What is another word for tear down?
1125 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈi͡ə dˈa͡ʊn], [ tˈiə dˈaʊn], [ t_ˈiə d_ˈaʊ_n]
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Similar words for tear down:
- asperse (verb)
- bad-mouth (verb)
- belittle (verb)
- degrade (verb)
- demolish (verb)
- demolish, raze (verb)
- denigrate (verb)
- destroy (verb)
- diminish (verb)
- discredit (verb)
- dismantle (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- humiliate (verb)
- level (verb)
- libel (verb)
- malign (verb)
- pull down (verb)
- raze (verb)
- refute (verb)
- slander (verb)
- slur (verb)
- smash (verb)
- vilify (verb)
- other synonyms
- asperse
- destroy
- detract
- diminish
- disprove
- other relevant words
- slander
- slur
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Tear down:
n.
v.
• asperse (verb) • bad-mouth (verb)- found fault,
- take dig at,
- dumping on,
- taking down a peg,
- takes down peg,
- cuts down to size,
- torn pieces,
- bad mouth,
- dumps on,
- taking down peg,
- finding fault,
- tears to pieces,
- tear pieces,
- cutting down size,
- took down peg,
- mudslings,
- cut down size,
- taking dig at,
- tare pieces,
- tearing pieces,
- takes dig at,
- mudslinged,
- taking a dig at,
- cutting down to size,
- tore to pieces,
- tare to pieces,
- dissed,
- took dig at,
- took down a peg,
- takes a dig at,
- cuts down size,
- tore pieces,
- tears pieces,
- finds fault,
- take down peg,
- takes down a peg,
- took a dig at,
- disses,
- tearing to pieces.
- de-rides,
- shot full of holes,
- dis-counts,
- scoffing at,
- de cries,
- under-estimating,
- dis-counted,
- cuts to the quick,
- dis praised,
- shoot full holes,
- under-rating,
- dis-praised,
- cutting to quick,
- cuts the quick,
- under estimates,
- be littles,
- shoots full holes,
- shooting full holes,
- cut quick,
- de-ride,
- under estimated,
- cuts to quick,
- under-rates,
- under rated,
- de riding,
- dis counted,
- shoots full of holes,
- shot full holes,
- de crying,
- took swipe at,
- under valuing,
- shooting down,
- sneered at,
- cuts quick,
- poor mouths,
- de-cry,
- dis-counting,
- soured grapes,
- scoffs at,
- poor mouthing,
- sneers at,
- de-crying,
- shooting full of holes,
- dis praising,
- taking swipe at,
- de-cries,
- cut to quick,
- dis counts,
- takes a swipe at,
- be-littles,
- shoots down,
- de-riding,
- under estimate,
- poor mouthed,
- under-estimated,
- dis-praising,
- under-values,
- souring grapes,
- dis praises,
- under-estimate,
- sours grapes,
- under values,
- de-cried,
- took a swipe at,
- under-rate,
- de ride,
- under estimating,
- under rate,
- cutting the quick,
- dis-praises,
- under rating,
- taking a swipe at,
- dis praise,
- under rates,
- takes swipe at,
- sneering at,
- cut the quick,
- cutting to the quick,
- under-rated,
- be-little,
- under-valuing,
- under-valued,
- dis-praise,
- under value,
- de cried,
- cutting quick,
- de cry,
- under-value,
- de rides,
- dis counting,
- under valued.
- de mean,
- de-mote,
- de-base,
- de-generated,
- de classed,
- dis-gracing,
- de tract,
- bemeans,
- de pose,
- de-generating,
- dis-honors,
- de-basing,
- de based,
- be-means,
- dis gracing,
- Declassing,
- de-mean,
- de-graded,
- be meaning,
- de grading,
- dis graces,
- bemeaning,
- dis-honoring,
- dis honoring,
- de generates,
- de means,
- de-meaning,
- de-means,
- de classing,
- dis grace,
- dis-grace,
- de-grade,
- de-motes,
- be-meaning,
- de-generate,
- de graded,
- de tracts,
- de-posed,
- de-generates,
- de-classing,
- de-pose,
- de grades,
- de-grades,
- de posing,
- dis barring,
- de grade,
- be-mean,
- de motes,
- de-tracts,
- be mean,
- de-grading,
- de meaning,
- dis graced,
- de-classes,
- dis-graces,
- de-classed,
- re-duce,
- de-posing,
- de posed,
- dis-graced,
- de-tract,
- dis-bars,
- de generating,
- dis bars,
- dis-honor,
- de generate,
- dis honor,
- dis honored,
- de base,
- de-class,
- dis-bar,
- dis barred,
- de moting,
- dis honors,
- dis bar,
- de-moting,
- be means,
- de basing,
- dis-honored,
- declasses,
- re-duces,
- re duces,
- de-based,
- dis-barred,
- de class,
- casts down,
- de classes,
- re duce,
- de generated,
- de mote,
- dis-barring.
