Synonyms for Detract:

• n.

  •
  • show,
  • run down,
  • talk down,
  • downgrade,
  • attack,
  • slight.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • file away,
  • trim down,
  • detract attention,
  • wear away,
  • decrease,
  • refine,
  • erode,
  • cut down,
  • beguile,
  • withdraw,
  • trim back,
  • rub away,
  • remove,
  • impair,
  • bate,
  • diminish,
  • eat away,
  • disparage,
  • divert the mind,
  • leach,
  • purify,
  • trim,
  • deduct,
  • abate,
  • lessen,
  • weed,
  • Subduct,
  • cut,
  • thin out,
  • drain,
  • abrade,
  • retrench,
  • shorten,
  • abstract,
  • detract from,
  • take away from,
  • curtail,
  • thin,
  • bring down,
  • reduce,
  • extract,
  • take from,
  • cut back.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • detract.
  •decrease (verb)
  • subtract from,
  • lower.
  •decry (verb)
  • be-littles,
  • dis counts,
  • de-valuing,
  • dis credited,
  • poormouths,
  • dis-graced,
  • dost a number on,
  • de valuing,
  • re probate,
  • poormouthed,
  • dis-credited,
  • re-probates,
  • de value,
  • dis-crediting,
  • de-values,
  • under rates,
  • under-valued,
  • doeth a number on,
  • under-estimated,
  • under estimates,
  • dis graced,
  • poor mouthing,
  • de cried,
  • poor mouthed,
  • dumps on,
  • de tract,
  • dis gracing,
  • de-crying,
  • dis-counting,
  • bad mouth,
  • dis-credit,
  • be-little,
  • doeth number on,
  • under estimating,
  • dis-grace,
  • did number on,
  • didst a number on,
  • takes swipe at,
  • under value,
  • under-rated,
  • dis counted,
  • doth number on,
  • dis-counts,
  • under valued,
  • under-estimating,
  • de-cry,
  • throwing stones at,
  • under-rating,
  • doing number on,
  • opprobriates,
  • under valuing,
  • de values,
  • taking swipe at,
  • under values,
  • re probating,
  • poor-mouths,
  • under-rates,
  • poor mouths,
  • under-valuing,
  • takes away,
  • de crying,
  • under-estimate,
  • threw stones at,
  • under estimated,
  • under-value,
  • poormouthing,
  • re-probate,
  • throws stones at,
  • be littles,
  • didst number on,
  • under rate,
  • dis crediting,
  • de cries,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis credit,
  • did a number on,
  • dis credits,
  • dost number on,
  • cries down,
  • doest number on,
  • under rating,
  • under estimate,
  • re probates,
  • under-rate,
  • de valued,
  • dis-counted,
  • de tracts,
  • dumping on,
  • re probated,
  • under-values,
  • de cry,
  • opprobriated,
  • under rated,
  • dis-gracing,
  • dis graces,
  • de-valued,
  • re-probating,
  • crying down,
  • doing a number on,
  • dis grace,
  • de-cried,
  • de-value,
  • poor-mouthed,
  • dis-credits,
  • does number on,
  • doth a number on,
  • re-probated,
  • does a number on,
  • doest a number on,
  • dis counting,
  • opprobriating,
  • de-tracts,
  • cried down,
  • de-cries,
  • poor-mouthing,
  • de-tract,
  • took swipe at.
  •defame (verb)
  • de faming,
  • de fame,
  • be-lying,
  • spoke evil of,
  • de-fames,
  • dis-honor,
  • be lied,
  • dis honor,
  • throwing mud at,
  • casts slur on,
  • putting zingers on,
  • dis honored,
  • speaks evil of,
  • casting slur on,
  • dis-honoring,
  • threw mud at,
  • villainizing,
  • be smirch,
  • de-fame,
  • dis-honors,
  • spake evil of,
  • de-famed,
  • be-smirching,
  • be smirched,
  • dis-honored,
  • de fames,
  • be smirching,
  • speaking evil of,
  • puts zingers on,
  • be-lied,
  • de-faming,
  • villainizes,
  • casting aspersions on,
  • be lying,
  • dis honors,
  • be-smirch,
  • be-smirches,
  • throws mud at,
  • villainized,
  • be smirches,
  • dis honoring,
  • de famed,
  • casts aspersions on,
  • be-smirched.
