What is another word for degeneration?
1147 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪd͡ʒˌɛnəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], [ dɪdʒˌɛnəɹˈeɪʃən], [ d_ɪ_dʒ_ˌɛ_n_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Degeneration is a term used to describe the gradual deterioration of something, whether it be physical, biological, or ethical in nature. There are many synonyms for degeneration, each with their own unique connotations. Some synonyms for degeneration include decay, decline, deterioration, erosion, corruption, and degradation. Decay suggests a gradual loss of vitality or life, while decline implies a gradual weakening or downward trend. Deterioration suggests a decline in quality, while erosion implies a gradual wearing away or destruction. Corruption and degradation both imply a loss of moral or ethical principles. While each synonym emphasizes different aspects of degeneration, they all refer to a gradual decline or decay.
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Similar words for degeneration:
- atrophy (noun)
- corrosion (noun)
- corruption (noun)
- decadence (noun)
- decadency (noun)
- decay (noun)
- decline (noun)
- degeneracy (noun)
- degeneration (noun)
- degradation (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- disintegration (noun)
- downfall (noun)
- ebb (noun)
- entropy (noun)
- improbity (noun)
- lapse (noun)
- process (noun)
- putrefaction (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- vice (noun)
Synonyms for Degeneration:
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- better .
- crumblings ,
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de crease ,
- de creases ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creases ,
- dis integration ,
- dis integrations ,
- dis repair ,
- dis repairs ,
- dis-integration ,
- dis-integrations ,
- dis-repair ,
- dis-repairs ,
- dyings ,
- fadings ,
- perishings ,
- rottings ,
- spoilations ,
- wasting aways ,
- wastings .
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de scent ,
- de scents ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-scent ,
- de-scents ,
- dwindlings ,
- falling offs ,
- on skid ,
- on skids ,
- on the skid ,
- re cession ,
- re cessions ,
- re lapse ,
- re lapses ,
- re-cession ,
- re-cessions ,
- re-lapse ,
- re-lapses ,
- weakenings ,
- worsenings .
- de gradation ,
- de gradations ,
- de motion ,
- de motions ,
- de rogation ,
- de rogations ,
- de-gradation ,
- de-gradations ,
- de-motion ,
- de-motions ,
- de-rogation ,
- de-rogations ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credits ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graces ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honors .
- de luge ,
- de luges ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luges ,
- on rock ,
- on rocks ,
- on the rock ,
- over throw ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throws ,
- rack ruin ,
- road ruin ,
- the skid ,
- un doing ,
- un doings ,
- un-doing ,
- un-doings .
- backflows ,
- fading aways ,
- flaggings ,
- going outs ,
- low waters ,
- outward flows ,
- petering outs ,
- re flux ,
- re fluxes ,
- re treats ,
- re-flux ,
- re-fluxes ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treats ,
- refluences ,
- refluxes ,
- retro cession ,
- retro cessions ,
- retro flux ,
- retro fluxes ,
- retro-cession ,
- retro-cessions ,
- retro-flux ,
- retro-fluxes ,
- retrocessions ,
- retrofluxes .
Other synonyms:
- damage .
- loss .