- over turns,
- de feat,
- un did,
- over throw,
- un done,
- un-did,
- over throwing,
- putting in toilet,
- wiping off map,
- un does,
- putting toilet,
- over-turns,
- over-threw,
- de-feats,
- wiping map,
- put toilet,
- over-throws,
- gobbles up,
- over threw,
- wiped map,
- wipe map,
- wipes off map,
- over throws,
- de feats,
- wiped off map,
- puts in toilet,
- over thrown,
- over-thrown,
- over-turn,
- un-does,
- over-throwing,
- over-turning,
- takes apart,
- de-feat,
- gobbling up,
- wipes map,
- un-doing,
- un doing,
- over turning,
- over-throw,
- puts toilet.
- obliterate,
- ruin,
- crush,
- annihilate,
- dismantle,
- total,
- pulverize,
- flatten,
- devour,
- devastate,
- disassemble,
- wipe off the map,
- trash,
- decimate,
- wreck,
- bulldoze.
- de-fames,
- be-smirched,
- be smirches,
- de-fame,
- de fames,
- de-famed,
- de fame,
- de famed,
- re vile,
- rips up,
- be-smirches,
- gives black eye,
- giving black eye,
- ripped up,
- de faming,
- be smirch,
- be-smirch,
- be smirching,
- re-vile,
- de-faming,
- be smirched,
- be-smirching,
- gave black eye,
- ripping up.
- atomize,
- lay waste,
- extirpate,
- abolish,
- desolate,
- rip to shreds,
- vaporize,
- eradicate,
- disintegrate,
- exterminate.
- knock high horse,
- de-valued,
- de values,
- gives comeuppance,
- detracts from,
- giving comeuppance,
- detracted from,
- detracting from,
- knocks high horse,
- poormouths,
- de-values,
- knocking high horse,
- knocking off high horse,
- poormouthed,
- gave comeuppance,
- de value,
- de-value,
- de valuing,
- knocks off high horse,
- knocked high horse,
- de valued,
- de-valuing,
- knocked off high horse,
- poormouthing.
- dis-favoring,
- dis-considered,
- dis esteems,
- dis considering,
- dis-esteemed,
- dis-considering,
- bring naught,
- dis credited,
- ex-pose,
- brought naught,
- dis considered,
- knocks bottom out of,
- reflects on,
- dis-considers,
- frowning upon,
- frowned up on,
- disconsiders,
- frown up on,
- dis-esteeming,
- dis esteemed,
- taking rug out from under,
- poohpooh,
- brings into disrepute,
- poked full of holes,
- dis-favored,
- dis-esteems,
- dis credit,
- ex-posed,
- bringing into disrepute,
- frowns upon,
- frowns up on,
- brought into disrepute,
- brings naught,
- poked full holes,
- dis favored,
- brought to naught,
- dis crediting,
- knocking bottom out of,
- dis favor,
- takes rug out from under,
- disconsidering,
- pokes full holes,
- dis favoring,
- dis-consider,
- frowning up on,
- dis-crediting,
- bringing in to disrepute,
- ex pose,
- ex-posing,
- brings to naught,
- dis-favors,
- dis-favor,
- poking full holes,
- brought in to disrepute,
- frowned upon,
- dis-esteem,
- dis considers,
- dis esteem,
- brings in to disrepute,
- dis consider,
- pokes full of holes,
- bring in to disrepute,
- bringing to naught,
- dis favors,
- bringing naught,
- poke full holes,
- dis-credited,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credits,
- knocked bottom out of,
- disconsidered,
- dis esteeming,
- reflecting on,
- poking full of holes,
- dis credits,
- took rug out from under,
- ex posed.
