What is another word for breaking down?
538 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bɹˈe͡ɪkɪŋ dˈa͡ʊn], [ bɹˈeɪkɪŋ dˈaʊn], [ b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ d_ˈaʊ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for breaking down:- decaying (adjective)
- division (noun)
- severance (noun)
- act up (malfunction) (verb)
- anatomize (verb)
- choke up (verb)
- crack (verb)
- crumple (verb)
- cry (verb)
- decompose (verb)
- die (verb)
- dismantle (verb)
- dissect (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- divide (verb)
- fail (verb)
- fall (verb)
- founder (verb)
- fragmentize (verb)
- freak out (verb)
- inculcate (verb)
- miscarry (verb)
- misfire (verb)
- perish (verb)
- putrefy (verb)
- rot (verb)
- sob (verb)
- spell out (verb)
- spoil (verb)
- succumb (verb)
- turn (verb)
- weep (verb)
- wilt (verb)
- other synonyms
- disintegrate
- resolve
- simplify
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Breaking down:
adj.
•decaying (adjective)n.
•division (noun)- distribution,
- reduction,
- subdivision,
- breaking,
- splitting up,
- dissolution,
- distinguishing,
- detachment,
- disjuncture,
- dividing,
- autopsy,
- selection,
- Disuniting,
- apportionment,
- divorce,
- partition,
- Disseverance,
- rending,
- cutting up,
- contrasting,
- diagnosis,
- breaking up,
- analysis,
- Detaching,
- disunion,
- rupture,
- carving,
- parting,
- demarcation.
v.
•act up (malfunction) (verb) •anatomize (verb) •choke up (verb) •crack (verb)- collapse,
- go crazy,
- succumb,
- bug out,
- go bonkers,
- blow one's mind,
- give way,
- become insane,
- yield,
- flip,
- blow up,
- become deranged,
- lose it.
- crimp,
- rumple,
- wad,
- fold,
- Crimple,
- shrivel,
- fall,
- ruck,
- crease,
- crinkle,
- screw,
- wrinkle,
- buckle,
- Rimple,
- scrunch,
- cave in,
- pucker,
- crush.
- blubber,
- squall,
- mewl,
- deplore,
- burst into tears,
- lament,
- keen,
- howl,
- whine,
- Boohoo,
- bawl,
- mourn,
- bemoan,
- fret,
- let go,
- shed tears,
- ring the blues,
- snivel,
- put on the weeps,
- yammer,
- caterwaul,
- weep,
- let it all out,
- wail,
- grieve,
- yowl,
- turn on waterworks,
- crack up,
- regret,
- groan,
- dissolve in tears,
- blub,
- moan,
- whimper,
- sniff,
- sorrow,
- sigh,
- complain,
- shed bitter tears,
- sob,
- choke up,
- bewail.
- distill,
- anatomize,
- turn,
- taint,
- fester,
- putrefy,
- separate,
- break up,
- crumble,
- dissolve,
- atomize,
- spoil,
- Putresce,
- decompound,
- dissect,
- molder,
- decay.
- halt,
- bate,
- ease off,
- fade away,
- ebb,
- go downhill,
- peter out,
- rot,
- wear away,
- melt away,
- fade out,
- go bad,
- pass,
- weaken,
- fail,
- dilapidate,
- run low,
- moderate,
- run down,
- diminish,
- vanish,
- wilt,
- slacken,
- run out,
- fizzle out,
- expire,
- degenerate,
- deteriorate,
- decline,
- sink,
- lose power,
- lapse,
- subside,
- fade,
- let up,
- disappear,
- retrograde,
- droop,
- wane,
- abate,
- stop,
- recede,
- rankle.
- dismount,
- strip,
- destroy,
- divest,
- undo,
- pull down,
- take to pieces,
- fell,
- take down,
- denudate,
- wrack,
- bare,
- subvert,
- bankrupt,
- knock down,
- part out,
- strike,
- disassemble,
- denude,
- demolish,
- decimate,
- Unrig,
- disrobe,
- dismember,
- deprive.
- dissociate,
- halve,
- cross,
- subdivide,
- intersect,
- dissever,
- part,
- quarter,
- branch,
- unbind,
- shear,
- rend,
- sunder,
- section,
- cut up,
- segment,
- tear,
- chop,
- disengage,
- Abscind,
- demarcate,
- carve,
- cleave,
- disjoin,
- pull away,
- dichotomize,
- loose,
- bisect,
- cut,
- isolate.
