Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "broken" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unbroken

Typical Location

repair shop trash

Dbpedia Genre

alternative metal industrial metal

Derived Terms

Broken Bow Broken Dam Broken Head Broken Hill Landolt broken ring Night of Broken Glass a broken clock is right twice a day breach break broke broken Britain broken English broken arrow broken bar broken bird broken breast broken by design broken chord broken clock is right twice a day broken clouds broken consort broken diagonal broken down broken field broken heart broken heart syndrome broken home broken in broken man broken number broken pipe broken plural broken power law broken record broken reed broken rhyme broken skin broken sleep broken source broken tail broken telephone broken time broken vertical bar broken vessel broken wind broken window broken window theory broken windows broken windows policing broken windows theory broken-backed broken-handed broken-heart syndrome broken-hearted broken-mouthed broken-winded brokenhanded brokenhearted brokenly brokenness broket half-broken house-broken if it ain't broken, don't fix it nonbroken shipbroken the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last trans broken arm syndrome unbroken walk on broken glass

Inflected/Variant Forms

break

Context

bone or body part contract derogatory gaming line meteorology person promise etc slang sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

deteriorated fragmentary

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

burst cracked crazed destroyed divided heartbroken housebroken jailbroken riven shattered smashed split wrecked

Type Of (IsA)

album television episode

Related Terms

damaged drunk leaking out of order piece

Related Terms

bankrupt breach broke damaged defeated destroyed discontinuous dispirited eighth fractured fragmented imperfect injured obscure overpowered ruptured shattered torres strait creole uneven unsound violated

Similar Terms

broken field broken-field damaged dashed dashed destroyed discontinuous disorganised disorganized distributed distributed dotted fitful halting halting humble impaired impaired imperfect imperfect incomplete incomplete injured interrupted interrupted noncontinuous off-and-on rough rough tame tamed uncomplete unsmooth unsound

Synonym Network

broke broken in busted disordered humiliated impoverished

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.