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Synonyms for breaker

  • noun

Most common

wreck yard scrapper breaker's yard knacker destroyer wrecker trip switch circuit breaker

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Wreck yard — A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking…

wreck yard, scrapper, breaker's yard, knacker

2. Wrecker — something that breaks (something else)

wrecker, destroyer

3. Surge

surge, wave, billow

Other

circuit breaker, trip switch, break dancer, surf, comber

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Something that breaks (something else).

  2. n. 2

    A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.

  3. n. 3

    The building in which such a machine is placed.

    A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.

Related words

Phrases
circuit breaker deal breaker breaker's yard car breaker breaker boy brick breaker prison breaker volatility circuit breaker

Forms

Plural
breakers → scrappers, knackers, wreckers, destroyers…

Example sentences

  • destroyer Shepard served on a destroyer during World War II.
  • wrecker I wanted to call him a home wrecker to his face.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
breakerfalling
scrapperrising
knackerrising
destroyersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
wave1, surf1
5 letters
surge1
6 letters
billow2, comber2
7 letters
wrecker2, knacker
8 letters
scrapper
9 letters
destroyer3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (billow2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
rupteur