deflate
English Thesaurus
1. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air (verb.change)
2. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices (verb.change)
3. produce deflation in (verb.change)
4. reduce or lessen the size or importance of (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | deprecate, depreciate, vilipend, |
| definition | : | belittle (verb.communication) |
5. release contained air or gas from (verb.contact)
6. collapse by releasing contained air or gas (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | collapse, |
| definition | : | fold or close up (verb.motion) |
7. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air (verb.change)
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | the act of letting the air out of something (noun.act) |
8. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices (verb.change)
| antonym | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
9. produce deflation in (verb.change)
| antonym | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
10. reduce or lessen the size or importance of (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | deflator, |
| definition | : | a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars (noun.possession) |
11. release contained air or gas from (verb.contact)
12. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air (verb.change)
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | the act of letting the air out of something (noun.act) |
13. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices (verb.change)
| antonym | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
14. produce deflation in (verb.change)
| antonym | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
15. reduce or lessen the size or importance of (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | deflator, |
| definition | : | a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars (noun.possession) |
16. release contained air or gas from (verb.contact)
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