damages

The word “damages” has 2 syllables: dam-ages

It's pronounced as /ˈdæmɪdʒɪz/

What is synonym and antonym for damages?

In the thesaurus, “damages” has 222 synonyms and 86 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for damages along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for damages

abuse
abuses
accident
adjustment
adulteration
adversity
affliction
afflicts
aggrieves
amends
annihilates
assessment
atonement
award
bane
bang up
bangs up
bashes
batter
batters
bill
bleach
blemish
blemishes
blight
blights
bloodies
blow
blows out
botches
break
breakage
breaks
bruise
bruises
burn
casualty
catastrophe
cave-in
charge
clobbers
compensation
compromises
contaminate
contamination
contuses
corrode
corrupt
corruption
crabs
crack
creases
cripple
cripples
crushes
cuts
dashes
debasement
decimates
deface
defaces
defile
demolishes
dents
depreciation
deprivation
desolates
destroys
destruction
deteriorates
deterioration
detriment
devastates
devastation
dings
dints
dirty
disables
discolor
disfigure
disfigures
disintegrate
dismantle
disservice
disturbance
does in
endamages
enervates
enfeebles
erodes
evil
expense
expiation
fade
fine
flaws
forfeit
forfeiture
gashes
gnaw
gores
grazes
hamstrings
hardship
harm
harms
hurt
hurts
illness
impair
impairment
impairs
incapacitate
indemnification
indemnity
infect
infliction
injure
injures
knockout
lacerate
lacerates
lames
lays up
maim
maims
maltreat
maltreats
mangle
mangles
mar
marring
mars
mischief
mishap
mulct
mutilate
mutilates
mutilation
nicks
outrage
penalty
pollute
pollution
pulverizes
punishment
punitive damages
queers
quittance
ravage
razes
recompense
recoupment
redress
refund
reimbursement
remuneration
reparation
reparations
repayment
requital
restitution
retaliation
reverse
rot
ruin
ruining
ruins
rust
satisfaction
scalds
scars
scathe
scathes
scorch
scourges
scours
scrapes
scratch
settlement
shatters
smash
smashes
solatium
split
spoil
spoilage
spoils
stab
stain
strains
stroke
suffering
tamper with
tarnish
tarnishes
tear
tears
tears down
torments
tortures
total
totals
undermine
undermines
vitiate
vitiates
washes out
waste
wastes
weaken
weakens
wear away
wipes out
wound
wounds
wreak havoc on
wreck
wreckage
wrecking
wrecks
wrong

Antonyms for damages

adorn
advantage
aid
allow
ameliorates
assist
award
beautify
benefit
betters
bless
blessing
boon
brighten
build
building
clean
cleanliness
cleanse
color
combine
compensation
construction
create
creation
cure
cures
decorate
development
doctors
edits
enhance
enhances
enriches
favor
fix
fixes
fortune
giving
good
good fortune
good luck
goodness
grow
happiness
heal
heals
health
help
helps
honor
improve
improvement
improves
kindness
meliorates
mend
mends
ornament
patches
perfect
perfects
profit
protect
purification
purify
rebuilds
recompense
reconditions
reconstructs
rectifies
refines
rehabilitates
remedies
remodels
renovates
repair
repairs
revamps
revises
reward
schedule
set up
strengthen
virtue
wait

Meanings of damages

verb
1. To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
2. To undergo damage.
noun
1. The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

Example Sentences

The court awarded significant financial damages to the plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Assessors estimated the total damages caused by the natural disaster.
The insurance claim covered the repair damages to the homeowner's property.
The contract outlined the consequences for any damages to the rented equipment.
The storm's aftermath revealed extensive infrastructure damages throughout the city.

On this page you'll find 308 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to damages, such as: abuse, abuses, accident, adjustment, adorn, adulteration, advantage.

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