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rubble - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | detritus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debris |
| Synonyms: | deposit, rubble, sediment, fragments, grains, leavings, scree, shavings |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, sewage, slop*, swill, trash, waste, bits and pieces, dreck, scrapings, sweepings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, remains, residue, rubble, vestiges, wreck, wreckage, relics, remnants, traces |
| Main Entry: | wreckage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
| Synonyms: | debris, rubble, ruins, wreck, remnants |
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stone |
| Synonyms: | bedrock, crust, earth, gravel, lava, lodge, mass, metal, ore, promontory, quarry, reef, rubble, shelf, slab, slag, boulder, cobblestone, crag, mineral, pebble |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, trash, waste, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | property, possessions |
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, junk, litter, odds and ends*, offal, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, waste, fragments, leavings, oddments, pieces, scourings, shavings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, valuables |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruins |
| Synonyms: | debris, remains, rubble, vestiges, relics, remnants |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage, refuse |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, excess, hogwash*, junk, litter, offal, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rummage, scrap, slop, swill, trash, dreck, leavings, leftovers, offscourings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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