  •degrade (verb)
  • de posed,
  • dis-barred,
  • bemeaning,
  • took down peg,
  • re duces,
  • mudslinged,
  • de-generating,
  • cutting down to size,
  • de classes,
  • de-grades,
  • de-class,
  • cut down size,
  • cutting down size,
  • de classing,
  • de class,
  • de generate,
  • dis barred,
  • de-basing,
  • de-pose,
  • de base,
  • de-classed,
  • de basing,
  • de generated,
  • de grades,
  • taking down peg,
  • dis-bar,
  • take down peg,
  • dis barring,
  • cuts down to size,
  • dis-bars,
  • cuts down size,
  • de-graded,
  • de graded,
  • de-motes,
  • de-base,
  • de posing,
  • de based,
  • de generating,
  • casts down,
  • shoots down,
  • de-generate,
  • de-generates,
  • mudslings,
  • be means,
  • de-grading,
  • de-classes,
  • de-grade,
  • be-meaning,
  • be mean,
  • de motes,
  • dis bars,
  • took down a peg,
  • de-generated,
  • de grading,
  • de-based,
  • bemeans,
  • de mote,
  • re-duces,
  • de moting,
  • dis bar,
  • be meaning,
  • be-means,
  • taking down a peg,
  • takes down a peg,
  • de-posing,
  • shooting down,
  • de-posed,
  • Declassing,
  • de-classing,
  • dis-barring,
  • de grade,
  • de pose,
  • de-moting,
  • re-duce,
  • re duce,
  • declasses,
  • takes down peg,
  • de-mote,
  • de generates,
  • be-mean,
  • de classed.
  •demean (verb)
  • de scending,
  • de scended,
  • cuts rate,
  • de-mean,
  • de-scended,
  • de-scends,
  • de-scend,
  • de means,
  • de-scending,
  • de-meaning,
  • de scend,
  • cutting rate,
  • de-means,
  • de mean,
  • disses,
  • dissed,
  • de meaning,
  • de scends.
  •deprecate (verb)
  • dis-esteem,
  • took dim view of,
  • dis-commending,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis favor,
  • dis esteeming,
  • dis-favoring,
  • poohpooh,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • dis favoring,
  • protested against,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • dis-favored,
  • disapproves of,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis commending,
  • discommends,
  • taking exception to,
  • dis commends,
  • ex-postulates,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis-commend,
  • dis esteems,
  • ex postulate,
  • dis favors,
  • ex-postulated,
  • taking dim view of,
  • ex postulates,
  • takes exception to,
  • took exception to,
  • disapproved of,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis-countenances,
  • ex-postulate,
  • takes dim view of,
  • dis-favor,
  • dis-esteems,
  • ex postulated,
  • dis esteem,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • discommended,
  • ex-postulating,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis-commended,
  • discommending,
  • dis commended,
  • disapproving of,
  • protests against,
  • dis-commends,
  • dis commend,
  • ex postulating,
  • dis countenance,
  • protesting against,
  • dis esteemed,
  • dis favored.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • dis-praises,
  • clamored against,
  • finding fault with,
  • finds fault with,
  • sneering at,
  • clamoring against,
  • clamors against,
  • dis-praising,
  • dis-praise,
  • dis praise,
  • dis praising,
  • dis praised,
  • sneered at,
  • scoffing at,
  • re vile,
  • scoffs at,
  • re-vile,
  • sneers at,
  • found fault with,
  • looked down on,
  • dis praises,
  • dis-praised.
  •deride (verb)
  • de riding,
  • de-riding,
  • de-rides,
  • de rides,
  • de ride,
  • de-ride.
  •detract (verb)
  • discount.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • dis-liking,
  • frowning on,
  • re-proving,
  • re prove,
  • re-fused,
  • dis approve,
  • re fuse,
  • looking askance at,
  • zinged,
  • dis-approves,
  • objected to,
  • found unacceptable,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis allowing,
  • re fusing,
  • re-proved,
  • nixed,
  • objecting to,
  • dis-allowed,
  • dis-missed,
  • re fuses,
  • dis-allow,
  • dis allows,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re proves,
  • dis-approving,
  • dis approves,
  • re-prove,
  • dis liking,
  • dis allow,
  • dis approving,
  • looked askance at,
  • finding unacceptable,
  • re-proves,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis liked,
  • dis-approved,
  • frowns on,
  • re fused,
  • re-fuse,
  • sets aside,
  • dis approved,
  • dis-allows,
  • looks askance at,
  • finds unacceptable,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-liked,
  • re proved,
  • objects to,
  • dis missed.
