Ruin synonyms

Bring someone to their knees, damage, debris, waterloo, blast, banjax, bankrupt, and break are all synonyms for ruin. Reconstruction and preservation are antonyms of ruin. And here are 116 another word for ruin.

Another word for ruin

1. disintegration

Damage, decay, decrepitude, demolition, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, falling to pieces, ruination, and wreckage are all synonyms for ruin.

2. remains

Debris, detritus, fragments, relics, remainder, remains, remnants, rubble, wreckage, and wreck are all another word for ruin.

3. downfall

Waterloo, bankruptcy, beggary, break-up, breakdown, calamity, catastrophe, collapse, defeat, destitution, devastation, disaster, disintegration, downfall, failure, fall, financial failure, impoverishment, indigence, insolvency, labefaction, overthrow, pauperdom, pauperism, penury, poverty, ruination, undoing, and mendicity are all synonyms for ruin.

4. destroy

Blast, crush, demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, lay waste, leave desolate, leave in ruins, level, ravage, raze, wipe out, wreak havoc on, wreck, and waste are all another word for ruin.

5. wreck

Banjax, blast, blight, blow a hole in, cock up, cruel, damage, dash, destroy, devastate, dish, do for, euchre, foul up, injure, louse up, make a mess of, mar, mess up, muller, nix, poison, put the kibosh on, reduce to nothing, sabotage, scotch, screw up, scupper, shatter, smash, spoil, torpedo, wreak havoc on, wreck, and bring to naught are all synonyms for ruin.

6. bankrupt

Bankrupt, break, bring someone to their knees, bring to ruin, cause to go bankrupt, cripple, impoverish, make bankrupt, make insolvent, pauperize, reduce to penury/destitution, wipe out, and beggar are all another word for ruin.

Ruin synonym statistics

Ruin synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 3, 13, and 15 letters and 4 synonyms with 4, 10, and 14 letters. 12 synonyms with 5, and 8 letters and 18 synonyms with 6 letters.

17 synonyms with 7 letters and 13 synonyms with 9 letters. 10 synonyms with 11 letters and 5 synonyms with 12 letters. 1 synonym with 16, 17, 24, and 25 letters. For a total of 109 another word for ruin.

Ruin sentences

The rain could ruin our picnic.

Don’t ruin your chances by procrastinating.

He feared it would ruin everything.

They tried to ruin her reputation.

Related Words for ruin

  1. In ruins
    • Synonyms: derelict, ruined
    • Opposites: intact, flourishing
    • Part of speech: noun
  2. Fruitful
    • Synonyms: fruit-bearing, fructiferous
    • Opposites: fruitless, futile
    • Part of speech: adjective
  3. Genuine
    • Synonyms: authentic, real
    • Opposites: fake, bogus, insincere
    • Part of speech: adjective