downgrade

Plural: downgrades

Noun

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
• A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
• A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
• A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.

Verb

• rate lower; lower in value or esteem
• To place lower in position.
• To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
• To disparage.
• to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
• To revert software back to an older version.

Examples

• The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.

Synonyms

defame, degrade, demote, reduce, revert, ruin

Antonyms

upgrade