Synonyms of crumple

crumple

verb

1

as in to scrunch

to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in

crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrunch
• fold
• wrinkle
• rumple
• crinkle
• furrow
• crease
• corrugate
• pucker
• ripple
• crisp
• ruffle
• ruck
• pleat
• knit
• crimp
• contract
• muss (up)
• mess (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flatten
• straighten
• smooth
• iron out
• press
• even
• iron
• unfold
• uncrumple
• smoothen
• tidy
• neaten

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• flatten
• straighten
• smooth
• iron out
• press
• even
• iron
• unfold
• uncrumple
• smoothen
• tidy
• neaten

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2

as in to collapse

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapse
• tumble
• go
• buckle
• implode
• shatter
• crumble
• melt
• die
• give
• yield
• flatten
• go out
• give way
• crash
• fail
• founder
• smash
• burst
• deflate
• break
• snap
• crack
• pop
• cave (in)
• stall
• splinter
• split
• give out
• break down
• melt down
• conk (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rise
• inflate
• swell

• rise
• inflate
• swell