Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "ruin" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

build construct construction fix found new new construction produce

Derived Terms

blue ruin gambler's ruin modern ruin mother's ruin rack and ruin ruin of the year ruin pub ruin theory ruin value ruin-restoration creationism ruination ruiniform ruinism ruinless ruinlike wrack and ruin

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act baffle bilk building copulate couple cross crumble decay decay demolition desolate desolation destruction devastate devastation dilapidate edifice failure foil frustrate impoverish lay waste to mate move pair queer ravage scotch scourge spoil thwart waste wipeout

Type Of (IsA)

building destruction devastation

Manner Of

decay lay waste to thwart

Related Terms

ruinable ruination ruiner ruinous ruint

Related Terms

ancient ancient building ancient buildings ancient dwelling ancient place ancient remains ancient rome ancient rubble ancient site ancient times archaeological archaeological site architecture aztec bad bankrupt bankruptcy been been destroyed break broken broken building broken buildings broken castle broken down broken structure building building remnant buildings castle castle crumble city collapse collapsing crumble crumbled crumbled stones crumbles crumbling crumbling buildings damage decayed decayed building decrepit decrepit building derelict destroy destroyed destroyed building destructed destructed state destruction disarray disaster down dust dwelling failure fall fallen falling falling building falling down flew flew in gone gone building historical historical site loss make make bad mayan mayan buildings mess mess up messed messed up old old architecture old building old buildings old castle old city old crumbles old statues old structure old thing or old place plans progress rack rack and ravaged ravaged city relic remains remnant rome rubble ruinable ruination ruiner ruinous shambles site spoil spoiling spoiling something state statues stone stone buildings stones structure times total total destruction total loss totally totally destroy tourist tourist site tumble up upset usable wilderness wreck

Synonym Network

bankrupt deflower destroy dilapidation downfall fordo laying waste ruinate wreck

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