waste

Synonyms

attrition, corrosion, erosion, undermining;

Antonyms

buildup;

Near Antonyms

gain, increase;

Related Words

breakdown, decay, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution;

Synonyms

annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, wrack, wreck;

Antonyms

build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up;

Near Antonyms

doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp;

create, invent;

assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape;

bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize;

conserve, preserve, protect, save;

rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore;

Related Words

beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against);

blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate;

erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away);

dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake;

blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out;

despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize;

Synonyms

barren, bony (also boney), dead, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive;

Antonyms

fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich;

Near Antonyms

arable, tillable;

green, sylvan, verdant;

Related Words

bleak, inhospitable, lifeless;

uncultivable, untillable;

bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up;

arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless;

baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked;