, endorses (also indorses), favors, recommends, sanctions
- we had the whole agreement put down on paper
- put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip
- a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings
douses (also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches
smothers, stifles, strangles, throttles
annihilates, decimates, demolishes, desolates, destroys, devastates, nukes, rubs out, ruins, smashes, wastes, wrecks
exterminates, obliterates, wipes out
conquers, dominates, overcomes, overpowers, overwhelms, subdues, subjugates, vanquishes
- a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience
- the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting
digests, downs, mouths (down), swallows
bolts, chows (down on), devours, gluts (on), gobbles (up or down), gorges, gulps, scoffs, slops, snarfs (down), swills, wolfs
chews, gnaws (at or on), gums, laps, licks, nibbles (on), nurses, picks (at)
relishes, savors (also savours), tastes
banquets, dines, fares, feasts, gormandizes, pigs out, regales
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