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Synonyms for wrecker

  • noun

Most common

scrap dealer breaker ship-breaker scrapper destroyer ruiner tow truck mooncusser

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Car breaker — A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts

car breaker UK, scrap dealer, ship-breaker, scrapper, breaker, knacker, salvor, salvager

2. Destroyer — one who breaks up situations or events

destroyer, vandal, ruiner

3. Saboteur

saboteur, diversionist

Other

tow truck, mooncusser

Antonyms

producer, maker, constructor

All antonyms of wrecker →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.

    Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker

  2. n. 2

    One who breaks up situations or events.

    home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker

  3. n. 3

    A tow truck.

Related words

Phrases
home wrecker wrecker's yard

Forms

Plural
wreckers → ship-breakers, scrappers, breakers, knackers…

Example sentences

  • breaker It never occurred to me that he was a prison-breaker.
  • destroyer Shepard served on a destroyer during World War II.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wreckerfalling
breakerfalling
scrapperrising
destroyersteady

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

By length

6 letters
vandal2, ruiner, salvor
7 letters
breaker2, knacker
8 letters
saboteur3, scrapper, salvager3
9 letters
destroyer3
10 letters
mooncusser
12 letters
diversionist

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vandal2 = 2 syllables).