Synonyms for Break down:

• n.

  •
  • falter,
  • malfunction,
  • cease,
  • go down,
  • roll up,
  • miss,
  • flop,
  • languish,
  • fizzle,
  • backfire,
  • succumb,
  • misfire.
  •
  • burn out,
  • shut off.
  •
  • HIT,
  • thump,
  • punch,
  • batter,
  • bang,
  • knock.
  •
  • burst out,
  • dissolve into,
  • howl,
  • wail,
  • choke up,
  • weep,
  • cry/sob your heart out.
  •
  • clear.
  •analyse (noun)
  • analyse.
  •analyze (noun)
  • analyze.
  •break down (noun)
  • break,
  • collapse,
  • give way,
  • give out,
  • go,
  • tumble,
  • take apart,
  • crumple,
  • go bad,
  • lose it,
  • crumble,
  • die,
  • crush,
  • decompose.
  •conk out (noun)
  • conk.
  •crack (noun)
  • crack.
  •give out (noun)
  • give.

• v.

  •act up (malfunction) (verb)
  • conk out,
  • function go on the blink,
  • jam,
  • stall,
  • improperly,
  • stop running,
  • not work.
  •anatomize (verb)
  • lay bare,
  • evaluate,
  • think through.
  •be unsuccessful (verb)
  • fail.
  •brainwash (verb)
  • indoctrinate.
  •break (verb)
  • fragmentize.
  •choke up (verb)
  • become speechless.
  •competition (verb)
  • break down.
  •crack (verb)
  • blow up,
  • blow one's mind,
  • become deranged,
  • go crazy,
  • flip,
  • become insane,
  • bug out,
  • yield,
  • go bonkers.
  •crumple (verb)
  • rumple,
  • wad,
  • ruck,
  • buckle,
  • scrunch,
  • crinkle,
  • Crimple,
  • Rimple,
  • fold,
  • pucker,
  • crease,
  • cave in,
  • crimp,
  • shrivel,
  • screw,
  • wrinkle,
  • fall.
  •cry (verb)
  • sigh,
  • sorrow,
  • mewl,
  • bawl,
  • snivel,
  • caterwaul,
  • bemoan,
  • whine,
  • yowl,
  • yammer,
  • shed tears,
  • moan,
  • regret,
  • bewail,
  • keen,
  • sob,
  • fret,
  • blub,
  • lament,
  • sniff,
  • dissolve in tears,
  • squall,
  • whimper,
  • groan,
  • Boohoo,
  • mourn,
  • blubber,
  • crack up,
  • ring the blues,
  • shed bitter tears,
  • burst into tears,
  • complain,
  • deplore,
  • let go,
  • let it all out,
  • grieve,
  • turn on waterworks,
  • put on the weeps.
  •decay (verb)
  • molder.
  •decompose (verb)
  • decompound,
  • separate,
  • decay,
  • fester,
  • Putresce,
  • taint,
  • distill,
  • putrefy,
  • dissolve,
  • atomize,
  • break up,
  • spoil.
  •die (verb)
  • pass,
  • recede,
  • fizzle out,
  • abate,
  • rankle,
  • diminish,
  • bate,
  • run out,
  • stop,
  • slacken,
  • weaken,
  • halt,
  • moderate,
  • decline,
  • fade,
  • wane,
  • ease off,
  • degenerate,
  • fade away,
  • peter out,
  • wilt,
  • retrograde,
  • run low,
  • expire,
  • subside,
  • lapse,
  • dilapidate,
  • wear away,
  • go downhill,
  • melt away,
  • vanish,
  • disappear,
  • droop,
  • fade out,
  • run down,
  • ebb,
  • lose power,
  • let up.
  •die, decline, decay (verb)
  • perish.
  •dismantle (verb)
  • disassemble,
  • fell,
  • take down,
  • bankrupt,
  • Unrig,
  • pull down,
  • denudate,
  • divest,
  • part out,
  • disrobe,
  • dismember,
  • bare,
  • denude,
  • subvert,
  • deprive,
  • demolish,
  • wrack,
  • knock down,
  • take to pieces,
  • dismount,
  • strike,
  • decimate.
  •disrupt arrangement; make shambles of (verb)
  • disorganize.
  •dissect (verb)
  • examine,
  • study,
  • inspect,
  • investigate,
  • explore,
  • scrutinize,
  • inquire about.
  •dissolve (verb)
  • diffuse,
  • unmake,
  • evanesce,
  • waste away,
  • break into pieces,
  • dwindle,
  • evaporate,
  • dissipate.
  •divide (verb)
  • dissociate,
