Synonyms for damage
- verb
- noun
All synonyms
Verb
1. Harm — to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction
harm, hurt, injury, loss, detriment, mischief, injure, abuse, wound, waste, destroy, cost, ruin, deface, spoil, wreck, impair, cripple, ravage, do violence to, do ill, do for UK
Other
endamage dated
Noun
impairment, wrong, price, evil, drawback
Definitions
- v. 1
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
- n. 1
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
the damage is already done
Related words
- Word family
- damn
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damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- loss Loss of health is more serious than loss of money.
- hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.
- injury An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
- harm This kind of magazine can do harm to young people.
By length
- 4 letters
- cost1, loss1, hurt1, evil2, harm1, ruin2
- 5 letters
- wrong1, price1, waste1, abuse2, wound1, wreck1, spoil1
- 6 letters
- injury3, injure2, impair2, ravage2, deface2
- 7 letters
- destroy2, cripple2
- 8 letters
- mischief2, drawback2, endamage
- 9 letters
- detriment3
- 10 letters
- impairment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- endommager