  •distract (verb)
  • dis composes,
  • be wildered,
  • un balances,
  • called away,
  • be-fuddles,
  • un balance,
  • leading away,
  • un balancing,
  • dis concerting,
  • dis-concerting,
  • calls away,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-composed,
  • de-range,
  • dis tract,
  • un-hinging,
  • un hinge,
  • dis tracts,
  • dis concerts,
  • be wilder,
  • un hinges,
  • mis-leading,
  • be wildering,
  • un-balance,
  • un-balances,
  • un hinged,
  • be guile,
  • be-fuddling,
  • dis-concerts,
  • draws away,
  • dis concerted,
  • leads away,
  • mis lead,
  • un-hinges,
  • de ranges,
  • catches flies,
  • mis-lead,
  • catching flies,
  • be-wildered,
  • be fuddling,
  • dis-tract,
  • dis-compose,
  • be-guiles,
  • be-fuddle,
  • dis-concerted,
  • turns aside,
  • led away,
  • be fuddle,
  • dis composed,
  • drawing away,
  • mis-leads,
  • drew away,
  • dis-composes,
  • de-ranges,
  • de ranged,
  • un-hinge,
  • dis-tracts,
  • de range,
  • dis compose,
  • mis leading,
  • be wilders,
  • de ranging,
  • be fuddles,
  • calling away,
  • dis-concert,
  • be-wilders,
  • dis concert,
  • un-balancing,
  • be-wilder,
  • de-ranging,
  • be-guile,
  • un-balanced,
  • de-ranged,
  • un hinging,
  • be fuddled,
  • caught flies,
  • leads astray,
  • un-hinged,
  • be-fuddled,
  • be guiles,
  • dis composing,
  • be-wildering.
  •divert (verb)
  • disadvises,
  • sent on wild-goose chase,
  • dis-engage,
  • dis courage,
  • sending on a wild goose chase,
  • de-tach,
  • send on wild goose chase,
  • dis-advises,
  • sends wild goose chase,
  • send wild-goose chase,
  • sending on wild goose chase,
  • de taches,
  • bend rules,
  • dis courages,
  • bending rules,
  • sending on wild-goose chase,
  • dis advising,
  • dis-advise,
  • bent the rules,
  • send wildgoose chase,
  • sending on a wild-goose chase,
  • sending on wildgoose chase,
  • sent a wild-goose chase,
  • dis engaged,
  • sends wild-goose chase,
  • send on a wild goose chase,
  • gotten around,
  • dis-engaging,
  • got around,
  • gat around,
  • bended rules,
  • dis-courages,
  • circumlocuting,
  • sent on a wildgoose chase,
  • circumlocutes,
  • sends a wild-goose chase,
  • sending a wild goose chase,
  • send on wildgoose chase,
  • dis advise,
  • bends rules,
  • de-taches,
  • dis-courage,
  • de tach,
  • dis-advising,
  • bends the rules,
  • dis-engaged,
  • sending on a wildgoose chase,
  • circumlocuted,
  • sent wild-goose chase,
  • attracting attention,
  • bended the rules,
  • sends a wildgoose chase,
  • send on a wildgoose chase,
  • dis-advised,
  • dis engage,
  • attracts attention,
  • sends on wildgoose chase,
  • sent wildgoose chase,
  • sent on a wild goose chase,
  • sending a wild-goose chase,
  • sends wildgoose chase,
  • sent a wildgoose chase,
  • dis advises,
  • sending wild goose chase,
  • send on wild-goose chase,
  • dis advised,
  • dis engages,
  • sending wild-goose chase,
  • sends on a wild-goose chase,
  • sent wild goose chase,
  • dis engaging,
  • sending a wildgoose chase,
  • sends on wild-goose chase,
  • sent on wildgoose chase,
  • sends on wild goose chase,
  • attracted attention,
  • send a wildgoose chase,
  • bent rules,
  • sends a wild goose chase,
  • sent on wild goose chase,
  • sending wildgoose chase,
  • send a wild-goose chase,
  • sent a wild goose chase,
  • sends on a wild goose chase,
  • sends on a wildgoose chase,
  • dis-engages,
  • send a wild goose chase,
  • disadvising,
  • send wild goose chase,
  • sent on a wild-goose chase,
  • gets around,
  • disadvised,
  • bending the rules.
