Trickledown

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of trickle-down. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "It has a huge trickledown effect,” said Mr. Cost, who had to lay off four employees because business was slow this year and last."

Example

More examples

"It has a huge trickledown effect,” said Mr. Cost, who had to lay off four employees because business was slow this year and last."

Etymology

From trickle + down.

More for "trickledown"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.