Synonyms for crumple

Most common

crease · wrinkle · crinkle · rumple · fold · buckle · collapse

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To collapse; to surrender.

   The team's defensive strategy crumpled.

2. v. 2

   To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

   He crumpled the note and threw it away.

3. v. 3

   To cause to collapse.

   He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.

4. n. 1

   A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Related words

Word family

crumply crumpet

Phrases

crumple up crumple zone

Forms

Plural

crumples → break-downs…

Past participle

crumpled
e.g. crumpled → wrinkled, crinkled, creased, rucked…

Example sentences

• crease Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.
• wrinkle With her foot she smoothed a wrinkle in the throw rug.
• crinkle I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.
• fold "I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.
• buckle I have lost too much time, I need to buckle down.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

cave¹, fold¹, knit¹, ruck¹

6 letters

buckle², tumble², crease¹, ruffle², pucker², cockle², rumple², rimple

7 letters

crumble², wrinkle², crinkle

8 letters

collapse²

9 letters

corrugate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (buckle² = 2 syllables).

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