rates

The word “rates” has 1 syllable: rates

It's pronounced as /reɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for rates?

In the thesaurus, “rates” has 176 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for rates along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for rates

  • abuses
  • accounts
  • adjudges
  • admonishes
  • analyzes
  • ante
  • appraises
  • arrearage
  • ascertains
  • assails
  • assays
  • assesses
  • assessment
  • attacks
  • averages
  • bad-mouths
  • bastes
  • bawls out
  • believes
  • belittles
  • benchmarks
  • berates
  • blames
  • blasts
  • calibers
  • calibres
  • calls
  • calls down
  • castigates
  • categorizes
  • censures
  • charge
  • charges
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • classes
  • classifies
  • codifies
  • collection
  • compartmentalizes
  • conceives
  • condemns
  • considers
  • contribution
  • correspondences
  • counts
  • criteria
  • criterions
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • custom
  • debit
  • debt
  • decides
  • deems
  • denounces
  • deserves
  • determines
  • discovers
  • disparages
  • disses
  • dresses down
  • duty
  • earns
  • entitles
  • esteems
  • estimates
  • evaluates
  • excoriates
  • fancies
  • faults
  • fee
  • feels
  • flays
  • footings
  • frequencies
  • grades
  • groups
  • guesstimates
  • hallmarks
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • holds
  • imagines
  • installs
  • instates
  • is
  • jaws
  • judges
  • keelhauls
  • kickback
  • knocks
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lashes
  • lays into
  • learns
  • lectures
  • levy
  • liability
  • marks
  • measures
  • merits
  • misesteems
  • misjudges
  • misprizes
  • mocks
  • obligation
  • pans
  • pars
  • pay
  • percentages
  • places
  • positions
  • prices
  • prizes
  • proportions
  • protection
  • puts down
  • qualifies
  • qualities
  • rags
  • ranks
  • ratios
  • reappraises
  • reassesses
  • rebukes
  • reckons
  • reevaluates
  • regards
  • rejudges
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • revalues
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • seeds
  • senses
  • separates
  • sets
  • sets down
  • settles
  • slams
  • sorts
  • standards
  • standings
  • stands
  • statures
  • statuses
  • surveys
  • takes for
  • takes to task
  • tax
  • tests
  • thinks
  • toll
  • tongue-lashes
  • touchstones
  • transvaluates
  • transvalues
  • underestimates
  • undervalues
  • upbraids
  • valuates
  • values
  • views
  • vituperates
  • yardsticks

Antonyms for rates

  • approves
  • asset
  • credit
  • disproportions
  • endorses
  • extolls
  • extols
  • indorses
  • irresponsibility
  • lauds
  • praises
  • sanctions

Meanings of rates

  • noun
    1. The worth of something; value.
    2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
    3. Speed.
    4. The relative speed of change or progress.
    5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
    6. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
    7. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
    8. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
    9. A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
    10. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
    11. Order; arrangement.
    12. Ratification; approval.
    13. The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
    14. (British, New Zealand, or Australian) Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.
  • verb
    1. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
    2. To evaluate or estimate the value of.
    3. To consider or regard.
    4. To deserve; to be worth.
    5. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
    6. To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
    7. To like; to think highly of.
    8. To have position (in a certain class).
    9. To have value or standing.
    10. To ratify.
    11. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
    12. To berate, scold.

Example Sentences

  • The company rates its products based on quality and customer satisfaction.
  • The bank rates its loan interest at a competitive level.
  • The hotel rates are higher during the holiday season.
  • He rates himself as a top-tier athlete in the sport.
  • The website rates restaurants on food quality, ambiance, and service.

On this page you'll find 188 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rates, such as: abuses, accounts, adjudges, admonishes, analyzes, ante, appraises.

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Related Words

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  • abashes
  • affronts
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  • castigates
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  • confounds
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  • cries down
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  • damages
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  • decries
  • defaces
  • defames
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  • depraves
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  • nonpluses
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  • perverts
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abates

  • abbreviates
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  • alleviates
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  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bankrupts
  • bans
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  • crops
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  • de-escalates
  • declines
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  • deflates
  • defrauds
  • dents
  • denudes
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  • diminishes
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  • discounts
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  • does away with
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  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
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  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
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  • falls
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  • flags
  • forbids
  • gives out
  • impoverishes
  • invalidates
  • knocks down
  • knocks off
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • liquidates
  • lowers
  • minimizes
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • modulates
  • negates
  • nicks
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • palls
  • pares
  • phases down
  • prohibits
  • prunes
  • qualifies
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • rejects
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • retrenches
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • shortchanges
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • slashes
  • strikes down
  • strips
  • subsides
  • subtracts
  • suspends
  • takes off
  • tapers
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  • throws out
  • trims
  • truncates
  • vacates
  • vanishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles
  • withdraws
  • writes off

abbesses

  • Holy Joes
  • Reverend Mother
  • abbots
  • anchoresses
  • ancresses
  • archbishops
  • archpriests
  • bishops
  • chaplains
  • churchmen
  • clergymen
  • clergypersons
  • clergywomen
  • clericals
  • clerics
  • clerks
  • cloistresses
  • confessors
  • conventuals
  • curates
  • deaconesses
  • deacons
  • deans
  • diocesans
  • divines
  • dominies
  • ecclesiastics
  • evangelists
  • fathers
  • friars
  • high priestesses
  • high priests
  • mendicants
  • ministers
  • missionaries
  • missioners
  • missionizers
  • monastics
  • monks
  • monsignori
  • monsignors
  • mother superior
  • novices
  • nuns
  • oblates
  • padres
  • parsons
  • pastors
  • popes
  • preachers
  • prelates
  • presbyters
  • priestesses
  • prioresses
  • rectors
  • religious
  • reverends
  • revivalists
  • shepherds
  • sisters
  • sky pilots
  • vicars
  • votaries

abbots

  • Holy Joes
  • archbishops
  • archpriests
  • bishops
  • chaplains
  • churchmen
  • clergymen
  • clergypersons
  • clergywomen
  • clericals
  • clerics
  • clerks
  • confessors
  • curates
  • deaconesses
  • deacons
  • deans
  • diocesans
  • divines
  • dominies
  • ecclesiastics
  • evangelists
  • fathers
  • friars
  • high priestesses
  • high priests
  • mendicants
  • ministers
  • missionaries
  • missioners
  • missionizers
  • monastics
  • monks
  • monsignori
  • monsignors
  • oblates
  • padres
  • parsons
  • pastors
  • popes
  • preachers
  • prelates
  • presbyters
  • priestesses
  • priests
  • rectors
  • religious
  • reverends
  • revivalists
  • shepherds
  • sky pilots
  • vicars

abbreviates

  • abates
  • abridges
  • abstracts
  • compresses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • digests
  • diminishes
  • docks
  • downsizes
  • dwindles
  • elides
  • encapsulates
  • epitomizes
  • lessens
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • pares
  • prunes
  • recapitulates
  • reduces
  • retrenches
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • slashes
  • summarizes
  • sums up
  • syncopates
  • tapers
  • trims
  • truncates

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