Synonyms for ramshackle
- adjective
Most common
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Adjective
1. Dilapidated
dilapidated, broken-down, run-down, derelict, rickety, crumbling, shabby, bedraggled, rundown, ruinous, neglected, tumbledown, tatterdemalion, woebegone, decrepit, tattered
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Definitions
- adj. 1
In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- abandoned cheerless dangerous deteriorated broken
Example sentences
- derelict The old mosque was derelict and rotting.
- dilapidated Who lives in that dilapidated shack near the lake?
- rickety Monday rolled into town on a rickety old bicycle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ramshackle | rising | |
| derelict | steady | |
| dilapidated | steady | |
| rickety | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- shabby2
- 7 letters
- rundown2, rickety3, ruinous3
- 8 letters
- derelict3, decrepit3, tattered2
- 9 letters
- neglected3, crumbling3, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- bedraggled3, tumbledown
- 11 letters
- dilapidated5
- 14 letters
- tatterdemalion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shabby2 = 2 syllables).