Synonyms and Antonyms for Decay

Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to decay:

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3 Letter Words

rot

4 Letter Words

ruinwanescumlossfallmoldfaderots

5 Letter Words

havocagingmouldtoothdeathdying

6 Letter Words

damagecavitymolderdemiseageingfadingdisusegrowthcaries

7 Letter Words

crumbledeclinedescentlapsingbreakupconsisterosiondiebackrottingputrifyneglectdiseaseputrefyravagesentropyatrophyrebirthsqualorwearout

8 Letter Words

spoilagedecreasecollapsedownturndrop-offbreak-updeletionentropicdeadnessripeningmicrobicsicknessnihility

9 Letter Words

decomposedisrepairdecadenceweakeningbreakdownworseningquenchingparentagefiliationrecessionundecayedruinationputriditycorrodingcrumblingimplosiondephasingstagnancycorrosiondepletionoxidationtatteringdepravityvanishinginfectiondigestion

10 Letter Words

delapidatedegeneracyimpairmentcorruptionextinctiondownsizingrevocationregressionweatheringdissectionrottennesstransiencedegeneratestagnationputrefyingtransiencyputrifyingsenescencestarvationdesolationmaturationpestilencevanishmentdistortionundecayingsicklinessdecimationneglectionshabbinessfractality

11 Letter Words

devastationdeterioratedisablementdestructiondegradationdowngradingdislocationsuppressiondissolutionradioactivedecoherencedecomposingdecrepitudedissipationputrescenceabandonmentprogressiondepravationoxidizationexponentialstagnationsinstabilityoscillationpropagationoxidisationevanescenceeremacausisrancescence

12 Letter Words

disintegratedegenerationdeactivationputrefactiondilapidationannihilationdegeneratingpetrifactionlifelessnessaccumulationimpermanenceobsolescenceoscillationsevaporationsregenerationacceleratingdespoliationdegeneraciesobliterationdespoilationputrefactiveirreversiblediscarnation

13 Letter Words

decompositiondeteriorationdisappearanceradiationlessdeteriorativedeconfinementpetrificationfossilizationdiscolorationfossilisationpauperisationdeliquescenceinexorabilityannihilationsdeterioratingdegenerationscontaminationstabilizationmetastabilityradioactivitydiminishments

14 Letter Words

disintegrationdisaggregationdeconstructiondevitalizationdisintegrativenonexponentialdisintegratingtransitorinessdeteriorationsrevivificationdecrementation

15 Letter Words

disintegrationsdestabilization

16 Letter Words

demineralisationdemineralization

17 Letter Words

radioactive decay

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