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down-vote

down-vote is the alternative form of downvote.

Meaning of downvote

Noun

downvote (plural downvotes)

  1. (Internet) A vote against something that reduces a cumulative tally of popularity.
    Antonyms:
    upvote

See all 2 meanings of downvote

Forms of down-vote

Noun
pluraldown-votes
Verb
third-person singular presentdown-votes
present participledown-voting
past participledown-voted
pastdown-voted

Questions about down-vote

What is down-vote the alternative form of?
Down-vote is the alternative form of downvote.

Words near down-vote in the dictionary

  1. down-to-earthness
  2. down-to-the-wire
  3. down-town
  4. down-turn
  5. down-turns
  6. down-vote
  7. downable
  8. downage
  9. downages
  10. downalator
  11. downalators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: down-vote (page history and authors); downvote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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