Downshift

Quick meaning: Downshift is a noun meaning A change of direction or a movement downwards.

Meaning

A change of direction or a movement downwards.

More Meanings

1. A reduction in quality or quantity.
2. A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
3. To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
4. To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
5. To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
6. To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
7. (automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.

Example Sentences

The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]

In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.

He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.

But in this variation on Superbad's wild night of transgression, downshifting the age of the protagonists from teen to tween actually only enhances the stealth, wide-eyed innocence that secretly drives this genre of pre-college hedonism.

Word Forms

• downshifts
• downshifting
• downshifted

Synonyms for downshift

Depending on context, synonyms include attenuate.

Antonyms for downshift

Common opposites include upshift.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include downward, down, descending, decline, decrease, reduction.

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