Home › Words › D › downdatedowndatedowndate means to alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.EtymologyFrom down- + date.verbTo alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.To undo an update.e.g.“I downdated the database to undo the most recent update.”To date earlier.e.g.“These excavations should be downdated.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.downpatch 69% match — To revert (a piece of software, especially a video game) to a former version. vs downdate →downgrader 65% match — That which downgrades. vs downdate →downgrade 62% match — A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. vs downdate →downgrading 62% match — A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. vs downdate →dowdify 61% match — To make dowdy; to make unfashionable. vs downdate →downrate 61% match — To give something a lower rating. vs downdate →downdoot 61% match — A downvote. vs downdate →retrodate 60% match — To assign a date to (a publication) that is earlier than the real one. vs downdate →