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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | broken down, decrepit, dilapidated, rotting, saprophagous, saprophytic |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The condition of being decayed. |
| Synonyms: | breakdown, decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rot, rottenness, spoilage |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | caducity, canker, caries, corruption, decadence, decadency, decline, decomposition, decrepitude, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, dissolution, effluvium, eremacausis, gangrene, labefaction, mortification, necrosis, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, retrogradation, rot, senescence |
Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To become or cause to become rotten or unsound. |
| Synonyms: | break down, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint, turn |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, caries, collapse, corrode, crumble, death, decadence, decline, decompose, decrease, destruction, deteriorate, dilapidation, disintegrate, dwindle, fade, fail, fester, mildew, molder, moulder, putrefy, retrograde, rot, ruin, rust, sour, spoil, waste, wither |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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