What are the opposite words for destruction?
Destruction, the act of causing significant damage or harm, has several antonyms that describe states of repair and restoration. Synonyms for destruction include demolition, devastation, and ruin, all of which suggest a permanent state of destruction. Antonyms for destruction, on the other hand, include preservation, construction, and creation. Preservation refers to the act of protecting something from harm or damage, such as preserving historical artifacts or protecting endangered species. Construction describes the process of building something new, such as a house or a bridge. Creation, meanwhile, refers to the act of bringing something into existence, such as a work of art or a new technology.
- work
- preservation
- preparation
-
restoration
- instauration,
- reinstatement,
- repatriation,
- Redintegration,
- reinstitution,
- instaurations,
- re building,
- re buildings,
- re instatement,
- re institution,
- re making,
- re makings,
- re patriation,
- re patriations,
- re-building,
- re-buildings,
- re-instatement,
- re-instatements,
- re-institutions,
- re-making,
- re-makings,
- re-patriation,
- re-patriations,
- rebuildings,
- redintegrations,
- reinstatements,
- reinstitutions,
- remakings.
- imagination
- production
-
creation
- formulation,
- nativity,
- Megacosm,
- Siring,
- formulations,
- nativities,
- Chef-doeuvre,
- chef d'oeuvre,
- chef doeuvre,
- chefd'oeuvre,
- chefdoeuvre,
- laying down,
- laying downs,
- living world,
- living worlds,
- macro cosmo,
- macro cosmos,
- macro-cosmo,
- macrocosmo,
- macrocosmos,
- megacosms,
- pro creations,
- pro-creation,
- pro-creations,
- setting ups,
- sirings,
- uni verse,
- uni-verse,
- work of genius.
- custody
-
reproduction
- mimeo,
- mimeograph,
- offprint,
- pic,
- pix,
- re-creation,
- reprinting,
- transcription,
- Reenactment,
- Xray,
- transcriptions,
- PICS,
- STAT,
- STATS,
- REPRO,
- mimeographs,
- offprints,
- Photostats,
- flimsies,
- mimeos,
- reenactments,
- lookalike,
- re-enactment,
- chip off old block,
- chip off old blocks,
- chip old block,
- chip old blocks,
- look alike,
- photo copies,
- photo copy,
- photo-copies,
- photo-copy,
- re creation,
- re creations,
- re duplications,
- re enactment,
- re enactments,
- re plica,
- re plications,
- re printing,
- re printings,
- re productions,
- re-creations,
- re-duplication,
- re-duplications,
- re-plica,
- re-plication,
- re-plications,
- re-printing,
- re-printings,
- re-production,
- re-productions.
- recurrence
- education
-
achievement
- work.
- awakening
- civilization
- confirmation
-
conservation
- stewardship,
- sustentation,
- safeguarding,
- guarding,
- stewardships,
- sustentations,
- cherishings,
- conservings,
- directings,
- governings,
- guardings,
- managings,
- pre serval,
- pre servals,
- pre serving,
- pre servings,
- pre-serval,
- pre-servals,
- pre-serving,
- pre-servings,
- preserval,
- preservals,
- preservings,
- protectings,
- safeguardings,
- super vising,
- super vision,
- super visions,
- super-vising,
- super-vision,
- super-visions,
- supervisings,
- up keep.
-
construction
- construal,
- prefab,
- prefabrication,
- roadworks,
- raisings,
- erections,
- roadwork,
- erection,
- prefabs,
- construals,
- dis position,
- dis positions,
- dis-position,
- dis-positions,
- erectings,
- ex plication,
- ex pose,
- ex-plication,
- ex-plications,
- ex-pose,
- ex-position,
- ex-positions,
- fabricatings,
- out line,
- out lines,
- out-line,
- out-lines,
- pre fab,
- pre fabrication,
- pre fabrications,
- pre-fab,
- pre-fabrication,
- pre-fabrications,
- prefabrications,
- putting ups,
- rearings.
- environmental science
-
farming
- hydroponics,
- ranching,
- Geoponics,
- Seeding,
- sharecropping,
- feedings,
- gleanings,
- homesteading,
- soil culture,
- crop raising,
- crop raisings,
- crop-raising,
- crop-raisings,
- cropraising,
- cropraisings,
- fertilizings,
- geoponicses,
- grazings,
- growings,
- homesteadings,
- hydroponicses,
- ranchings,
- re-aping,
- reapings,
- seedings,
- share croppings,
- share-cropping,
- share-croppings,
- sharecroppings,
- soil cultures.
- formation
- generation
- handicraft
- maintenance
- persistency
- piece
- rebirth
- recovery
-
redress
- re-establishment,
- re-formation,
- rectification,
- Reestablishment,
- balancings,
- offsettings,
- re dress,
- re dresses,
- re establishment,
- re formations,
- re habilitation,
- re habilitations,
- re lief,
- re mission,
- re missions,
- re modelings,
- re vision,
- re visions,
- re working,
- re workings,
- re-dress,
- re-dresses,
- re-establishments,
- re-formations,
- re-habilitation,
- re-habilitations,
- re-lief,
- re-mission,
- re-missions,
- re-modeling,
- re-modelings,
- re-vision,
- re-visions,
- re-working,
- re-workings,
- rectifications,
- reworkings.
- upkeep
- cultivation
- device
- ecology
- edification
- effort
- enlightenment
- growth
- protection
- reading
- rejuvenation
-
renewal
- recommencement,
- refilling,
- replenishment,
- replenishments,
- re commencement,
- re commencements,
- re filling,
- re fillings,
- re opening,
- re openings,
- re plenishment,
- re plenishments,
- re-commencement,
- re-commencements,
- re-filling,
- re-fillings,
- re-opening,
- re-openings,
- re-plenishment,
- re-plenishments,
- recommencements,
- refillings,
- reopenings.
- renovation
- repair
- revival
- salvation
- training
- development; accumulation
- making
- culture, sophistication
- fact
- ratification, validation, proof
- creation, building
- development of entity
- development of land for growing
- supervision, charge of something
- demolition, devastation
- instrument, tool
- improvement, education
- instruction, development of knowledge
- work, exertion
- awareness, understanding
- something manufactured
-
event; detail of action
- fact.
- producing crops, raising animals
- composition, establishment
- creation, production
- development, progress
- artwork, skill
- buildup
-
renaissance
- invigoration,
- invigorations,
- new dawns,
- re awakening,
- re awakenings,
- re generations,
- re naissance,
- re naissances,
- re nascence,
- re nascences,
- re vitalization,
- re vitalizations,
- re-awakening,
- re-awakenings,
- re-generation,
- re-generations,
- re-naissances,
- re-nascence,
- re-vitalization,
- re-vitalizations,
- reawakenings.
- perpetuation, support; sustenance
-
great work of writing or music
- opus.
- work of art, music, writing
- maintenance, protection
- creating of goods, result
- turn for the better
- repossession
- interpretation of written word
- resurrection
- the process of regaining health
- help, compensation
- reinvigoration
- remodeling
- restoration, fixing
- something duplicated; duplication
- the act of restoring
- rebirth, reawakening
- rescue, saving
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
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- Antonyms:
- deserted, empty, imprecise.