degrade

Other forms of degrade

past tense

degraded·

present participle

degrading·

third person

degrades·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about degrade

What does degrade mean?

degrade means "reduce the level of land, as by erosion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in degrade?

degrade has 2 syllables: de-grade. The stress falls on "grade". In IPA it is /dɪˈɡɹeɪd/.

What is another word for degrade?

Close synonyms include take down, disgrace, demean, put down, cheapen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of degrade?

The recorded antonyms are aggrade.

Is degrade a common word?

degrade is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with degrade?

5 words rhyme with degrade. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.