Synonyms of breakdowns

breakdowns

noun

plural of breakdown

1

as in anxieties

a mental or nervous collapse

if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anxieties
• nervous breakdowns
• agitations
• tailspins
• disturbances
• excitabilities
• meltdowns
• alarms
• apprehensions
• crack-ups
• perturbations
• disquiets
• freak-outs
• frazzles
• basket cases
• discomposures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tranquilities
• serenities
• composures
• self-possessions
• placidities
• imperturbabilities
• aplombs

2

as in analyses

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• analyses
• inspections
• investigations
• examinations
• dissections
• evaluations
• assessments
• deconstructions
• assays
• diagnoses
• anatomies
• classifications
• inventories
• categorizations
• arrangements
• assortments
• tabulations
• enumerations
• scrutinies
• reductions
• subdivisions
• codifications
• itemizations
• indexings
• separations
• musters
• divisions
• segmentations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consolidations
• aggregations
• integrations
• syntheses
• amalgamations
• agglomerations
• assimilations
• unifications
• conglomerations
• coalescences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breakdowns

In some cases, that identifier could also be used to find FDA inspection reports that describe contamination and other safety breakdowns on factory floors. — Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026

The position-by-position breakdowns that follow, therefore, should not be read as a depth chart, but rather as a roadmap. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Home warranties are designed for breakdowns caused by normal wear and tear. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Rookie first-round pick Caleb Downs didn’t have any noticeable coverage breakdowns and recorded the team’s first sack of the season on a nickel blitz that stripped Dart. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026

Check out our breakdowns for each Bengals game, final season record predictions and playoff outlook RIGHT HERE. — Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2026

Moving beyond a stigma around discussing marital breakdowns, the content provides a space for the creators to heal, and for their followers to relate and reflect on their own experiences and emotions. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Groups pursued competing outcomes, including possible breakdowns. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

But the murders have taken place in different boroughs, and breakdowns in interdepartmental communications have kept any from seeing obvious connections. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026