Definition for Break down:

• make ineffective; " Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

Synonyms for Break down:

• n.

  •
  • atomize.
  •
  • divide,
  • conquer,
  • overwhelm.
  •
  • backfire,
  • miss,
  • flop,
  • malfunction,
  • falter,
  • misfire,
  • succumb.
  •
  • burn out.
  •
  • burst out,
  • cry,
  • weep,
  • choke up.
  •break down (noun)
  • crumple,
  • analyse,
  • fail,
  • give way,
  • break,
  • lose it,
  • decompose,
  • collapse,
  • conk out,
  • crumble,
  • tumble,
  • die,
  • take apart,
  • go bad,
  • analyze,
  • give out,
  • crush,
  • go,
  • dissect.

• v.

  •act up (malfunction) (verb)
  • conk out,
  • stall.
  •choke up (verb)
  • cry.
  •clarify (verb)
  • analyze,
  • simplify,
  • spell out,
  • resolve.
  •classify (verb)
  • distribute,
  • assort,
  • catalogue,
  • divide,
  • alphabetize,
  • index,
  • grade,
  • range,
  • segregate,
  • type,
  • sort,
  • organize,
  • order,
  • rank,
  • file,
  • tabulate,
  • codify,
  • rate,
  • pigeonhole,
  • arrange,
  • class,
  • group,
  • distinguish.
  •come unglued (verb)
  • disintegrate,
  • go to pieces,
  • malfunction,
  • fall apart.
  •competition (verb)
  • crush.
  •crack (verb)
  • yield,
  • succumb,
  • lose it,
  • collapse,
  • blow up,
  • give way.
  •crumple (verb)
  • buckle,
  • crush,
  • fall,
  • cave in.
  •cry (verb)
  • snivel,
  • burst into tears,
  • shed tears,
  • dissolve in tears,
  • sorrow,
  • weep,
  • sob,
  • grieve,
  • choke up,
  • whimper,
  • Boohoo,
  • bawl,
  • blubber.
  •decipher (verb)
  • break,
  • reveal,
  • crack,
  • explain.
  •decompose (verb)
  • decompound,
  • separate,
  • taint,
  • turn,
  • dissect,
  • dissolve,
  • spoil,
  • decay,
  • crumble,
  • molder,
  • putrefy,
  • anatomize,
  • atomize.
  •destroy (verb)
  • wreck,
  • quell,
  • desolate,
  • raze,
  • eradicate,
  • level,
  • trash,
  • dismantle,
  • damage,
  • total,
  • extirpate,
  • ruin,
  • exterminate,
  • ravage,
  • abort,
  • stamp out,
  • impair,
  • end,
  • wipe out,
  • lay waste,
  • suppress,
  • torpedo,
  • extinguish,
  • shatter,
  • tear down,
  • annihilate,
  • smash.
  •die (verb)
  • fade,
  • decline,
  • peter out,
  • run out,
  • diminish,
  • subside,
  • fizzle out,
  • disappear,
  • droop,
  • expire,
  • wilt,
  • go bad,
  • weaken,
  • stop,
  • deteriorate,
  • rot,
  • fail,
  • sink,
  • pass.
  •disintegrate (verb)
  • take apart,
  • sever,
  • disperse,
  • decompose,
  • come apart,
  • disorganize.
  •dismantle (verb)
  • disassemble,
  • undo,
  • dismount,
  • bankrupt,
  • destroy,
  • fell,
  • demolish,
  • wrack,
  • pull down,
  • take to pieces,
  • take down.
  •disorganize (verb)
  • scatter,
  • upset.
  •dissolve (verb)
  • evaporate,
  • perish.
  •divide (verb)
  • part,
  • subdivide,
  • section,
  • segment,
  • rupture,
  • split,
  • cut up.
  •explain (verb)
  • clarify,
  • decipher.
  •fail (verb)
  • flounder,
  • fall flat,
  • miscarry,
  • fall through,
  • come to naught,
  • flop,
  • go wrong,
  • miss,
  • founder,
  • come to nothing.
  •fall (verb)
  • tumble,
  • totter,
  • topple,
  • flag,
  • crash,
  • slump.
  •founder (verb)
  • misfire.
  •fragmentize (verb)
  • fragment,
  • split up.
  •freak out (verb)
  • freak out,
  • blow one's top,
  • come unglued,
  • go haywire.
  •inculcate (verb)
  • indoctrinate.
  •indoctrinate (verb)
  • inculcate.
  •misfire (verb)
  • backfire.
  •perish (verb)
  • go,
  • depart,
  • decease,
  • go under,
  • corrupt.
  •raze (verb)
  • bulldoze,
  • throw down,
  • mow down,
  • overthrow,
  • cast down,
  • reduce,
  • blow down.
  •rot (verb)
  • go to pot.
  •simplify (verb)
  • cut down.
  •succumb (verb)
  • cave,
  • give out,
  • quit,
  • drop.
  •wilt (verb)
  • faint.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • atomize,
  • stall,
  • disorganize,
  • divide,
  • choke up,
  • evaporate,
  • subdivide.
  •
  • anatomize,
  • wreck,
  • torpedo,
  • putrefy,
  • dismount,
  • taint,
  • burn out,
  • organize,
  • pack up.
  •
  • pulp,
  • destroy,
  • shatter.
  •
  • deteriorate.
  •
  • undo.
  •
  • blow.
  •
  • sink.
  •
  • turn.
  •analyze
  • anatomize,
  • dissect.
  •arrange
  • classify.
  •categorize
  • classify.
  •clear up
  • simplify.
  •crumple
  • cave in.
  •cry
  • dissolve in tears,
  • shed tears,
