What is another word for dilapidate?
419 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_l_ˈa_p_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t], [ dɪlˈapɪdˌe͡ɪt], [ dɪlˈapɪdˌeɪt]Table of Contents
Similar words for dilapidate:- ruination (noun)
- creation (verb)
- deface (verb)
- demolish (verb)
- deteriorate (verb)
- die (verb)
- disintegrate (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- do in (verb)
- gut (verb)
- harm (verb)
- ruin (verb)
- tear down (verb)
- wreck (verb)
- other synonyms
- die
- disintegrate
- ruin
- other relevant words
Definition for Dilapidate:
- di-lap'i-d[= a]t, v.t. to pull stone from stone: to lay waste: to suffer to go to ruin.-- adj. DILAP'IDATED, in ruins.-- ns. DILAPID[= A]' TION, the state of ruin: impairing of church property during an incumbency: ( pl.) money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage, & c. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent; DILAP'IDATOR. [ L. dilapid[= a]re-- di, asunder, lapis, lapidis, a stone.]
Synonyms for Dilapidate:
n.
•ruination (noun)v.
•creation (verb) •deface (verb)- damage,
- Misshape,
- distort,
- impair,
- scratch,
- ruin,
- injure,
- disfigure,
- tarnish,
- deform,
- obliterate,
- sully,
- trash,
- spoil,
- mangle,
- blemish,
- contort.
- decimate,
- put away,
- sink,
- devour,
- devastate,
- wrack,
- crack,
- crush,
- annihilate,
- burst,
- smash,
- flatten,
- pulverize,
- break,
- bulldoze,
- total,
- undo,
- wax,
- dismantle,
- raze,
- level,
- overthrow,
- defeat,
- overturn.
- degenerate,
- moulder,
- revert,
- lapse,
- ebb,
- decline,
- get worse,
- downgrade,
- slump,
- wither,
- deteriorate,
- worsen,
- relapse,
- slip,
- wilt,
- slide,
- go downhill,
- fall apart,
- fade,
- regress,
- atrophy,
- putrefy,
- wane,
- collapse,
- tergiversate,
- retrogress.
- droop,
- diminish,
- melt away,
- end,
- run out,
- weaken,
- fade away,
- rankle,
- lose power,
- moderate,
- let up,
- run down,
- halt,
- fizzle out,
- disappear,
- bate,
- recede,
- wear away,
- run low,
- go bad,
- molder,
- rot,
- fade out,
- pass,
- ease off,
- abate,
- vanish,
- subside,
- fall,
- slacken,
- fail,
- break down,
- retrograde,
- peter out,
- stop,
- expire.
- shatter,
- come apart,
- taint,
- break up,
- disorganize,
- break apart,
- disconnect,
- splinter,
- wash away,
- disband,
- turn to dust,
- wash out,
- separate,
- disunite,
- fall to pieces,
- atomize,
- detach,
- Disimprove,
- disperse,
- decompose,
- Deliquesce,
- sever,
- descend,
- divide,
- turn.
- execute,
- wear out,
- fatigue,
- bump off,
- murder,
- bankrupt,
- finish,
- kill,
- slaughter,
- weary,
- knock out,
- do away with,
- assassinate,
- slay,
- frazzle,
- eliminate,
- butcher,
- cool,
- dispatch.
- hurt,
- wrong,
- bruise,
- tweak,
- sabotage,
- discommode,
- mar,
- maim,
- molest,
- sap,
- outrage,
- get,
- traumatize,
- prejudice,
- inconvenience,
- wing,
- scathe,
- misuse,
- vitiate,
- wound,
- shock,
- stab,
- wrench,
- abuse,
- mess up,
- louse up,
- put down,
- undermine,
- incommode,
- Disserve,
- zing,
- mutilate,
- cripple,
- trample,
- nick.
Other synonyms:
•die- Retrograding,
- fading away,
- going downhill,
- breaking down,
- went downhill,
- ran low,
- running out,
- wearing away,
- petering out,
- lost power,
- wears away,
- fading out,
- retrogrades,
- easing off,
- slackens,
- fades away,
- goes downhill,
- goes bad,
- Retrograded,
- Waned.
- falling to pieces,
- washing out,
- washed away,
- coming apart,
- turned to dust,
- washes out,
- washing away,
- washed out.
- using up,
- cleaned out,
- used up,
- laid waste,
- Beggaring,
- cleaning out,
- laying waste,
- lays waste,
- Beggared,
- bringing ruin,
- brought to ruin.
- consume,
- desert,
- frivol,
- desolation,
- Shend,
- Scath,
- destruction,
- mayhem,
- havoc,
- neglect,
- devastation,
- aggravate,
- crumple,
- carnage,
- demolition,
- waste,
- abandon,
- tatter,
- spend,
- fritter,
- debacle,
- overrun,
- ruination,
- put back,
- bedraggle,
- Draggle,
- exacerbate,
- Labefy,
- embitter,
- pauperize,
- fray,
- emaciate,
- squander,
- pull down,
- wreckage,
- expose,
- batter,
- irritate.
Antonyms for Dilapidate:
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deface
beautify, adorn, create, fix, build, repair, embellish, aid, ornament, mend, smooth, help, decorate, grow, cure, heal, construct, improve, assist, benefit.
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die
be born, continue, enlarge, enhance, advance, begin, increase, rise, forge, forward, bear, prolong, extend, develop, live, reach, appear, win, arrive, start, commence, flourish.
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disintegrate
collect, meld, unite, couple, connect, put together, attach, gather, combine, join, link.
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do in
invent.
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deface
