| Main Entry: | disintegration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decomposition |
Synonyms: |
decentralization, demoralization, dissolution, fragmentation, putrefaction |
| Main Entry: | attrition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wearing down or away |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, depreciation, disintegration, erosion, grinding, rubbing, thinning, weakening, wear |
Antonyms: |
building, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | breakdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervous collapse |
Synonyms: |
basket case, crackup, disintegration, disruption, failure, mishap, nervous prostration, neurasthenia, neurosis, psychasthenia |
Antonyms: |
mental health |
| Main Entry: | breakup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of relationship |
Synonyms: |
breakdown, breaking, crackup, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitsville, splitting, termination, wind-up |
Antonyms: |
reconciliation |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downfall, breakdown |
Synonyms: |
bankruptcy, basket case, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave-in, conk out, crackup, crash, debacle, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, disruption, exhaustion, failure, faint, flop, prostration, ruination, ruining, smash, smashup, subsidence, undoing, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build-up, increase, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
Antonyms: |
development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | decomposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rot, breakdown |
Synonyms: |
atomization, corruption, decay, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, division, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity |
Antonyms: |
combination, development, growth, improvement |
| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
Synonyms: |
abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
Antonyms: |
betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
Synonyms: |
ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappearance |
Synonyms: |
diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste |
Antonyms: |
appearance |