PUTTING DOWN Synonyms: 232 Similar and Opposite Words

putting down

verb

present participle of put down

as in dismissing

to express scornfully one's low opinion of he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism

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as in recording

to make a written note of we had the whole agreement put down on paper

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as in entering

to put (someone or something) on a list put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip

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deleting

as in sitting on

to put a stop to (something) by the use of force a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings

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as in attributing

to explain (something) as being the result of something else a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience

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as in eating

to take in as food the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting

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Recent Examples of putting down According to a recent paper by the French Institute of International Relations, the SAF and its supporters claim to be putting down an armed rebellion as Sudan’s legitimate government. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026 Despite the summer heat, both the brown and red boobies are not putting down roots in Maryland and have gone on their way. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026 As Andoni said himself, this is about putting down the foundations for the season. — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 July 2026 Broady’s timeline was laid out pretty linearly for her from when Disney World allows people to reserve their trips by putting down $200. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 For them, putting down 10% and paying for PMI may be fine, with an eye toward refinancing in the future. — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 Campbell is the chief antagonist of the first two seasons of the show, and is a man who made his name brutally putting down the Irish Republican Army in Belfast before being sent to Birmingham to take on Tommy Shelby and the organized crime gangs. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026 Humanity could be years away from seeing astronauts not just landing on the moon, but putting down roots by living and working on the lunar surface. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Moving into a new apartment can require putting down a lot of money up-front. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 22 June 2026

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William Roberson Anyone dismissing the Slingshot (in any form) on practicality grounds is missing the point by a light year or two - the Slingshot makes a Miata seem like a spacious minivan.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
She was especially hurt that some of the people who criticized Cox most harshly, dismissing him as craven and disingenuous, were those who had the closest relationships with him.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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The Honda continues down the street and crashes into a parked car, as Good’s wife, Becca Good, who was recording the altercation, runs after it.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Donald was one of the most dominant defensive lineman in NFL history during his 10 seasons with the Rams, recording 111 sacks, 24 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of recording

Verb

However, entering June, crude prices pulled back significantly, while retail gasoline prices declined at a markedly slower pace.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Late Thursday, Hoffenberg shared with the Tribune a two-hour surveillance video that, at one point, shows Landek and Hoffenberg entering the frame in mid-conversation.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of entering

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The break with Callaway was the first sign that Good Good’s attempts at quelling the crisis were not going well after Clark’s statement on social media Wednesday night.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
As Matt Reeves is hard at work in Gotham City, James Gunn is quelling some overeager fans about the timeline of the Batman trilogy.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of quelling

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The gross margin outlook was a bit lower than expected, with Kress attributing the crunch to the relentless rise in memory prices, both for the remainder of this fiscal year and for fiscal 2028.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
What is most challenging is to resist attributing to AI, through language alone, properties that the evidence has not yet established.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of attributing

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What makes a roster a championship roster is scheming by accentuating the strengths and minimizing the weaknesses.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
The yearlong closure allowed the park district to address multiple infrastructure needs at once, minimizing the disruption that would have resulted from completing the work over several seasons, according to officials.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimizing

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This is why a practice can roll out AI across every function and end the year with the same number of billers logging in to the same portals.

— Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Marshal Moreno kept detailed records, logging which ship each deceased person had arrived on.

— Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

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