UNDERMINES: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for UNDERMINES?

Need another word that means the same as “undermines”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “undermines” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Undermines” are: cave, counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, weaken

Undermines as a Verb

Definitions of "Undermines" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “undermines” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
• Destroy property or hinder normal operations.

Synonyms of "Undermines" as a verb (6 Words)

cave	Explore natural caves. They say they cave for the adventure challenge and physical exercise.
counteract	Oppose or check by a counteraction. Should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming.
countermine	Dig a countermine against. We countermined the banks of the river.
sabotage	Destroy property or hinder normal operations. The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war.
subvert	Destroy property or hinder normal operations. We must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis.
weaken	Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days.

Associations of "Undermines" (30 Words)

attenuate	Reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation. The filter must severely attenuate frequencies above 10 Hz.
counteract	Oppose or check by a counteraction. This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues.
dampen	Check; keep in check (a fire. Nothing could dampen her enthusiasm.
deaden	Make vapid or deprive of spirit. Diabetes can deaden the nerve endings.
debilitate	Make weak. Hard drugs destroy families and debilitate communities.
decline	Show unwillingness towards. Caroline declined the coffee.
destabilize	Become unstable. The discovery of an affair can destabilize a relationship.
dilute	Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity. A dilute solution of potassium permanganate.
diminish	Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. The pain will gradually diminish.
diminished	Diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. She felt diminished by the report.
emasculate	Castrate (a man or male animal). The refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee.
enervate	Weaken mentally or morally. The enervate slightness of his frail form.
enfeeble	Make weak. The breakdown in law and order enfeebled the government s authority.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
fatigued	Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
flagging	Weak from exhaustion. There was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place.
fragile	Easily broken or damaged or destroyed. A fragile claim to fame.
impotent	Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless. Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent.
languish	Pine with love or grief. When a visitor comes in she smiles and languishes.
reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. This compound reduces to potassium chloride.
reduced	Made less in size or amount or degree.
rickety	(of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse. Poverty was evident in undernourished faces or rickety legs.
sabotage	A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war.
slowly	Without speed slow is sometimes used informally for slowly. They moved forward slowly.
subvert	Destroy property or hinder normal operations. Do school counselors subvert young children.
thinner	A diluting agent. Dampen a clean rag with thinners and carefully wipe any remaining dust from the timber.
unsettle	Disturb the composure of. The crisis has unsettled financial markets.
viability	Ability to survive or live successfully. Pregnancy depends on the viability of the sperm and egg.
wane	(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. Interest in the project waned.
weaken	Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days.