Thesaurus
ruin
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RUIN
1
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless <a vicious bombardment that left the building in ruins>
Synonyms annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage
Related Words depredation, despoilment, despoliation; breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter; dismantlement, effacement, eradication
Near Antonyms rescue, salvage, salvation, saving; conservation, preservation, protection; reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration
2
ruins pl the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed <the ruins of an abandoned abbey>
3
the inability to pay one's debts <the family faces ruin if the chief breadwinner doesn't find another job very soon>
Related Words Chapter 11
Antonyms solvency
4
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life <the politician's eventual ruin would be a sexual indiscretion>
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