Other relevant words:
- about turn ,
- accrue ,
- act ,
- action ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- adhd ,
- adjournment ,
- adulteration ,
- advance ,
- aggress ,
- agitate ,
- agitation ,
- allowance ,
- alter ,
- alternate ,
- ameliorate ,
- amend ,
- ancestry ,
- andiron ,
- annihilation ,
- anxious ,
- append ,
- appendage ,
- appointment ,
- approach ,
- arrested development ,
- assail ,
- assault ,
- assortment ,
- atavism ,
- attempt ,
- attention deficit disorder ,
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,
- attenuation ,
- autumn ,
- bacchanal ,
- bacchanalia ,
- backflowing ,
- backsliding ,
- bad ,
- bankrupt ,
- bankruptcy ,
- bawdiness ,
- bead ,
- become ,
- bedlam ,
- bend ,
- berth ,
- best ,
- bestow ,
- betrayal ,
- bettor ,
- bit ,
- black ,
- black eye ,
- blackguard ,
- blast ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- bloomer ,
- blooper ,
- blow ,
- blunder ,
- boner ,
- boo-boo ,
- boob ,
- botch ,
- bounder ,
- bout ,
- breach ,
- break away ,
- break dance ,
- break down ,
- break in ,
- break of serve ,
- break off ,
- break out ,
- break up ,
- break-dance ,
- breakage ,
- breakdown ,
- breaking ,
- breakout ,
- breakup ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring out ,
- budge ,
- bump ,
- buncombe ,
- bungle ,
- bunk ,
- bunkum ,
- burst ,
- bust ,
- cachexia ,
- cachexy ,
- cad ,
- call on ,
- capitulation ,
- careen ,
- carnality ,
- case ,
- cast ,
- cast off ,
- cave in ,
- cavity ,
- celestial latitude ,
- chagrin ,
- change by reversal ,
- change of mind ,
- change over ,
- change state ,
- changeability ,
- changeover ,
- chase ,
- chase after ,
- cheapen ,
- check ,
- chemical compound ,
- chemical decomposition reaction ,
- chemise ,
- clapperclaw ,
- click ,
- cliff ,
- closed-loop system ,
- cognitive operation ,
- cognitive process ,
- colonial ,
- combine ,
- come ,
- come apart ,
- come down ,
- commute ,
- conflict ,
- conk out ,
- contaminant ,
- contemptibility ,
- contortion ,
- contrariness ,
- contribute ,
- contumely ,
- convert ,
- convulsion ,
- correct ,
- corroding ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- crash ,
- crave ,
- crepuscle ,
- crepuscule ,
- criminalism ,
- criminalness ,
- crock up ,
- crook ,
- crumble ,
- crumple ,
- culpability ,
- culpableness ,
- cum ,
- cut down ,
- cutting ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dangle ,
- dapperness ,
- dark ,
- darkness ,
- death ,
- debauch ,
- debauched ,
- debilitative ,
- dec ,
- decent ,
- decline in quality ,
- declivitous ,
- declivity ,
- decompose ,
- decomposition reaction ,
- decrement ,
- decrepitude ,
- deepen ,
- deflection ,
- deflexion ,
- deflower ,
- deform ,
- degraded ,
- demean ,
- demise ,
- demoralisation ,
- demote ,
- dental caries ,
- departure ,
- depression ,
- deprivation ,
- derangement ,
- descend ,
- desert ,
- desolate ,
- despicability ,
- despicableness ,
- despoilation ,
- despoilment ,
- despoliation ,
- destroy ,
- detent ,
- deteriorate ,
- develop ,
- deviance ,
- deviant ,
- deviate ,
- devolve ,
- diarrhoea ,
- die ,
- difference of opinion ,
- digression ,
- dilapidate ,
- diminish ,
- dip ,
- dirty word ,
- disagreement ,
- discharge ,
- disclose ,
- discontinue ,
- discover ,
- discrepancy ,
- disgrace ,
- disintegrate ,
- dislocate ,
- dislodge ,
- dismiss ,
- disparagement ,
- displacement ,
- dispute ,
- disruption ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- dissolving ,
- distortion ,
- divagation ,
- divergency ,
- diverseness ,
- diversionary attack ,
- divulge ,
- dog-iron ,
- domestic dog ,
- dominate ,
- downslope ,
- downswing ,
- downward-sloping ,
- dribble ,
- driblet ,
- drip ,