  •malign (verb)
  • de files,
  • be-foul,
  • be-fouled,
  • be-spatter,
  • be-spattered,
  • de filed,
  • be fouled,
  • be fouling,
  • spake ill of,
  • speaking ill of,
  • mis-represent,
  • be-spattering,
  • mis representing,
  • de-file,
  • mis represent,
  • de file,
  • mis-represents,
  • mis-representing,
  • mis represents,
  • be foul,
  • takes a swipe at,
  • be-fouls,
  • be-fouling,
  • bespatters,
  • de-files,
  • de-filing,
  • taking a swipe at,
  • mis represented,
  • be fouls,
  • be-spatters,
  • be spattering,
  • speaks ill of,
  • mis-represented,
  • de filing,
  • de-filed,
  • be spattered,
  • be spatters,
  • spoke ill of,
  • took a swipe at,
  • be spatter.
  •mar (verb)
  • de-faces,
  • de-facing,
  • dis-figure,
  • de-face,
  • de forms,
  • de facing,
  • de-forming,
  • dis figure,
  • de face,
  • de-form,
  • dis figures,
  • de-formed,
  • DE Form,
  • dis figured,
  • dis figuring,
  • de faced,
  • de faces,
  • de forming,
  • dis-figured,
  • de-faced,
  • de formed,
  • de-forms,
  • dis-figuring,
  • dis-figures.
  •minimize (verb)
  • makes light of,
  • de crease,
  • making light of,
  • making little of,
  • under-playing,
  • de creased,
  • de creases,
  • makes little of,
  • de-creasing,
  • de creasing,
  • de-creases,
  • de-crease,
  • under-played,
  • under plays,
  • under played,
  • under-play,
  • under playing,
  • under-plays,
  • miniaturizing,
  • under play,
  • de-creased,
  • made little of.
  •protest (verb)
  • lament,
  • deplore,
  • protest,
  • object,
  • complain,
  • grouch,
  • ridicule.
  •run down (verb)
  • downcrying,
  • downcried,
  • downcries.
  •scandalize (verb)
  • out-raging,
  • dis-gusted,
  • dis gusted,
  • out raged,
  • out-rages,
  • out-raged,
  • dis-gusts,
  • dis gusting,
  • dis gusts,
  • out-rage,
  • out rages,
  • dis gust,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis-gusting.
  •slander (verb)
  • dishonor,
  • traduce,
  • stigmatize,
  • besmear,
  • libel,
  • shame,
  • smear,
  • denigrate,
  • discredit,
  • blacken,
  • vilify,
  • sully,
  • pillory,
  • denounce,
  • calumniate,
  • tarnish,
  • besmirch.
  •slur (verb)
  • in sinuated,
  • in-sinuating,
  • giving a black eye,
  • slapped in face,
  • slaps in face,
  • slaps the face,
  • slapping face,
  • in sinuating,
  • skins alive,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • slapped face,
  • cut the quick,
  • cutting to the quick,
  • slapping in face,
  • kicked in the teeth,
  • in-sinuate,
  • blew off,
  • hits where one lives,
  • gave black eye,
  • hitting where one lives,
  • slaps face,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • slaps in the face,
  • slapped in the face,
  • gives black eye,
  • kicked in teeth,
  • hitting where lives,
  • slapped the face,
  • giving black eye,
  • hit where lives,
  • cuts to quick,
  • in-sinuates,
  • kicking teeth,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • kick the teeth,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • in sinuate,
  • slapping the face,
  • cuts quick,
  • cutting quick,
  • slapping in the face,
  • blowing off,
  • gave a black eye,
  • cuts to the quick,
  • cutting to quick,
  • in sinuates,
  • cutting the quick,
  • kick teeth,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • cut quick,
  • slap face,
  • cut to quick,
  • kicks teeth,
  • hits where lives,
  • cuts the quick,
  • blows off,
  • gives a black eye,
  • kicked teeth.
