Synonyms for dilapidation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
Related words
- Word family
- dilapidate dilapidated
Forms
- Plural
- dilapidations → decays, disrepairs, decrepitudes, crumblings…
Example sentences
- decay A mother must protect her child's teeth from decay.
- crumbling Pepe felt his life crumbling down at his feet.
- disrepair The abandoned rectory is in a state of disrepair.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dilapidation | steady | |
| decay | falling | |
| crumbling | rising | |
| disrepair | rising | |
| decrepitude | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruin2
- 5 letters
- decay2
- 9 letters
- crumbling3, disrepair3
- 11 letters
- decrepitude
- 14 letters
- disintegration5
- 15 letters
- dilapidatedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).