- drop away ,
- drop cloth ,
- drop curtain ,
- drop down ,
- drop off ,
- drop the ball ,
- drop-off ,
- dross ,
- drunken revelry ,
- dusk ,
- duty period ,
- dwindling away ,
- dégringolade ,
- ebb away ,
- ebb down ,
- ebb off ,
- ebb out ,
- economic consumption ,
- economic crisis ,
- edition ,
- ejaculate ,
- elaborateness ,
- elaboration ,
- elapse ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical switch ,
- eluding ,
- elusion ,
- empty ,
- enervating ,
- enervation ,
- enfeebling ,
- enfolding ,
- engagement ,
- equipment casualty ,
- erosion ,
- err ,
- erupt ,
- evenfall ,
- evilness ,
- exasperate ,
- exchange ,
- excitement ,
- exhaustion ,
- exit ,
- expend ,
- expenditure ,
- expiration ,
- exponentiation ,
- expose ,
- extenuation ,
- extraction ,
- extraordinary ,
- extravagance ,
- fail ,
- fall apart ,
- fall away ,
- fall back ,
- fall down ,
- fall in ,
- fall off ,
- falling out ,
- falloff ,
- fast ,
- fault ,
- faux pas ,
- feebleness ,
- fell ,
- ferment ,
- filiation ,
- filth ,
- fire ,
- firedog ,
- fixation ,
- flack ,
- flak ,
- flatten ,
- flex ,
- flip ,
- flop ,
- flow ,
- flub ,
- fluctuation ,
- flunk ,
- forgoing ,
- form ,
- forsake ,
- forsaking ,
- forswearing ,
- foul-up ,
- foulness ,
- founder ,
- fracture ,
- frailness ,
- frailty ,
- frank ,
- frankfurter ,
- free fall ,
- frump ,
- fuckup ,
- gaffe ,
- gaolbreak ,
- gap ,
- gaucherie ,
- geological fault ,
- germ ,
- get around ,
- get out ,
- get worse ,
- give ,
- give away ,
- give chase ,
- give out ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- glide by ,
- gloaming ,
- go ,
- go after ,
- go against ,
- go along ,
- go bad ,
- go by ,
- go down ,
- going ,
- good luck ,
- good turn ,
- goof ,
- grow ,
- guff ,
- gula ,
- gyration ,
- hang ,
- happy chance ,
- harlotry ,
- harm ,
- hash over ,
- hatefulness ,
- heel ,
- heighten ,
- helplessness ,
- hiatus ,
- high treason ,
- hogwash ,
- hot dog ,
- hotdog ,
- hound ,
- hullabaloo ,
- humiliation ,
- hunger ,
- hurt ,
- hyperkinetic syndrome ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-treatment ,
- ill-usage ,
- ill-use ,
- impairment ,
- impart ,
- improperness ,
- improve ,
- impuissance ,
- impureness ,
- incontinence ,
- indecorum ,
- infantile fixation ,
- infirmity ,
- inflection ,
- information ,
- infract ,
- ingestion ,
- iniquitous ,
- iniquity ,
- insult ,
- intake ,
- intensify ,
- interchange ,
- intermission ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- intonation ,
- intricacy ,
- involvement ,
- jailbreak ,
- jauntiness ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kind ,
- knock off ,
- lapsing ,
- lash out ,
- laying waste ,
- leave out ,
- legal injury ,
- lend ,
- lese majesty ,
- lessen ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- libertine ,
- liberty ,
- light ,
- lightlessness ,
- limiting ,
- line ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- litigate ,
- loathsomeness ,
- looseness of the bowels ,
- loosening ,
- loser ,
- lousiness ,
- lurch ,
- luxate ,
- luxuria ,
- magnetic declination ,
- magnetic variation ,
- making ,
- malefic ,
- malevolent ,
- malign ,
- maltreat ,
- maltreatment ,
- march ,
- mayhem ,
- mbd ,
- meet ,
- meliorate ,
- mental process ,
- minify ,
- minimal brain damage ,
- minimal brain dysfunction ,
- miscellanea ,
- miscellany ,
- mischievousness ,
- miscue ,
- miss ,
- mistake ,
- mistreat ,
- misuse ,
- mixed bag ,
- mixture ,
- moderation ,
- modify ,
- molder ,
- moorage ,
- mooring ,
- mortify ,
- motley ,
- moulder ,
- move around ,
- multifariousness ,
- mutant ,
- mutation ,
- nastiness ,
- nattiness ,
- naughtiness ,
- necrose ,
- necrosis ,
- nefariousness ,