  •sneer (verb)
  • holds in contempt,
  • sniffing at,
  • turn one nose,
  • turns one's nose,
  • held contempt,
  • quips at,
  • turning nose,
  • quipped at,
  • turned up nose,
  • curl ones lip at,
  • curl lip at,
  • sniffs at,
  • holds ridicule,
  • gives bronx cheer,
  • turns up one nose,
  • turn up ones nose,
  • curled ones lip at,
  • holding contempt,
  • hold up ridicule,
  • holds contempt,
  • turning up ones nose,
  • ranking out,
  • curled one's lip at,
  • curling one lip at,
  • turning up one nose,
  • quipping at,
  • holding to ridicule,
  • giving bronx cheer,
  • holding ridicule,
  • gave bronx cheer,
  • hold ridicule,
  • curled one lip at,
  • turned nose,
  • turn up one nose,
  • turn nose,
  • holds to ridicule,
  • ranks out,
  • turning up one's nose,
  • turns one nose,
  • turned ones nose,
  • hold contempt,
  • ranked out,
  • curling lip at,
  • held up to ridicule,
  • turning one nose,
  • turns up one's nose,
  • held in contempt,
  • turns nose,
  • curling ones lip at,
  • turned one's nose,
  • turn one's nose,
  • turns up ones nose,
  • turns ones nose,
  • turning up nose,
  • holding in contempt,
  • turned up one nose,
  • held to ridicule,
  • curls lip at,
  • turned one nose,
  • curl one lip at,
  • turned up ones nose,
  • holds up to ridicule,
  • sniffed at,
  • hold to ridicule,
  • curls one's lip at,
  • curls ones lip at,
  • holding up to ridicule,
  • held ridicule,
  • held up ridicule,
  • turn up nose,
  • holds up ridicule,
  • turning one's nose,
  • curls one lip at,
  • curling one's lip at,
  • turning ones nose,
  • turned up one's nose,
  • holding up ridicule,
  • curled lip at,
  • turns up nose,
  • turn ones nose.
  •snigger (verb)
  • curled ones lip,
  • curling one lip,
  • curling ones lip,
  • curls lip,
  • curls ones lip,
  • curl one lip,
  • curl ones lip,
  • curls one's lip,
  • curling one's lip,
  • curled one's lip,
  • curling lip,
  • curl lip,
  • curled lip,
  • curls one lip,
  • curled one lip.
  •subtract (verb)
  • sub-tract,
  • with draws,
  • with holds,
  • with drawn,
  • de-ducted,
  • de duct,
  • re-moving,
  • with-held,
  • de-ducting,
  • de ducting,
  • with held,
  • re-moves,
  • sub tract,
  • de ducts,
  • with-drawing,
  • with-drew,
  • takes from,
  • with-drawn,
  • with draw,
  • de ducted,
  • took from,
  • de-ducts,
  • with hold,
  • sub tracts,
  • re move,
  • with drew,
  • with-holds,
  • with holding,
  • with-hold,
  • with drawing,
  • de-duct,
  • taking from,
  • with-draw,
  • re moved,
  • sub-tracts,
  • re moving,
  • re-move.
  •turn (verb)
  • de-tour,
  • de touring,
  • about faced,
  • in-cline,
  • trans-form,
  • de-parted,
  • in-verse,
  • changes position,
  • re-channel,
  • re-coils,
  • in versed,
  • re channelling,
  • Re-turn,
  • faced about,
  • re channels,
  • shying away,
  • re-channelling,
  • de part,
  • shied away,
  • re-turning,
  • re channeled,
  • re directs,
  • re coiling,
  • re-coil,
  • in-versing,
  • de-tours,
  • trans-forming,
  • re directing,
  • re coils,
  • re-traced,
  • de-part,
  • about facing,
  • re trace,
  • re-lapsed,
  • de parting,
  • re-turns,
  • volte-faced,
  • re-channels,
  • trans formed,
  • de toured,
  • re-channeling,
  • de-parts,
  • re-tracing,
  • trans-forms,
  • changing position,
  • re-lapses,
  • up-set,
  • re coiled,
  • re-turned,
  • re direct,
  • re-traces,
  • re channel,
  • re-lapse,
  • trans-formed,
  • re traces,
  • faces about,
  • up setting,
  • in verse,
  • rechannelled,
  • re directed,
  • up-setting,
  • re-directs,
  • re channeling,
  • re lapsing,
  • voltefaced,
  • re-channeled,
  • volteface,
  • shies away,
  • re-trace,
  • volte faced,
  • facing about,
  • trans forms,
  • in cline,
  • re channelled,
  • up-sets,
  • re-directing,
  • de tour,
  • voltefaces,
  • re-directed,
  • in versing,
  • re lapse,
  • de parted,
  • voltefacing,
  • re lapses,
  • de-parting,
  • re-channelled,
  • de tours,
  • re-lapsing,
  • de parts,
  • inversing,
  • changed position,
  • re-coiling,
  • trans form,
  • de-touring,
  • re coil,
  • de-toured,
  • up sets,
  • in clines,
  • re traced,
  • re tracing,
  • about face,
  • trans forming,
  • in-versed,
  • re-direct,
  • re turns,
  • re turning,
  • volte-facing,
  • re turn,
  • in-clines,
  • volte facing,
  • re lapsed,
  • re-coiled.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • upstage.