- dis members,
- dis mounted,
- dis-assembling,
- dis member,
- take pieces,
- dis-mounting,
- dis assembles,
- dis-mantle,
- dis membered,
- dis mounting,
- dis-robes,
- un rigs,
- de nude,
- dis assembled,
- un rigging,
- parts out,
- un rig,
- un-rigs,
- dis-assembles,
- dis-member,
- dis robes,
- parted out,
- denudating,
- dis-mounted,
- takes to pieces,
- taking to pieces,
- dis-robed,
- dis mantles,
- dis robed,
- dis robing,
- un-rigged,
- dis mantle,
- denudates,
- took to pieces,
- dis-mount,
- dis-assembled,
- dis-robing,
- parting out,
- dis-mounts,
- dis mantling,
- dis-robe,
- dis-mantles,
- took pieces,
- dis-mantled,
- takes pieces,
- taking pieces,
- dis mount,
- dis assembling,
- de-nudes,
- dis assemble,
- de-nude,
- dis-membered,
- dis-mantling,
- dis-members,
- un-rigging,
- dis mantled,
- unrigging,
- dis-assemble,
- dis robe,
- unrigs,
- un rigged,
- dis mounts,
- de nudes,
- un-rig.
- de-moralizes,
- dis-missing,
- dis heartens,
- dis-heartened,
- dis courage,
- dis hearten,
- cried down,
- de moralize,
- de-moralizing,
- dis-courage,
- de moralizing,
- crying down,
- dis missed,
- putting hooks in,
- de-moralized,
- de-moralize,
- dis-missed,
- dis heartening,
- dis-hearten,
- cries down,
- puts hooks in,
- dis courages,
- dis-courages,
- downcrying,
- downcries,
- downcried,
- dis heartened,
- dis-heartens,
- dis missing,
- de moralizes,
- de moralized,
- dis-heartening.
- dis countenance,
- bringing low,
- makes ashamed,
- de-pressed,
- making ashamed,
- making fool of,
- de-presses,
- made fool of,
- sub-due,
- makes fool of,
- make fool of,
- sub-dues,
- dis countenanced,
- de pressed,
- sub dues,
- dis-countenances,
- dis-comfits,
- de presses,
- de-press,
- puts out of countenance,
- puts out countenance,
- sub due,
- dis comfit,
- brings low,
- putting out countenance,
- dis-countenancing,
- de-pressing,
- dis-comfit,
- dis-countenance,
- put out countenance,
- dis countenancing,
- dis-countenanced,
- makes a fool of,
- de press,
- de pressing,
- putting out of countenance,
- put shame,
- making a fool of,
- dis comfits,
- dis countenances,
- made a fool of.
- drags name through mud,
- dragged name through mud,
- marking wrong,
- giving a black eye,
- gave a black eye,
- dragging name through mud,
- gives a black eye,
- marks wrong,
- marked wrong.
- be-spatter,
- speaking ill of,
- be-foul,
- spake ill of,
- spoke ill of,
- mis represented,
- be spatters,
- be-spattering,
- mis-represent,
- opprobriates,
- villainized,
- be-fouled,
- speaks ill of,
- de-files,
- de files,
- mis represents,
- villainizes,
- bespatters,
- be-spatters,
- mis representing,
- de-file,
- de filing,
- villainizing,
- be foul,
- be spattering,
- be spattered,
- be-spattered,
- de file,
- be fouled,
- be fouls,
- opprobriated,
- be-fouling,
- mis-represented,
- de-filed,
- de-filing,
- mis-representing,
- de filed,
- be-fouls,
- be spatter,
- mis represent,
- be fouling,
- mis-represents,
- opprobriating.
- top pled,
- up sets,
- un makes,
- un-made,
- un building,
- un built,
- blew down,
- scratched out,
- un build,
- un-building,
- tears up,
- blows down,
- un making,
- un-making,
- throws down,
- threw down,
- unbuilds,
- un make,
- un-built,
- blowing down,
- up-setting,
- un builds,
- un-builds,
- up-sets,
- up-set,
- up setting,
- un made,
- un-makes,
- un-build,
- tare up,
- scratches out,
- un-make.
