DÉCLASSÉ Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

déclassé

adjective

Definition of déclassé

as in downscale

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Recent Examples of déclassé Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered. — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025 As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient. — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022 In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle. — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021

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Adjective

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

Adjective

For example, users could ask ChatGPT to explain an article in plain English, summarize its main argument and supporting evidence, or answer questions about a YouTube video.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Before running an unfamiliar command, paste it into a plain-text editor and compare it with the instructions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of plain

Adjective

Doctrinaire critics accused her of being bourgeois, formalist, decadent.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Its formless body accommodated slouching, lounging or lying down, selling freedom from both conventional posture and the bourgeois living room.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bourgeois

Adjective

President Donald Trump‘s appearance in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday underlines the Mahoning Valley as a bellwether of whether Democrats can win back the white, working-class voters that have rapidly shifted away from the party in recent years.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
The memoirs of twentieth-century working-class politicians across the Western world echo with testimonies to the power of words.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of working-class

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