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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

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 punitive damages

Synonyms of damage

fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty

Words Related to damage

assessment, award, compensation

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

amends, atonement, expiation

refund, reimbursement, repayment

adjustment, settlement

punishment, retaliation

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

She winced when she 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

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

account, bill, check, invoice, tab

damage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of damage

1 to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

The burst pipe damaged the entire city's 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

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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