Antonyms for breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊnbreak·down

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   degradation

2. breakdownnoun

   A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

   We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

3. breakdownnoun

   A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

   After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

4. breakdownnoun

   Listing, division or categorization in great detail

   Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

5. breakdownnoun

   Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

6. breakdownnoun

   A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre

   Synonyms:
   degradation

7. breakdownnoun

   A loss of organization (of the parts of a system)

   Synonyms:
   degradation

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Disruption

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1. dislocation, breakdownnoun

   the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

   "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, disruption, equipment failure, crack-up

2. breakdown, crack-upnoun

   a mental or physical breakdown

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

3. breakdown, equipment failurenoun

   a cessation of normal operation

   "there was a power breakdown"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

4. breakdown, partitioningnoun

   an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

   Synonyms:
   sectionalisation, equipment failure, crack-up, partitioning, dislocation, division, partition, sectionalization, segmentation

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   downfall, collapse, crash

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. upliftment

   upliftment is to make something more stronger or in simple words to increase. so breakdown can actually be the opposite of that which means to decrease.

   his parents think about his upliftment. but he always making it a breakdown.

   Submitted by drmolla135 on October 26, 2020  

How to use breakdown in a sentence?

1. Omar Mahmood:

   Last night I pretty much had a breakdown. I can’t take my final exams -- that has been postponed to next year. And I hate to be dramatic, but this is almost at a breaking point, where this has been going on for a month and I have not been able to focus on things.

2. Dr. Michael Laitman:

   The breakdown of society will force the building of a new model--emulating the Jewish people in Babylon 3500 years ago.

3. Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday:

   That's exactly why we are doing the investigation, to understand the why behind the memo, i'm speculating in my mind's eye as a former( commanding officer) of a ship years ago, as a( commanding officer) of two destroyers, try to put myself in his shoes and understand why he would have done that and i just don't have the answer to that hence my speculation on there must have been a communications breakdown, or I can envision that somewhere.

4. Scott Brown:

   You look at what happened on 9/11 when we were attack by foreign terrorists and we wanted to find out immediately : where was the breakdown, what happened and why. Well, this is no different.

5. Barbra Streisand:

   The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

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