  •
  • belittle.
  •condemn
  • disapprove.
  •demean
  • knocks down,
  • knock down,
  • dis,
  • knocking down,
  • DISES,
  • knocked down,
  • dissing,
  • cut rate.
  •disapprove
  • passing on,
  • set aside,
  • object to,
  • nixing,
  • look askance at,
  • zinging,
  • setting aside,
  • veto,
  • frown on,
  • remonstrate,
  • turn down,
  • passes on,
  • pass on,
  • frowned on,
  • passed on,
  • find unacceptable.
  •Other relevant words:
  • redirects,
  • find fault with,
  • undervalued,
  • badmouth,
  • Dispraising,
  • queers,
  • marked down,
  • Discommend,
  • louted,
  • taking away,
  • Shunted,
  • circumlocute,
  • Faulting,
  • turned aside,
  • throw mud at,
  • poormouth,
  • shot down,
  • rechanneling,
  • cast down,
  • Caricatured,
  • depreciate,
  • underrated,
  • Disbarred,
  • defame,
  • rechannelling,
  • make fun of,
  • Caricaturing,
  • maligned,
  • rechannel,
  • go back,
  • Ridiculed,
  • protest against,
  • torn down,
  • mark down,
  • underplays,
  • cut down to size,
  • bespatter,
  • Disbarring,
  • dump on,
  • make light of,
  • leading astray,
  • Disfavoring,
  • speak evil of,
  • unbalancing,
  • take away,
  • change position,
  • shunt,
  • Zigzagging,
  • derogate,
  • draw away,
  • redirecting,
  • running down,
  • speak ill of,
  • hold up to ridicule,
  • dumped on,
  • Sneered,
  • sneer at,
  • distract,
  • Reprobating,
  • throw stones at,
  • divert,
  • Ragging,
  • disbar,
  • Reprobated,
  • rail against,
  • mar,
  • dispraise,
  • do number on,
  • disapprove of,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • lead away,
  • inverses,
  • scoff at,
  • dispraises,
  • razzed,
  • Benching,
  • mudslinging,
  • take a swipe at,
  • detouring,
  • Blackguarding,
  • under-estimates,
  • Declass,
  • Jollies,
  • casting down,
  • frown,
  • detoured,
  • Disadvise,
  • jeer,
  • Blackguarded,
  • curl one's lip at,
  • miniaturize,
  • call away,
  • marking down,
  • catch flies,
  • downcry,
  • take swipe at,
  • made light of,
  • underplaying,
  • take exception to,
  • leer,
  • sneer,
  • led astray,
  • deprecate,
  • marks down,
  • clamor against,
  • mudsling,
  • poor mouth,
  • slander,
  • turn aside,
  • be little,
  • Fleer,
  • inversed,
  • jollied,
  • miniaturized,
  • lout,
  • demean,
  • hold in contempt,
  • attract attention,
  • casts aspersion,
  • volte-face,
  • volte-faces,
  • Fleering,
  • laughed at,
  • lead astray,
  • subtract,
  • make little of,
  • not go for,
  • Disfavored,
  • Zigzagged,
  • Fleered,
  • queering,
  • face about,
  • Lampooned,
  • minimize,
  • turn up one's nose,
  • redirected,
  • underplayed,
  • disbars,
  • turning aside,
  • frenzying,
  • cast aspersion,
  • sheers,
  • pooh pooh,
  • asperse,
  • deride,
  • malign,
  • cast slur on,
  • bemeaned,
  • Bespattering,
  • louting,
  • Bemean,
  • Burlesquing,
  • Dispraised,
  • Faulted,
  • Benched,
  • scoffed at,
  • villainize,
  • quip at,
  • Shunting,
  • getting around,
  • Vilified,
  • bend the rules,
  • rechannels,
  • decry,
  • get around,
  • miniaturizes,
  • take down a peg,
  • bespattered,
  • cry down,
  • Burlesqued,
  • reprobates,
  • shy away,
  • shunts,
  • occupy,
  • jollying,
  • zigzags,
  • rechanneled,
  • redirect,
  • casting aspersion,
  • shoot down,
  • underplay,
  • send on a wild-goose chase,
  • rank out,
  • take dim view of,
  • turn,
  • slur,
  • took away,
  • Sheered,
  • Sheering,
  • do a number on,
  • degrade,
  • quiz,
  • opprobriate,
  • sniff at,
  • blistered,
  • queered,
  • poor-mouth,
  • put zingers on,
  • up set,
  • scandalize.