  • burst into tears,
  • weep,
  • grieve,
  • Boohoo.
  •destroy
  • torpedo,
  • lay waste.
  •die
  • go bad,
  • fizzle out,
  • peter out.
  •disintegrate
  • fall apart,
  • come apart,
  • take apart.
  •dissect
  • dissect.
  •fail
  • come to nothing,
  • come to naught,
  • misfire,
  • fall through,
  • fall flat,
  • go wrong.
  •freak out
  • go haywire,
  • blow one's top.
  •take apart
  • dismantle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • devastate,
  • destroy,
  • bulldoze,
  • divide,
  • miscarry,
  • falter,
  • demolish,
  • disperse,
  • rub,
  • droop,
  • depart,
  • segregate,
  • trample,
  • cut to pieces,
  • putrefy,
  • expose,
  • scatter,
  • fragment,
  • come apart,
  • go amiss,
  • corrupt,
  • burn down,
  • totter,
  • analyze,
  • come to nothing,
  • batter down,
  • put out,
  • injure,
  • pant,
  • modify,
  • overthrow,
  • torment,
  • order,
  • fizzle out,
  • perish,
  • molder,
  • oppress,
  • greet,
  • succumb,
  • afflict,
  • puff,
  • propagandize,
  • pigeonhole,
  • crack,
  • overwhelm,
  • annihilate,
  • sob,
  • powder,
  • trample out,
  • burn,
  • disappear,
  • catalogue,
  • discourage,
  • embitter,
  • fall through,
  • ruin,
  • buckle,
  • wheeze,
  • decompound,
  • disassemble,
  • pack up,
  • overmaster,
  • section,
  • finish,
  • weaken,
  • piece,
  • have had it,
  • end,
  • fall in,
  • distribute,
  • classify,
  • be upset,
  • put the kibosh on,
  • wreck,
  • spoil,
  • fragmentize,
  • miss,
  • snivel,
  • quell,
  • throw down,
  • bawl,
  • file,
  • weary,
  • decline,
  • assort,
  • flounder,
  • go awry,
  • pack,
  • fall down,
  • inculcate,
  • choke up,
  • bring low,
  • digest,
  • fall apart,
  • convert,
  • index,
  • go to pieces,
  • codify,
  • freak out,
  • flatten,
  • dismount,
  • turn,
  • chop down,
  • go haywire,
  • sink,
  • categorise,
  • tyrannize,
  • take to pieces,
  • jade,
  • dissolve,
  • faint,
  • shed tears,
  • fell,
  • grade,
  • backfire,
  • rupture,
  • split,
  • cry,
  • trash,
  • extirpate,
  • rot,
  • steamroller,
  • cut down,
  • burn out,
  • snap,
  • fatigue,
  • clarify,
  • taint,
  • sway,
  • decipher,
  • evaporate,
  • blow down,
  • resolve,
  • soften,
  • torpedo,
  • aggrieve,
  • level,
  • cave in,
  • wilt,
  • peter out,
  • relax,
  • exterminate,
  • run out,
  • part,
  • bracket,
  • impair,
  • trample underfoot,
  • trample down,
  • sever,
  • place,
  • cross up,
  • categorize,
  • conquer,
  • tabulate,
  • reveal,
  • come unglued,
  • class,
  • blow,
  • beat down,
  • master,
  • grow weary,
  • lay waste,
  • type,
  • split up,
  • subdivide,
  • wrong,
  • quit,
  • abort,
  • weep,
  • mow down,
  • bring down,
  • ravage,
  • eradicate,
  • take down,
  • bend,
  • anatomize,
  • fade,
  • range,
  • sorrow,
  • catalog,
  • assay,
  • total,
  • organize,
  • slump,
  • deflate,
  • bankrupt,
  • disintegrate,
  • malfunction,
  • group,
  • unman,
  • peg out,
  • cut up,
  • inundate,
  • cave,
  • sort,
  • wipe out,
  • crash,
  • suppress,
  • topple over,
  • topple,
  • wash up,
  • damage,
  • indoctrinate,
  • cast down,
  • stall,
  • flop,
  • discriminate,
  • dissolve in tears,
  • decay,
  • burst into tears,
  • single out,
  • whimper,
  • diminish,
  • founder,
  • rage,
  • distinguish,
  • reduce,
  • rank,
  • grind,
  • atomize,
  • decease,
  • explain,
  • simplify,
  • subdue,
  • parse,
  • deteriorate,
  • bring to terms,
  • humiliate,
  • collate,
  • upset,
  • shatter,
  • come to naught,
  • stamp out,
  • knock over,
  • fall,
  • Triturate,
  • go to seed,
  • rate,
  • go to pot,
  • go bankrupt,
  • pulp,
  • rase,
  • tear down,
  • choke,
  • spell out,
  • go under,
  • fall flat,
  • gasp,
  • alphabetize,
  • anguish,
  • play out,
  • Boohoo,
  • flag,
  • pigeon-hole,
  • extinguish,
  • betray,
  • blubber,
  • humble,
  • go wrong,
  • misfire,
  • adjust,
  • blow up,
  • be disturbed,
  • drop,
  • vandalize,
  • yield,
  • burst out,
  • desolate,
  • list,
  • wrack,
  • prostrate,
  • smash,
  • change,
  • blow one's top,
  • disorganize,
  • dismantle,
  • sequester,
  • separate,
  • expire,
  • stop,
  • pass,
  • subside,
  • lose,
  • get tired,
  • segment,
  • tire,
  • grieve,
  • pull down,
  • undo,
  • raze,
  • dispirit,
  • come to grief,
  • give.