- neglect ,
- nightfall ,
- nonstarter ,
- number ,
- objectionableness ,
- occult ,
- occultation ,
- offend ,
- omit ,
- onrush ,
- onset ,
- onslaught ,
- open ,
- open frame ,
- operation ,
- opprobrium ,
- orgy ,
- origin ,
- outgrowth ,
- over-the-top ,
- overeating ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- override ,
- overrule ,
- overshadow ,
- oversight ,
- overturn ,
- oxidisation ,
- oxidization ,
- palliation ,
- pandemonium ,
- parapraxis ,
- parentage ,
- part ,
- participation ,
- pass ,
- pass up ,
- passage ,
- passing ,
- pause ,
- pawl ,
- pearl ,
- pedigree ,
- perfidy ,
- permutation ,
- persistence ,
- personnel casualty ,
- perversity ,
- pervert ,
- phthisis ,
- pillow slip ,
- pillowcase ,
- pin ,
- pitch ,
- pitch blackness ,
- pitch contour ,
- plan of attack ,
- play ,
- plough ,
- plow ,
- policy change ,
- pollution ,
- potpourri ,
- precipitate ,
- precipitation ,
- pretermit ,
- price ,
- prison-breaking ,
- prisonbreak ,
- procedure ,
- prodigality ,
- profligate ,
- prostration ,
- pruriency ,
- pulmonary tuberculosis ,
- punter ,
- put down ,
- qualifying ,
- radioactive decay ,
- randomness ,
- readjustment ,
- reasoning backward ,
- rebirth ,
- recess ,
- recidivate ,
- reclaim ,
- reclamation ,
- recreation ,
- recrudesce ,
- rectify ,
- red ,
- red ink ,
- reduction ,
- refilling ,
- refuse ,
- regenerate ,
- regeneration ,
- registration ,
- regression toward the mean ,
- regrets ,
- rehabilitation ,
- rehash ,
- reject ,
- relapsing ,
- relaxation ,
- release ,
- relegate ,
- remainder ,
- remake ,
- remission ,
- remittal ,
- renouncement ,
- replacement ,
- replenishment ,
- reposition ,
- reprieve ,
- repudiation ,
- repulsiveness ,
- reservation ,
- respite ,
- resurgence ,
- retral ,
- retreat ,
- retroflection ,
- retroflexion ,
- retrogressive ,
- retrovert ,
- return ,
- reveal ,
- reverse ,
- revert ,
- reverting ,
- revilement ,
- revision ,
- revitalisation ,
- revitalization ,
- revival meeting ,
- rick ,
- rift ,
- riot ,
- riotous ,
- rotation ,
- round ,
- routine ,
- ruination ,
- ruining ,
- rupture ,
- sack ,
- salacity ,
- salmagundi ,
- saturnalia ,
- scathe ,
- see the light ,
- seeded player ,
- selective information ,
- self-gratification ,
- semen ,
- seminal fluid ,
- send away ,
- send packing ,
- sensualism ,
- sensualness ,
- separate ,
- serve ,
- set down ,
- set on ,
- setback ,
- settle ,
- settling ,
- severance ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- sexual perversion ,
- shake off ,
- sharecrop farmer ,
- sharecropper ,
- shed ,
- shift key ,
- shifting ,
- shimmy ,
- shine ,
- shout ,
- sideslip ,
- simple regression ,
- sine ,
- sinful ,
- sink ,
- sinking feeling ,
- sinning ,
- skid ,
- slack ,
- sleeping around ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- slickness ,
- slide ,
- slide by ,
- slide down ,
- sliminess ,
- slip away ,
- slip by ,
- slip of paper ,
- slip one's mind ,
- slip-up ,
- slipperiness ,
- slouch ,
- slough ,
- slue ,
- smash ,
- smorgasbord ,
- smut ,
- smuttiness ,
- snap off ,
- sneak ,
- snipe ,
- soften ,
- solecism ,
- sordidness ,
- sort ,
- sour ,
- source ,
- sow ,
- spell ,
- spend ,
- sphacelate ,
- sphacelus ,
- spill ,
- spiritual rebirth ,
- splay ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- spoil ,
- spoiling ,
- spoliation ,
- sport ,
- sprain ,
- starve ,
- statistical regression ,
- steal ,
- stemma ,
- step ,
- step-down ,
- stir ,
- stock ,
- stop ,
- straighten out ,
- strike ,
- strike down ,
- strip ,
- subsiding ,
- substitution ,
- subversion ,
- subversiveness ,
- subvert ,
- sue ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summate ,
- summons ,
- supply ,