  •slander
  • cast a slur on,
  • muckraking,
  • strumpet,
  • strumpeting,
  • sling mud,
  • blacken name,
  • give a bad name,
  • muckraked,
  • run smear campaign.
  •slur
  • slap the face,
  • give black eye,
  • blow off,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • slap in face,
  • skinning alive,
  • kick in teeth,
  • cut to the quick,
  • slap in the face,
  • skinned alive,
  • skin alive,
  • Slurring,
  • give a black eye,
  • hit where one lives.
  •snigger
  • curl one's lip,
  • snigger,
  • sniggering.
  •subtract
  • took out,
  • taking out.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • minus,
  • lampoon,
  • abduct,
  • understate,
  • vitiate,
  • take exception,
  • dishonour,
  • Vilipend,
  • carp at,
  • carry away,
  • minify,
  • mock,
  • lift off,
  • backbite,
  • humiliate,
  • brand,
  • take out,
  • take off,
  • drop,
  • dwindle,
  • debase,
  • weed out,
  • peck at,
  • lose,
  • cheapen,
  • Misprize,
  • undervalue,
  • disesteem,
  • cast aspersions,
  • devaluate,
  • taunt,
  • muckrake,
  • taint,
  • clear out,
  • nibble at,
  • backcap,
  • slur over,
  • Disprize,
  • cavil,
  • wipe out,
  • satirize,
  • Underreckon,
  • pull to pieces,
  • play down,
  • blister,
  • reject,
  • shave,
  • contemn,
  • bear off,
  • alleviate,
  • write,
  • take,
  • neglect,
  • devalue,
  • laugh at,
  • take-away,
  • deduce,
  • smirch,
  • bear a grudge,
  • underrate,
  • pick to pieces,
  • strike off,
  • carry off,
  • blow upon,
  • write off,
  • dismiss,
  • despise,
  • disgrace,
  • bear away,
  • twit,
  • underestimate,
  • criticize,
  • knock,
  • Avile,
  • condemn,
  • disrespect,
  • cut up,
  • pick off.

Paraphrases for Detract:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    reduced.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    damages, Affects, hinders, undermines, impedes.
  • Verb, base form
    affect, alter, compromise, curtail, decline, deflect, derail, deter, deviate, dilute, diminish, distort, distract, divert, encroach, endanger, erode, hamper, hinder, hurt, impair, impede, impinge, infringe, interfere, jeopardise, jeopardize, lessen, minimize, obstruct, overshadow, preclude, prejudice, reduce, reducing, restrict, subtract, threaten, undermine, violate.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    damage, decrease, degrade, derogate, harm, injure, weaken.

Antonyms for Detract:

• v.

  • take away a part; lessen
    extend, upgrade, value, enlarge, develop, commend, overrate, compliment, overestimate, optimize, laud, exalt, expand, increase, overvalue, raise, add to, praise, exaggerate, grow.
  • Other antonyms:
    focus, concentrate.

Homophones for Detract:

• dress out, dark-coated, diarist, dyer's weed, dress code, draughty, dry-shod, drugget, dry socket, drugged, dearest, dressed, direct dye, direct tide, dress suit, direct, drag out, directed, druggist, drogue chute, drogheda, derogate, draught, drought, dress hat, Dyer's Woad.

Hyponym for Detract:

• v.

  • change
    cut down, trim back, bring down, reduce, trim, cut back, trim down, cut.