  • carve,
  • dissever,
  • chop,
  • divorce,
  • quarter,
  • cross,
  • tear,
  • rend,
  • cut up,
  • segment,
  • bisect,
  • rupture,
  • section,
  • disjoin,
  • split,
  • Abscind,
  • halve,
  • pull away,
  • cleave,
  • partition,
  • dichotomize,
  • subdivide,
  • unbind,
  • isolate,
  • shear,
  • sunder,
  • demarcate,
  • disengage,
  • loose,
  • part.
  •explain, make clear (verb)
  • clarify.
  •fail (verb)
  • slip,
  • blunder,
  • run aground,
  • fall flat,
  • lose out,
  • hit bottom,
  • fall through,
  • lose status,
  • back wrong horse,
  • turn out badly,
  • be in vain,
  • backslide,
  • be demoted,
  • be found lacking,
  • miscarry,
  • go down swinging,
  • play into,
  • be defeated,
  • meet with disaster,
  • fall short,
  • go up in smoke,
  • founder,
  • hit the skids,
  • miss the boat,
  • go astray,
  • be ruined,
  • lose control,
  • flounder,
  • go wrong,
  • come to naught,
  • come to nothing.
  •fall (verb)
  • fold up,
  • relapse,
  • slump,
  • trip,
  • totter,
  • drop down,
  • topple,
  • ease,
  • take a header,
  • gravitate,
  • keel over,
  • nose-dive,
  • decrease,
  • be precipitated,
  • land,
  • slope,
  • tip over,
  • crash,
  • hit the dirt,
  • drag,
  • plummet,
  • regress,
  • depreciate,
  • spin,
  • dive,
  • lessen,
  • trail,
  • plunge,
  • flag,
  • cascade,
  • pitch,
  • stumble,
  • dip.
  •fall apart; reduce to pieces (verb)
  • disintegrate.
  •flatten, knock down; wipe out (verb)
  • raze.
  •founder (verb)
  • lurch,
  • be lost,
  • submerge,
  • go lame,
  • go to bottom,
  • stagger,
  • submerse,
  • sprawl.
  •fragmentize (verb)
  • fragment,
  • split up.
  •freak out (verb)
  • go ballistic,
  • flip one's lid,
  • hit the ceiling,
  • go haywire,
  • freak out,
  • go off the deep end,
  • go berserk,
  • come unglued,
  • lose one's cool,
  • work oneself up,
  • lose one's mind,
  • go ape,
  • blow one's top,
  • lose control of oneself,
  • blow a gasket,
  • wig out,
  • fly off the handle,
  • lose one's composure,
  • go bananas,
  • flip out,
  • blow one's stack,
  • go nuts,
  • lose one's temper.
  •implant, infuse information (verb)
  • inculcate.
  •inculcate (verb)
  • impart,
  • plant,
  • instruct,
  • communicate,
  • impress,
  • drill,
  • program,
  • drum into,
  • hammer into,
  • educate,
  • inseminate,
  • brainwash,
  • shape up,
  • work over,
  • instill.
  •make clear; give a reason for (verb)
  • explain.
  •make up one's mind; find solution (verb)
  • resolve.
  •miscarry (verb)
  • miss fire,
  • miss the mark.
  •misfire (verb)
  • poop out,
  • explode,
  • fizz out.
  •perish (verb)
  • pass away,
  • be destroyed,
  • kick the bucket,
  • buy the farm,
  • pass on,
  • decease,
  • lose life,
  • give up the ghost,
  • depart,
  • go under,
  • corrupt,
  • check out,
  • croak,
  • bite the dust,
  • od,
  • be killed,
  • demise.
  •putrefy (verb)
  • stink.
  •rot (verb)
  • debase,
  • stain,
  • deprave,
  • warp,
  • go to pot,
  • demoralize,
  • pervert,
  • debauch.
  •separate, disconnect (verb)
  • divide.
  •sob (verb)
  • cry convulsively,
  • cry a river,
  • cry eyes out.
  •spell out (verb)
  • brief,
  • draw a map,
  • fill someone in,
  • clue in.
  •spoil (verb)
  • become tainted,
  • mildew,
  • curdle,
  • become useless,
  • addle.
  •succumb (verb)
  • flake out,
  • fall victim to,
  • knuckle,
  • cave,
  • eat crow,
  • pack it in,
  • capitulate,
  • quit,
