Synonyms of kaput

kaput

adjective

variants also kaputt

1

as in doomed

facing certain defeat, disaster, or death

once the Germans were forced to retreat from Stalingrad, the Nazi cause was kaput

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doomed
• ruined
• done
• sunk
• endangered
• finished
• dead
• done for
• imperiled
• imperilled

2

as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness

hard-line Soviet-style Communism became kaput in Russia

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsolete
• archaic
• defunct
• extinct
• moribund
• outmoded
• rusty
• outdated
• antiquated
• superannuated
• outworn
• passé
• out-of-date
• Stone Age
• medieval
• discarded
• dated
• prehistoric
• mediaeval
• vanished
• fossilized
• neolithic
• prehistorical
• useless
• mossy
• démodé
• expired
• dormant
• demoded
• unusable
• inoperable
• inoperative
• obsolescent
• moth-eaten
• aging
• unworkable
• disused
• Noachian
• inactive
• fallow
• old
• dead
• inert
• idle
• venerable
• late
• ageing
• historical
• ancient
• latent
• historic
• erstwhile
• antediluvian
• free
• past
• fusty
• former
• antique
• old-fashioned
• hoary
• retro
• bygone
• old-time
• musty
• vintage
• aged
• atavistic
• age-old
• oldfangled
• dateless
• old-world

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• current
• modern
• recent
• contemporary
• mod
• up-to-date
• present-day
• fresh
• newfangled
• ultramodern
• modernized
• operational
• functioning
• new-fashioned
• functional
• up-to-the-minute
• operating
• workable
• operable
• operative
• alive
• renewed
• refurbished
• active
• employed
• busy
• remodeled

3

as in malfunctioning

not being in working order

the heating system went kaput on the coldest day of the year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• malfunctioning
• down
• inoperative
• inoperable
• nonfunctional
• nonfunctioning
• off
• out of commission
• broken
• nonoperating
• on the fritz
• on the blink
• useless
• unusable
• ineffective
• unworkable
• ineffectual
• deadlocked
• deactivated
• unproductive
• nonproductive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• functioning
• operating
• operational
• operative
• functional
• working
• viable
• operable
• running
• useful
• effective
• usable
• productive
• producing
• workable
• operant
• serving
• effectual
• useable
• performing
• employable

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