v. 1 demote, dethrone, humble, lower, reduce, displace, depose, dispossess, disfranchise or disenfranchise, US military bust; Colloq bring or take down a peg He was downgraded from supervisor to foreman 2 belittle, minimize, play down, disparage, decry, denigrate, run down, US and Canadian downplay How could she downgrade her own sister?
n. 3 descent, decline, declension, (downward) slope, gradient, grade, inclination Apply the brake as you approach the downgrade 4 on the downgrade. on the wane, waning, declining, falling, slipping, falling off, losing ground, going downhill, US and Canadian on the skids After the drug scandal, her popularity was on the downgrade