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damage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of damage

1 something that causes loss or pain

  • the collision did a great deal of damage to her car
Synonyms of damage

affliction, detriment, harm, hurt, injury
Words Related to damage

disservice, injustice, outrage, wrong

affront, dart, indignity, insult, offense (or offence)

beating, crippling, mayhem, mutilation

defacement, disability, disablement, disfigurement, impairment

lesion

rupture, strain

abrasion, chafe, scrape, scratch

boo-boo, bruise, contusion, swelling, wound

bump, concussion

cut, gash, laceration

burn, scald, scar, scathe, sear
Near Antonyms of damage

healing, recovery

cure, fix, remedy

2 damages plural a sum of money to be paid as a punishment

  • ordered by the court to pay $1000 in damages
Synonyms of damage

fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty
Words Related to damage

reparations

assessment, award, compensation

indemnity

3 damages plural payment to another for a loss or injury

  • the company was forced to pay millions in damages to the permanently disabled worker
Synonyms of damage

compensation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, reprisal(s), requital, restitution, satisfaction
Words Related to damage

punitive damages, solatium

amends, atonement, expiation

refund, reimbursement, repayment

adjustment, settlement

punishment, retaliation

4 the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something

  • he winced when he saw the damage after the family's shopping spree
Synonyms of damage

ante, charge, cost, fee, figure, freight, price, price tag
Words Related to damage

fair market value, market value, valuation, value

asking price, list price, sticker price

price point, rate, tariff, unit price

carrying charge, overcharge, service charge (also service fee), surcharge

deduction, discount, markdown, reduction, sale

deposit

down payment

account, bill, check, invoice, tab

damage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of damage

1 to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

  • the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire cityʼs water supply
Synonyms of damage

blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate
Words Related to damage

deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken

erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)

blight, tarnish

dent, ding, dint

botch, gum (up), queer

lacerate, wound

disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture

annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
Near Antonyms of damage

cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy

edit, remodel, revise

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine
Antonyms of damage

doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

2 to cause bodily damage to

  • his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months
Synonyms of damage

harm, hurt, injure, wound
Words Related to damage

batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear

crease, graze, nick

cripple, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate

abuse, aggrieve, afflict, maltreat, torment, torture

lay up

blemish, impair, mar, scrape, spoil
Near Antonyms of damage

cure, fix, heal, mend, remedy

Synonym Discussion of damage

injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success.
    • badly injured in an accident
harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.
    • careful not to harm the animals
hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings.
    • hurt by their callous remarks
damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness.
    • a table damaged in shipping
impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution.
    • years of smoking had impaired his health
mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement.
    • the text is marred by many typos

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