Synonyms for decomposition
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Putrefaction
2. Decay
decay, analysis, disintegration, dissolution, separation, resolution
Definitions
- n. 1
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
- n. 2
The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
Related words
- Word family
- decompose
- Phrases
- double decomposition open book decomposition prime decomposition
Forms
- Plural
- decompositions → putrefactions, rots, corruptions, rottings…
Example sentences
- breakdown I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown.
- rot Put the meat in the refrigerator, or it will rot.
- rotting There's a smell of rotting flesh in Tom's bathroom.
- putrefaction What's the difference between fermentation and putrefaction?
- analysis Your analysis is predicated on faulty assumptions.
- decay A mother must protect her child's teeth from decay.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| decomposition | falling | |
| breakdown | falling | |
| rot | falling | |
| rotting | rising | |
| putrefaction | steady | |
| analysis | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rot1
- 5 letters
- decay2
- 7 letters
- rotting2
- 8 letters
- analysis4
- 9 letters
- breakdown2
- 10 letters
- resolution4, corruption3, separation4
- 11 letters
- dissolution4
- 12 letters
- putrefaction
- 14 letters
- disintegration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- décomposition
- Italiano
- decomposizione
- Español
- descomposición
- Deutsch
- Zersetzung
- Català
- descomposició