- surrender ,
- suspension ,
- swap ,
- swear out ,
- swing ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swop ,
- tack ,
- tag ,
- tail ,
- taint ,
- take down ,
- tally ,
- tapering ,
- teddy ,
- tergiversation ,
- terms ,
- thirst ,
- thong ,
- throw ,
- throw away ,
- throw off ,
- throwback ,
- tilt ,
- time out ,
- tone-beginning ,
- tooth decay ,
- topsy-turvydom ,
- topsy-turvyness ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- total ,
- total darkness ,
- tote up ,
- tour ,
- track ,
- trade ,
- trail ,
- traitorousness ,
- transfer ,
- transgress ,
- transgression ,
- translation ,
- transposition ,
- transubstantiation ,
- treachery ,
- treat ,
- trespass ,
- trip ,
- try-on ,
- trying on ,
- tumble ,
- turbulence ,
- turmoil ,
- turn around ,
- turn back ,
- turn down ,
- turn of events ,
- turn over ,
- turnaround ,
- turning ,
- twilight ,
- twist ,
- ugliness ,
- uncleanness ,
- unconscious process ,
- unconstraint ,
- uncover ,
- ungodly ,
- unholy ,
- unload ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- unwrap ,
- uplift ,
- upset ,
- uptake ,
- upthrow ,
- upthrust ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- use of goods and services ,
- using up ,
- vacate ,
- variance ,
- variant ,
- variegation ,
- variety show ,
- vary ,
- vector decomposition ,
- version ,
- vicious ,
- vilification ,
- villainy ,
- violate ,
- volte-face ,
- vulgarism ,
- wagerer ,
- waste ,
- wastefulness ,
- wasting disease ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- wear and tear ,
- wear out ,
- weenie ,
- white plague ,
- whoredom ,
- wicked ,
- wiener ,
- wienerwurst ,
- wildness ,
- withering ,
- wobble ,
- work ,
- work on ,
- work shift ,
- worsen ,
- wrecking ,
- wrench ,
- wrick ,
- wrong ,
- yield .
- Downs ,
- Gangrenes ,
- Improbity ,
- Lubricity ,
- Recidivation ,
- Refluence ,
- Retrocession ,
- atrophy ,
- backflow ,
- caries ,
- corruption ,
- cropper ,
- croppers ,
- decadence ,
- decay ,
- decline ,
- downfall ,
- downgradings ,
- ebb ,
- ebbings ,
- fading away ,
- failings ,
- gangrene ,
- immorality ,
- infamy ,
- lapse ,
- looseness ,
- low tide ,
- low water ,
- lubricities ,
- on the rocks ,
- on the skids ,
- outward flow ,
- petering out ,
- pratfall ,
- pratfalls ,
- putrefaction ,
- putrescence ,
- putridities ,
- putridity ,
- putridness ,
- recidivism ,
- reflux ,
- relapse ,
- retroflux ,
- road to ruin ,
- rottenness ,
- rotting ,
- sinfulness ,
- sinkings ,
- slackening ,
- spoilage ,
- spoilation ,
- the skids ,
- villainousness ,
- waning ,
- wasting away ,
- witherings .
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How to use "Degeneration" in context?
As we age, our cells become less effective at repairing and regenerating themselves. This process is called degeneration. As the cells deteriorate, they can no longer perform their normal functions. This can lead to health problems such as arthritis, cancer, and even memory loss. However, there are ways to prevent or slow down degeneration. Some of the most important ways involve getting enough exercise, having healthy eating habits, and avoiding exposure to harmful chemicals and UV light.
Paraphrases for Degeneration:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
degeneracy, deterioration.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
degradation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
aggravation, corruption, degenerative, exacerbation, illness, impairment.
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Hyponym for Degeneration:
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process
physical process, process.
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