- de-bated,
- burned down,
- gives lie to,
- de bate,
- giving lie to,
- giving the lie to,
- de bated,
- gave lie to,
- took a stand against,
- gives the lie to,
- gave the lie to,
- took stand against,
- de-bates,
- burning down,
- taking stand against,
- dis-claimed,
- dis claiming,
- burnt down,
- cancels out,
- take stand against,
- replying to,
- taking a stand against,
- de bating,
- argued against,
- takes a stand against,
- dis-claiming,
- de bates,
- dis claimed,
- dis claims,
- giving thumbs down to,
- dis claim,
- dis-claim,
- gave thumbs down to,
- argues against,
- canceling out,
- takes stand against,
- replies to,
- gives thumbs down to,
- de-bate,
- de-bating,
- dis-claims.
- giving bad name,
- give bad name,
- slung mud,
- slinging mud,
- blackening name,
- slings mud,
- strumpeted,
- runs smear campaign,
- ran smear campaign,
- running smear campaign,
- giving a bad name,
- gave a bad name,
- gives bad name,
- muckrakes,
- casts slur on,
- casting a slur on,
- casts a slur on,
- blackens name,
- gave bad name,
- casting slur on,
- blackened name,
- gives a bad name.
- in-sinuates,
- in sinuated,
- zinged,
- kicked in the teeth,
- slapping in face,
- slaps face,
- kicked the teeth,
- hitting where lives,
- slapped in the face,
- kick the teeth,
- in-sinuating,
- kicks in teeth,
- kicked in teeth,
- kick teeth,
- kicks in the teeth,
- blows off,
- hits where lives,
- blew off,
- blowing off,
- kicked teeth,
- in sinuate,
- kicking in teeth,
- hitting where one lives,
- in-sinuate,
- slapping the face,
- in sinuates,
- slap face,
- slapped in face,
- slapped the face,
- kicking in the teeth,
- slaps the face,
- slapped face,
- kicking the teeth,
- in sinuating,
- kicking teeth,
- hits where one lives,
- kicks teeth,
- hit where lives,
- slaps in face,
- slapping face,
- slapping in the face,
- kicks the teeth,
- skins alive,
- slaps in the face.
- put out commission,
- puts out action,
- lays in ruins,
- lays ruins,
- laid in ruins,
- puts out of action,
- laying in ruins,
- laid ruins,
- lay ruins,
- putting out action,
- put out action,
- putting out of commission,
- putting out commission,
- putting out of action,
- laying ruins,
- puts out of commission,
- puts out commission.
- caluminates,
- tare into,
- called down,
- mis-treat,
- mis treats,
- be rating,
- tare in to,
- be rate,
- calls down,
- mis-treated,
- caluminating,
- ragged on,
- puts a whammy on,
- be-rate,
- ragging on,
- mis treated,
- be rated,
- tears into,
- mis-treats,
- puts whammy on,
- tearing into,
- mis treat,
- tears in to,
- be-rated,
- rags on,
- put whammy on,
- be-rates,
- tore into,
- torn in to,
- tearing in to,
- be rates,
- torn into,
- putting whammy on,
- caluminated,
- tear in to,
- mis treating,
- tore in to,
- be-rating,
- putting a whammy on.
Other synonyms:
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- destruct,
- backbite,
- calumniate.
- Creaming,
- exterminates,
- break down,
- axe,
- blot out,
- lays waste,
- laid waste,
- Creamed,
- ravaged,
- liquidate,
- swallow up,
- swallowing up,
- breaking down,
- laying waste,
- blotting out,
- blotted out.
- disconfirm,
- disconfirming,
- find unfounded,
- blow sky high,
- poke holes in,
- setting aside,
- Negativing,
- Negatived,
- shoot holes in,
- disconfirmed,
- knock props out.
