What is another word for break down?
612 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bɹˈe͡ɪk dˈa͡ʊn], [ bɹˈeɪk dˈaʊn], [ b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k d_ˈaʊ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for break down:- analyse (noun)
- analyze (noun)
- break down (noun)
- conk out (noun)
- crack (noun)
- give out (noun)
- act up (malfunction) (verb)
- anatomize (verb)
- be unsuccessful (verb)
- brainwash (verb)
- break (verb)
- choke up (verb)
- competition (verb)
- crack (verb)
- crumple (verb)
- cry (verb)
- decay (verb)
- decompose (verb)
- die (verb)
- die, decline, decay (verb)
- dismantle (verb)
- disrupt arrangement; make shambles of (verb)
- dissect (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- divide (verb)
- explain, make clear (verb)
- fail (verb)
- fall (verb)
- fall apart; reduce to pieces (verb)
- flatten, knock down; wipe out (verb)
- founder (verb)
- fragmentize (verb)
- freak out (verb)
- implant, infuse information (verb)
- inculcate (verb)
- make clear; give a reason for (verb)
- make up one's mind; find solution (verb)
- miscarry (verb)
- misfire (verb)
- perish (verb)
- putrefy (verb)
- rot (verb)
- separate, disconnect (verb)
- sob (verb)
- spell out (verb)
- spoil (verb)
- succumb (verb)
- turn (verb)
- weep (verb)
- wilt (verb)
- other synonyms
- analyze
- arrange
- carry on
- clear up
- crumple
- cry
- destroy
- die
- disintegrate
- dissect
- fail
- freak out
- miscarry
- resolve
- simplify
- take apart
Synonyms for Break down:
n.
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- falter,
- malfunction,
- cease,
- go down,
- roll up,
- miss,
- flop,
- languish,
- fizzle,
- backfire,
- succumb,
- misfire.
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- clear.
- break,
- collapse,
- give way,
- give out,
- go,
- tumble,
- take apart,
- crumple,
- go bad,
- lose it,
- crumble,
- die,
- crush,
- decompose.
- conk.
- give.
v.
•act up (malfunction) (verb) •anatomize (verb) •be unsuccessful (verb)- fail.
- blow up,
- blow one's mind,
- become deranged,
- go crazy,
- flip,
- become insane,
- bug out,
- yield,
- go bonkers.
- rumple,
- wad,
- ruck,
- buckle,
- scrunch,
- crinkle,
- Crimple,
- Rimple,
- fold,
- pucker,
- crease,
- cave in,
- crimp,
- shrivel,
- screw,
- wrinkle,
- fall.
- 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.
- decompound,
- separate,
- decay,
- fester,
- Putresce,
- taint,
- distill,
- putrefy,
- dissolve,
- atomize,
- break up,
- spoil.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- raze.
- 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.
- impart,
- plant,
- instruct,
- communicate,
- impress,
- drill,
- program,
- drum into,
- hammer into,
- educate,
- inseminate,
- brainwash,
- shape up,
- work over,
- instill.
- 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.
- 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.
- sour,
- ferment,
- dull,
- become rancid,
- acidify.
Other synonyms:
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- deteriorate,
- froth,
- go off,
- draw up.
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- firm.
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- blow.
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- cut.
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- set.
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- turn.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- be vain,
- failed,
- going astray,
- Floundered,
- missed the boat,
- falling short,
- goes wrong,
- going wrong,
- goes astray,
- went astray.
- blowing a gasket,
- lose temper,
- go off deep end,
- going ape,
- blowing one's top,
- going off deep end,
- going berserk.
- 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.
Antonyms for Break down:
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v.
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act up (malfunction)
function properly.
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classify
gather, join, exclude, collect, guess, disintegrate, scatter, maintain, disorganize, estimate, disallow, combine, disarrange, hold, unite, keep, disorder.
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crack
misunderstand, mend, fix, be calm, compose.
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crumple
flatten, smooth, straighten, rise.
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decompose
develop, improve, put together, grow.
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destroy
lose, restore, help, aid, preserve, build, start, save, create, give birth, bear, assist, begin, repair, validate, retain, construct.
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die
continue, enhance, extend, flourish, enlarge, appear, advance, reach, forward, commence, live, arrive, prolong, strengthen, increase, forge, win, be born.
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disorganize
arrange, calm, order, neaten, organize, tidy, systematize, clean up, plan, soothe, clarify, explain, clear up, enlighten.
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explain
mystify, cloud, tangle, distort, wonder, misrepresent, stagnate, withhold, perplex, be vague.
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fail
finish, merit, earn, accomplish, gain, complete, prosper, procure, deliver, do well, ascend, achieve, capture, go up, succeed, obtain, correct.
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indoctrinate
forget, leave alone.
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perish
revive.
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raze
place.
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simplify
make difficult.
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spoil
be indifferent.
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turn
make well.
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wilt
bloom.
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Other antonyms:
conglomerate, coalesce, consolidate.
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act up (malfunction)