depreciator

Questions about depreciator

What does depreciator mean?

depreciator means "one who disparages or belittles the worth of something".

How many syllables are in depreciator?

depreciator has 5 syllables and divides as de-pre-ci-a-tor under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for depreciator?

Close synonyms include detractor, disparager, knocker. 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.

Is depreciator a common word?

depreciator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.