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collapse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of collapse

1 a complete depletion of energy or strength
  • suffered a mental collapse under the strain of studying for his bar exam
Synonyms of collapse

burnout, exhaustion, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Words Related to collapse

debilitation, debility, disablement, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, weakness

overfatigue

languor, lethargy, listlessness

sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor

apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity
Near Antonyms of collapse

bounce, dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, liveliness, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip

might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength

briskness, jauntiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vivaciousness, vivacity
Antonyms of collapse

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization
2 a falling short of oneʼs goals
  • the complete collapse of the invasion set off a round of finger-pointing and recrimination
Synonyms of collapse

crash, cropper, defeat, failure, fizzle, nonachievement, nonsuccess
Words Related to collapse

futility, uselessness

ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy

deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency

disappointment, letdown, setback
Near Antonyms of collapse

victory, win
Antonyms of collapse

accomplishment, achievement, success

collapse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of collapse

1 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
  • the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people
Synonyms of collapse

buckle, cave (in), crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, tumble, yield
Words Related to collapse

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap
Phrases Synonymous with collapse

give way
Near Antonyms of collapse

inflate, rise, swell
2 to be unsuccessful
  • the legal case collapsed in the face of the oppositionʼs evidence
Synonyms of collapse

bomb, crater, fail, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank, wash out
Words Related to collapse

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire

go under

implode, self-destruct
Phrases Synonymous with collapse

come a cropper, come to grief, come up empty, die on the vine, fall flat, fall on one's face, fall short, lay an egg
Near Antonyms of collapse

cook, flourish, prosper, thrive

prevail, triumph, win
Antonyms of collapse

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out
3 to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
  • the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey
Synonyms of collapse

capsule, capsulize, compact, compress, condense, constrict, constringe, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope
Words Related to collapse

cram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, pack

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten

boil down, downsize, shrink

concentrate, consolidate

simplify, streamline

decrease, diminish, lessen
Near Antonyms of collapse

dilate, disperse, dissipate, scatter

distend, inflate, swell
Antonyms of collapse

decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch

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