Antonyms for Break down:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abide by, bind, break with, conform, decamp, detach, discharge, escape, flee, fly, follow, honour, moralise, obey, observe, organise, run away, secede, separate, stand, systematise, start up, make off, adhere to, misclassify, missort, part company, make a break for it, make a run for it, hook it.

• v.

  • act up (malfunction)
    function properly.
  • clarify
    complicate, obscure, muddle, question, mix up, dirty, muddy, confuse.
  • classify
    gather, join, exclude, collect, guess, disintegrate, scatter, maintain, disorganize, estimate, disallow, combine, disarrange, hold, unite, keep, disorder.
  • crack
    misunderstand, mend, fix, be calm, compose.
  • crumple
    flatten, smooth, straighten, rise.
  • cry
    praise, please, gloat, be happy, delight.
  • decipher
    suppress, scramble, hide, conceal, code, encode.
  • decompose
    develop, improve, put together, grow.
  • destroy
    lose, restore, help, aid, preserve, build, start, save, create, give birth, bear, assist, begin, repair, validate, retain, construct.
  • die
    continue, enhance, extend, flourish, enlarge, appear, advance, reach, forward, commence, live, arrive, prolong, strengthen, increase, forge, win, be born.
  • disintegrate
    link, couple, connect, meld, attach.
  • dismantle
    assemble, cover, raise, clothe.
  • disorganize
    arrange, calm, order, neaten, organize, tidy, systematize, clean up, plan, soothe, clarify, explain, clear up, enlighten.
  • dissect
    ignore, sew.
  • dissolve
    coagulate, solidify, integrate, marry, concentrate, resolve, unmix.
  • divide
    agree, stay, persuade, convince, associate, fasten, append, close, wait.
  • explain
    mystify, cloud, tangle, distort, wonder, misrepresent, stagnate, withhold, perplex, be vague.
  • fail
    finish, merit, earn, accomplish, gain, complete, prosper, procure, deliver, do well, ascend, achieve, capture, go up, succeed, obtain, correct.
  • fall
    attain, overthrow, expand, progress, scale, compliment, overcome, climb.
  • inculcate
    learn, neglect.
  • indoctrinate
    forget, leave alone.
  • perish
    revive.
  • raze
    place.
  • resolve
    waver, unsettle, refuse, mull, hesitate, oppose.
  • rot
    purify, moralize, cleanse, upgrade, clean.
  • simplify
    make difficult.
  • spoil
    be indifferent.
  • succumb
    conquer, deny, fight, defend.
  • taint
    beautify, honor, clear, respect, right, bless, esteem, benefit.
  • turn
    make well.
  • wilt
    bloom.
  • Other antonyms:
    conglomerate, coalesce, consolidate.