Synonyms of kaput

kaput

adjective

kə-ˈpu̇t 

variants also kaputt

1

as in done

facing certain defeat, disaster, or death

once the Germans were forced to retreat from Stalingrad, the Nazi cause was kaput

Synonyms & Similar Words

• done
• doomed
• ruined
• sunk
• finished
• dead
• endangered
• done for
• imperiled

2

as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness

hard-line Soviet-style Communism became kaput in Russia

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsolete
• archaic
• antiquated
• rusty
• defunct
• expired
• medieval
• extinct
• moribund
• useless
• discarded
• old
• dated
• outmoded
• prehistoric
• outdated
• superannuated
• passé
• outworn
• out-of-date
• Stone Age
• dead
• fossilized
• neolithic
• vanished
• mossy
• ancient
• démodé
• aging
• unusable
• antique
• demoded
• late
• inoperable
• inoperative
• obsolescent
• moth-eaten
• disused
• vintage
• unworkable
• dormant
• Noachian
• venerable
• historical
• inactive
• fallow
• historic
• retro
• inert
• idle
• past
• erstwhile
• former
• aged
• latent
• free
• antediluvian
• fusty
• old-fashioned
• hoary
• bygone
• old-time
• musty
• atavistic
• oldfangled
• dateless
• age-old
• old-world

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• current
• modern
• recent
• contemporary
• mod
• up-to-date
• present-day
• fresh
• newfangled
• ultramodern
• modernized
• operational
• functioning
• new-fashioned
• functional
• up-to-the-minute
• operating
• workable
• operable
• operative
• alive
• renewed
• refurbished
• active
• employed
• busy
• remodeled

3

as in malfunctioning

not being in working order

the heating system went kaput on the coldest day of the year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• malfunctioning
• down
• broken
• inoperative
• inoperable
• nonfunctional
• nonfunctioning
• off
• haywire
• out of commission
• useless
• nonoperating
• on the fritz
• on the blink
• unusable
• unworkable
• ineffective
• deactivated
• ineffectual
• deadlocked
• unproductive
• nonproductive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• functioning
• operating
• operational
• operative
• functional
• working
• viable
• operable
• running
• useful
• effective
• usable
• productive
• producing
• workable
• operant
• serving
• effectual
• performing
• employable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kaput

Her campaign was supposedly kaput. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026

Gunn tells Deadline, that The Authority is not kaput. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025

Kelly Reilly, who plays Beth Dutton, seems adamant that the OG Yellowstone is kaput. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024

Now all three of those competitors are kaput, felled by runs on deposits during the biggest banking crisis in a decade and a half. — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 14 June 2023

The Stooges are now functionally kaput—of the original lineup, only Pop is left. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019

At least not on Sunday afternoon, nearly a full two days after the Clippers were supposed to be done, finished, as kaput as the Kings – those in Sacramento and Los Angeles. — Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 29 Apr. 2017

The damages for that less-than-brilliant marketing idea could be as much as $120 million, meaning the company as a whole is pretty much financially kaput. — Susan Arendt, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2007

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