DOWN-MARKET Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

down-market

adjective

Definition of down-market

as in downscale

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Recent Examples of down-market One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 The company’s naming convention, for starters, doesn’t follow any kind of logical progression up- or down-market. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026 Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring. — ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025 Lucid proceeded with the rollout of other models in its product line, introducing its Gravity SUV and down-market car model as well. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for down-market

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The corner is the site of the Capitol Square shopping center — tenants include Ross, Marshalls and Cardenas market — and a more downscale mall across the street with Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree and a space that used to house a Fallas Discount Store.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 21 May 2026
In maybe the funniest scene in the episode, Duncan’s wife Lili has assembled an entire college-enrollment team around Jamie to chart her path to Stanford, which isn’t looking good with a sub-1300 SAT score that isn’t even good enough for such downscale institutions as Duke or Carnegie Mellon.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026

Definition of downscale

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In the centuries that followed, the Mission went from Mexican farmland to immigrant stronghold as waves of working-class European families moved into the neighborhood following the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Since her start in the music industry in the 1960s, Parton used her working-class roots and rhinestone personality to redefine what success in the country music world could look like.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of working-class

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