- unmake,
- tear up,
- part out,
- EVERTS,
- make ashamed,
- malign,
- reply to,
- equalize,
- everting,
- Caricatured,
- dispraise,
- speak ill of,
- underrated,
- knock down,
- evert,
- find fault,
- discredit,
- destroy,
- sneer at,
- slander,
- laid low,
- denigrate,
- pull down,
- torn down,
- Disbarred,
- bespattered,
- give thumbs down to,
- Dilapidating,
- refute,
- jinxed,
- take rug out from under,
- Declass,
- mark wrong,
- lay in ruins,
- torpedo,
- bad-mouth,
- pooh pooh,
- put down,
- under-estimates,
- reflect on,
- throw down,
- canceled out,
- takes out,
- burns down,
- cut to the quick,
- knock over,
- badmouth,
- unbuilding,
- bring to naught,
- Squashing,
- take down a peg,
- Slammed,
- revile,
- take a dig at,
- take apart,
- take out,
- libel,
- tearing up,
- Ridiculed,
- Vilified,
- scratching out,
- casting aspersion,
- brought low,
- ripping,
- Burlesqued,
- blistered,
- Bankrupted,
- unmaking,
- cut down to size,
- running down,
- rag on,
- replied to,
- tear to pieces,
- disparage,
- taking apart,
- disprove,
- poor mouth,
- give the lie to,
- mowing down,
- caluminate,
- take a swipe at,
- levels,
- reflected on,
- raze,
- Dispraising,
- make a fool of,
- villainize,
- dilapidates,
- roast,
- scoff at,
- knock bottom out of,
- throwing down,
- dissing,
- voodooing,
- mudsling,
- bespatter,
- tear into,
- cast down,
- downing,
- level,
- knocked down,
- dumped on,
- disbars,
- Dispraised,
- dynamited,
- took out,
- gobbled up,
- unrigged,
- shoot full of holes,
- dispraises,
- burn down,
- dilapidate,
- Bankrupting,
- bankrupts,
- opprobriate,
- torpedoed,
- Torpedoes,
- Downs,
- DISES,
- unbuilt,
- denudated,
- dump on,
- put out of commission,
- call down,
- mowed down,
- shoot down,
- smash,
- made ashamed,
- drag name through mud,
- torn to pieces,
- Benched,
- put out of action,
- over turn,
- Burlesquing,
- voodooed,
- cancelling out,
- Disbarring,
- unmakes,
- squash,
- gobble up,
- Unrig,
- frown upon,
- knocks down,
- give a black eye,
- Trashed,
- downcry,
- put in toilet,
- Dynamiting,
- lowered,
- be little,
- Disfavored,
- cast aspersion,
- scoffed at,
- mudslinging,
- eaten,
- take a stand against,
- give black eye,
- diminish,
- knocking down,
- Unbuild,
- Bemean,
- cancelled out,
- took apart,
- slur,
- eating,
- humiliate,
- shows up,
- shot down,
- mows down,
- poke full of holes,
- demolish,
- wipe off map,
- scratch out,
- Caricaturing,
- vilify,
- Everted,
- undervalued,
- denudate,
- put a whammy on,
- bemeaned,
- calling down,
- put hooks in,
- torn up,
- Bespattering,
- disconsider,
- dis,
- casts aspersion,
- argue against,
- knocked over,
- blow down,
- downed,
- mow down,
- casting down,
- put out of countenance,
- cancel out,
- asperse,
- torpedoing,
- eat,
- lay low,
- take to pieces,
- disbar,
- taking out,
- rip up,
- tore up,
- degrade,
- take swipe at,
- bring into disrepute,
- Disfavoring,
- bring low,
- Benching,
- maligned,
- up set,
- cry down.
- muckraked,
- muckrake,
- cast a slur on,
- give a bad name,
- cast slur on,
- blacken name,
- strumpet,
- muckraking,
- strumpeting,
- run smear campaign,
- sling mud.
- hit where one lives,
- Slurring,
- kick in the teeth,
- skinned alive,
- skin alive,
- kick in teeth,
- slap in the face,
- blow off,
- slap the face,
- skinning alive,
- slap in face.
- strike,
- ravage,
- topple,
- chop down,
- bring down,
- burn,
- fell,
- pull to pieces,
- brannigan,
- take down,
- rip,
- bender,
- deconstruct,
- smear,
- rase,
- carouse,
- lower,
- shatter,
- pulverise,
- wipe out,
- spree,
- scandalize,
- prostrate,
- steamroller,
- carousal,
- atomise,
- binge,
- beat down,
- drunk,
- bat,
- dismember,
- rent,
- jag,
- dismount,
- booze,
- cut down,
- vandalize,
- run,
- wrack,
- scandal.
How to use "Tear down" in context?
"tear down" is an interesting word because it has an opposite meaning as well. Tearing down can refer to when something is taken down physically, or when a plan or idea is abandoned. However, in some cases, tearing down can also refer to rebuilding something from scratch. This can be a process that is difficult and may take many hours or even days. Sometimes, the new structure or object will be better than the original in terms of functionality or design.
The act of tearing down something can often lead to a sense of optimism and hope.
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