downgrading
Lowering the rating
Downgrading is reducing something's status, quality, or importance.
You downgrade a software version to an earlier release, downgrade a hurricane from category 4 to category 3, or downgrade a hotel reservation from a suite to a standard room.
Ratings agencies downgrade credit scores; employers downgrade job titles.
After the scandal, they downgraded his role significantly.
Reduction in status
- relegationAssignment to lower status
- reductionMaking something smaller
- loweringMoving something downward
- declassLower in status
subordinate · strip · break · knock down · demote · depose · unseat · dethrone
Asset value reduction over time
- write-downReduction in recorded value
- markdownReduction in retail price
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
- cheapeningReducing in value
discounting · deflation · depress · lower · reduce · slash · cut · undervalue
Decrease or refuse
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- erosionGradual wearing away
- worseningBecoming more severe
- corrosionChemical wearing away
wear · atrophy · decomposition · rot · impairment · degeneration · breakdown · disintegration
System of trade and production
- affordableReasonably priced
- no-frillsWithout extras or embellishments
- basicFundamental in nature
- entry-levelRequiring minimal prior experience
budget · discount · value · modest · compact · streamlined · cheaper · reduced
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- scaling backReducing size or extent
- trimmingCutting away excess
- paringCutting away rind
streamlining · shrinking · contraction · curtailment · minimizing · lessening · decrease · slimming
Changing an item's category
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- fallen angelExpelled celestial rebel
- rating agencyEvaluator of creditworthiness
- credit ratingAssigned measure of borrower reliability
demotion
Reduction in status
- relegationAssignment to lower status
- reductionMaking something smaller
- loweringMoving something downward
declass · subordinate · strip · break · knock down · demote · depose · unseat · dethrone · displace
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- write-downReduction in recorded value
- markdownReduction in retail price
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
cheapening · discounting · deflation · depress · lower · reduce · slash · cut · undervalue · diminution
decline
Decrease or refuse
corrosion · wear · atrophy · decomposition · rot · impairment · degeneration · breakdown · disintegration · spoilage
economy
System of trade and production
- affordableReasonably priced
- no-frillsWithout extras or embellishments
- basicFundamental in nature
entry-level · budget · discount · value · modest · compact · streamlined · cheaper · reduced · economizing
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- scaling backReducing size or extent
- trimmingCutting away excess
paring · streamlining · shrinking · contraction · curtailment · minimizing · lessening · decrease · slimming · tapering
reclassification
Changing an item's category
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- fallen angelExpelled celestial rebel
- rating agencyEvaluator of creditworthiness
- spendingspending, shopping, purchases, expenses, bills
- adjustingtuning, readjusting, calibrating, tweaking, modifying
- postponingdeferring, delaying, postponing, putting off, rescheduling
- Put-downsinsult, putdown, sneer, scorn, disdain
downgradingupgrading
Improving to superior version
promoting · promotion · advancing · elevating · advancement
grade, upgrade, gradual, degrade, downgrade, graduation, gradient, upgrading, degraded