1. (verb)depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise lower someone's spirits; make downhearted Synonyms: start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, get down, debase, dismay, demoralize, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, depress, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out Antonyms: uplift, intoxicate, lift up, elate, pick up
2. (verb)depress lower (prices or markets) Synonyms: demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down Antonyms: elate, lift up, pick up, intoxicate, uplift
3. (verb)lower, depress cause to drop or sink Synonyms: glower, depress, bring down, dismay, let down, take down, frown, dispirit, lower, lour, deject, demoralise, get down, press down, demoralize, cast down, turn down Antonyms: uplift, pick up, intoxicate, lift up, elate
4. (verb)press down, depress press down Synonyms: depress, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, cast down Antonyms: pick up, lift up, intoxicate, elate, uplift
5. (verb)depress lessen the activity or force of Synonyms: demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down Antonyms: elate, uplift, intoxicate, lift up, pick up
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'depress'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. depress Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of allo Synonyms: abase, bring low, depress, dishonor, lower, cast down, discredit, humble, reduce, debase, disgrace, humiliate, sink, degrade Antonyms: advance, elevate, honor, raise, aggrandize, exalt, promote, uplift, dignify