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.

  •ruin (noun)
  • ruination.
  •ruination (noun)
  • destroyer,
  • wrecker,
  • bane,
  • wreckers,
  • destruction,
  • downfall,
  • undoing.

• v.

  •creation (verb)
  • dilapidate.
  •deface (verb)
  • damage,
  • Misshape,
  • distort,
  • impair,
  • scratch,
  • ruin,
  • injure,
  • disfigure,
  • tarnish,
  • deform,
  • obliterate,
  • sully,
  • trash,
  • spoil,
  • mangle,
  • blemish,
  • contort.
  •demolish (verb)
  • 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.
  •deteriorate (verb)
  • 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.
  •die (verb)
  • 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.
  •disintegrate (verb)
  • 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.
  •dissolve (verb)
  • evanesce,
  • diffuse,
  • dissipate,
  • dwindle,
  • perish,
  • evaporate.
  •do in (verb)
  • execute,
  • wear out,
  • fatigue,
  • bump off,
  • murder,
  • bankrupt,
  • finish,
  • kill,
  • slaughter,
  • weary,
  • knock out,
  • do away with,
  • assassinate,
  • slay,
  • frazzle,
  • eliminate,
  • butcher,
  • cool,
  • dispatch.
  •gut (verb)
  • disembowel,
  • empty,
  • plunder,
  • draw,
  • despoil,
  • ravage,
  • rifle,
  • eviscerate,
  • dress,
  • bowel,
  • sack,
  • pillage.
  •harm (verb)
  • 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.
  •ruin (verb)
  • bust,
  • fleece,
  • reduce,
  • exhaust,
  • deplete,
  • bring down,
  • drain,
  • defile,
  • Depredate,
  • bring to ruin,
  • clean out,
  • spoilate,
  • pauperize,
  • wipe out,
  • make a mess of,
  • use up,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • desecrate,
  • deplore,
  • overwhelm,
  • beggar,
  • impoverish,
  • rape,
  • botch,
  • lay waste,
  • ravish.
  •tear down (verb)
  • disassemble.
  •wreck (verb)
  • beach,
  • disable,
  • bash,
  • capsize,
  • efface,
  • crash,
  • strand,
  • dash,
  • crack up,
  • batter,
  • scuttle,
  • founder,
  • subvert.

• 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.
  •disintegrate
  • falling to pieces,
  • washing out,
  • washed away,
  • coming apart,
  • turned to dust,
  • washes out,
  • washing away,
  • washed out.
  •ruin
  • using up,
  • cleaned out,
  • used up,
  • laid waste,
  • Beggaring,
  • cleaning out,
  • laying waste,
  • lays waste,
  • Beggared,
  • bringing ruin,
  • brought to ruin.

Antonyms for Dilapidate:

• n.

  • ruination
    creation, success, building.

• v.

  • deface
    beautify, adorn, create, fix, build, repair, embellish, aid, ornament, mend, smooth, help, decorate, grow, cure, heal, construct, improve, assist, benefit.
  • demolish
    lose, surrender, rebuild, produce, raise, strengthen, fasten, restore.
  • die
    be born, continue, enlarge, enhance, advance, begin, increase, rise, forge, forward, bear, prolong, extend, develop, live, reach, appear, win, arrive, start, commence, flourish.
  • disintegrate
    collect, meld, unite, couple, connect, put together, attach, gather, combine, join, link.
  • dissolve
    coagulate, unmix, marry, concentrate, integrate, solidify, assemble, resolve.
  • do in
    invent.
  • gut
    protect, fill.
  • harm
    please, approve, care, make happy, yield, respect.
  • pauperize
    inspirit, encourage, expand, give, let go, invigorate.
  • ruin
    praise, sanctify, honor.
  • wreck
    obey, enable.

Homophones for Dilapidate:

• delft, dilapidated, delapidate, dolobid, didelphidae.

Hyponym for Dilapidate:

• v.

  • creation
    destruct, destroy.