- slip,
- flounder,
- go wrong,
- miscarry,
- meet with disaster,
- go astray,
- blunder,
- be defeated,
- be in vain,
- go down swinging,
- be ruined,
- lose out,
- founder,
- fizzle,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- be found lacking,
- be demoted,
- fall through,
- lose status,
- miss,
- go up in smoke,
- fall flat,
- miss the boat,
- flop,
- run aground,
- fall short,
- hit the skids,
- hit bottom,
- back wrong horse,
- turn out badly,
- backslide,
- lose control,
- go down,
- play into.
- take a header,
- fold up,
- dip,
- depreciate,
- drop down,
- keel over,
- lessen,
- drag,
- pitch,
- spin,
- hit the dirt,
- gravitate,
- crash,
- cascade,
- plunge,
- be precipitated,
- flag,
- topple,
- tip over,
- plummet,
- trail,
- trip,
- slump,
- tumble,
- slope,
- stumble,
- nose-dive,
- regress,
- totter,
- dive,
- decrease,
- ease,
- relapse,
- land.
- fly off the handle,
- lose control of oneself,
- lose one's cool,
- lose one's temper,
- flip out,
- hit the ceiling,
- go nuts,
- go berserk,
- freak out,
- go off the deep end,
- lose one's mind,
- go ballistic,
- blow one's top,
- go bananas,
- wig out,
- flip one's lid,
- go ape,
- go haywire,
- come unglued,
- work oneself up,
- blow one's stack,
- blow a gasket,
- lose one's composure.
- indoctrinate,
- brainwash,
- communicate,
- drum into,
- inseminate,
- instill,
- hammer into,
- drill,
- impress,
- impart,
- shape up,
- work over,
- plant,
- educate,
- program,
- instruct.
- go,
- depart,
- croak,
- cease,
- corrupt,
- go under,
- lose life,
- check out,
- demise,
- decease,
- bite the dust,
- be killed,
- buy the farm,
- pass away,
- od,
- give up the ghost,
- be destroyed,
- pass on,
- kick the bucket.
- knuckle,
- throw in the towel,
- pack it in,
- knuckle under,
- meet waterloo,
- capitulate,
- give out,
- cave,
- quit,
- bow,
- fall victim to,
- give in,
- eat crow,
- give in to,
- submit,
- flake out,
- defer,
- show white flag,
- take the count,
- drop.
- ferment,
- acidify,
- sour,
- become rancid,
- dull.
Other synonyms:
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- crumbly.
- disunite,
- wash out,
- wither,
- wash away,
- descend,
- sever,
- come apart,
- disorganize,
- pulverize,
- worsen,
- Deliquesce,
- disperse,
- detach,
- disconnect,
- disband,
- take apart,
- break apart,
- Disimprove,
- splinter,
- turn to dust,
- decompose.
Antonyms for Breaking down:
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n.
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division
juncture, unison, combination, unification, unity, accord, whole, attachment, union, system, agreement, connection.
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division
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v.
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act up (malfunction)
function properly.
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classify
estimate, collect, maintain, keep, exclude, guess, hold, unite, disallow, disorganize, combine, join, scatter, disintegrate, disorder, gather, disarrange.
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crack
mend, compose, misunderstand, be calm, fix.
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crumple
rise, straighten, smooth, flatten.
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decompose
grow, put together, improve, develop.
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destroy
give birth, aid, save, retain, help, preserve, repair, validate, bear, create, assist, restore, start, build, construct, lose, begin.
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die
be born, forge, live, enlarge, strengthen, increase, enhance, flourish, arrive, commence, win, prolong, advance, reach, forward, appear, extend, continue.
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disorganize
explain, plan, systematize, organize, clear up, neaten, soothe, clarify, order, calm, clean up, tidy, arrange, enlighten.
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explain
perplex, withhold, distort, wonder, misrepresent, cloud, stagnate, tangle, mystify, be vague.
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fail
do well, accomplish, procure, obtain, earn, gain, go up, succeed, ascend, deliver, achieve, merit, prosper, complete, correct, finish, capture.
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indoctrinate
leave alone, forget.
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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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act up (malfunction)