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Deteriorate

🔄 Synonyms of "Deteriorate"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

↔️ Antonyms of "Deteriorate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
plainnoun	Simple, unaltered.
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
recuperateverb	(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
convalesceverb	To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
unembellished	Plain, unadorned, or simple.
unornamented	Not ornamented; without ornament.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deteriorate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
dropverb	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
worsenverb	(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
impairverb	(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
degradeverb	(transitive) To lower in value or social position.
perishverb	(intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
decayverb	(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
exacerbateverb	(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
aggravateverb	(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
failverb	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
declineverb	The act of declining or refusing something.
rotverb	(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
deepenverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
erodeverb	To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
growverb	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
escalateverb	(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
festerverb	(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.
disintegrateverb	(intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.
crumbleverb	A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.