depress
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
These news depressed her
Types & categories
- discourage hypernym
- chill hyponym
Related & opposite
- uplift antonym
- sedative derivation
- demoralisation derivation
- discouragement derivation
- dejection derivation
- depressant derivation
Sense 2 verb
lower (prices or markets)
The glut of oil depressed gas prices
Types & categories
- lower hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cause to drop or sink
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- lowering derivation
- lower berth derivation
- depressor derivation
Sense 4 verb
press down
Depress the space key
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- depression derivation
- depressor derivation
Sense 5 verb
lessen the activity or force of
The rising inflation depressed the economy
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demoralisation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | discouragement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dejection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depressant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discourage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chill |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lower |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowering |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower berth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | depressor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | depression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | depressor |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |