Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dilapidate
2 senses of dilapidate
Sense 1
dilapidate -- (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse)
=> destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")
Sense 2
decay, crumble, dilapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Antonyms of adj dilapidated
1 sense of dilapidated
Sense 1
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")
INDIRECT (VIA damaged) -> undamaged -- (not harmed or spoiled; sound)
Similarity of adj dilapidated
1 sense of dilapidated
Sense 1
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")
=> damaged (vs. undamaged) -- (harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings")