collapse - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of throwing yourself down

Synonyms

• collapse
• flop

More generic

• descent

Noun

a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

Synonyms

• collapse

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

More specific

• cave in
• debacle
• fiasco
• implosion
• subsidence

Noun

a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Synonyms

• collapse
• crash

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

Noun

an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

Synonyms

• collapse
• prostration

More generic

• illness
• malady
• sickness
• unwellness

More specific

• algidity
• breakdown
• crack-up
• heat hyperpyrexia
• heatstroke
• shock

Verb

collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

Synonyms

• break down
• collapse

More generic

• get
• have
• suffer
• sustain

More specific

• drop like flies
• fall over
• go over

Verb

lose significance, effectiveness, or value

Synonyms

• collapse

More generic

• weaken

Verb

suffer a nervous breakdown

Synonyms

• break up
• collapse
• crack
• crack up
• crock up

More generic

• get
• have
• suffer
• sustain

Verb

break down, literally or metaphorically

Synonyms

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way

More generic

• change

More specific

• break
• buckle
• crumple
• flop
• go off
• implode
• sink
• slide down
• slump

Related

• abandon
• burst
• collapse
• give up

Verb

cause to burst

Synonyms

• burst
• collapse

More specific

• pop

Related

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way

Related

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way

Verb

fall apart

Synonyms

• break down
• collapse
• crumble
• crumple
• tumble

More generic

• change integrity

Verb

fold or close up

Synonyms

• collapse

More generic

• fold
• fold up
• turn up

More specific

• concertina
• deflate

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