  • give in,
  • drop,
  • take the count,
  • meet waterloo,
  • knuckle under,
  • defer,
  • show white flag,
  • accede,
  • throw in the towel,
  • give in to,
  • submit,
  • bow.
  •turn (verb)
  • sour,
  • ferment,
  • dull,
  • become rancid,
  • acidify.
  •weep (verb)
  • ululate,
  • drip,
  • let it out.
  •wilt (verb)
  • become limp,
  • wizen,
  • mummify,
  • faint,
  • dry up,
  • melt.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • boil,
  • pulp,
  • gel,
  • intersect,
  • destroy,
  • petrify,
  • shatter.
  •
  • deteriorate,
  • froth,
  • go off,
  • draw up.
  •
  • flat,
  • freeze.
  •
  • branch,
  • strip,
  • undo,
  • dry.
  •
  • firm.
  •
  • back up,
  • thin.
  •
  • blow.
  •
  • sink,
  • wash.
  •
  • cut.
  •
  • set.
  •
  • turn.
  •analyze
  • anatomize,
  • dissect.
  •arrange
  • classify.
  •carry on
  • act up.
  •clear up
  • simplify.
  •crumple
  • wadding,
  • caving in,
  • Rucking,
  • Crimpling,
  • Rucked,
  • wadded,
  • caves in.
  •cry
  • Regretted,
  • keens,
  • blubs,
  • let out,
  • letting out,
  • keening,
  • Mewled,
  • keened,
  • sheds tears,
  • lets go,
  • Squalled,
  • squalling,
  • Mewling,
  • blubbing,
  • Moaned,
  • Boohooing,
  • dissolved in tears,
  • shedding tears,
  • mewls,
  • letting go,
  • blubbed,
  • Boohooed.
  •destroy
  • Torpedoes,
  • lay waste,
  • lays waste,
  • axe,
  • torpedoed,
  • laid waste,
  • ravaged,
  • Creaming,
  • swallowing up,
  • Creamed,
  • Trashed,
  • blotted out,
  • swallow up,
  • exterminates,
  • torpedo,
  • liquidate,
  • torpedoing,
  • over turn,
  • blotting out,
  • blot out,
  • torn down,
  • laying waste.
  •die
  • went downhill,
  • easing off,
  • goes bad,
  • ran low,
  • dilapidates,
  • lost power,
  • wearing away,
  • going downhill,
  • petering out,
  • Dilapidating,
  • wears away,
  • running out,
  • fading away,
  • Waned,
  • slackens,
  • Retrograding,
  • goes downhill,
  • fading out,
  • retrogrades,
  • Retrograded,
  • fades away.
  •disintegrate
  • wash out,
  • washes out,
  • break apart,
  • washing away,
  • washed away,
  • washing out,
  • coming apart,
  • come apart,
  • Disimprove,
  • fall apart,
  • turned to dust,
  • taking apart,
  • turn to dust,
  • washed out,
  • took apart,
  • wash away.
  •dissect
  • pick apart.
  •fail
  • be vain,
  • failed,
  • going astray,
  • Floundered,
  • missed the boat,
  • falling short,
  • goes wrong,
  • going wrong,
  • goes astray,
  • went astray.
  •freak out
  • blowing a gasket,
  • lose temper,
  • go off deep end,
  • going ape,
  • blowing one's top,
  • going off deep end,
  • going berserk.
  •miscarry
  • missed the mark.
  •resolve
  • pass upon,
  • make a point of,
  • take a stand,
  • work through,
  • remain firm,
  • deal with.
  •simplify
  • put in a nutshell,
  • clean it up,
  • get to the meat,
  • cleaned up,
  • let sunlight in,
  • cut the frills,
  • unscrambles,
  • break it down,
  • streamlining,
  • boils down,
  • cleans up,
  • get down to basics,
  • boil down,
  • unscramble,
  • streamlines,
  • hit the high spots,
  • let daylight in,
  • put one straight,
  • unscrambling,
  • get to meat,
  • unscrambled,
  • put in nutshell,
  • put straight,
  • streamline.
  •take apart
  • dismantle.

Antonyms for Break down:

• 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.

Hyponym for Break down:

• v.

  • competition
    change, alter, modify.
  • contact
    break, bust.