Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / spoilage
FEEDBACK

spoilage

See definition of spoilage on Dictionary.com

synonyms for spoilage

  • adulteration
  • atrophy
  • blight
  • breakdown
  • caries
  • consumption
  • corrosion
  • decadence
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrepitude
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • depreciation
  • deterioration
  • dilapidation
  • disintegration
  • disrepair
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • dying
  • extinction
  • fading
  • failing
  • gangrene
  • impairment
  • mortification
  • putrefaction
  • putrescence
  • putridity
  • putridness
  • rot
  • rottenness
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • rust
  • senescence
  • spoilation
  • wasting
  • withering
  • crumbling
  • perishing
  • wasting away

antonyms for spoilage

MOST RELEVANT
  • ascent
  • betterment
  • building
  • combination
  • construction
  • development
  • growth
  • improvement
  • increase
  • morality
  • rise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

TRY USING spoilage

See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.

Characters: 0/140
QUIZ
Don't Feel Thwarted By This Quiz On "Benefit" Opposites
START THE QUIZ

How to use spoilage in a sentence

Also, microorganisms can enter the food when it is transferred from the kettle to jar and cause spoilage.
I FOUND AN OLD-SCHOOL TECHNIQUE TO CONQUER MY JAM FEARS. THEN I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT IF IT’S SAFE.CHARLOTTE DRUCKMANAUGUST 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The spoilage happened when Emergent cross-contaminated batches of the two vaccines with ingredients from the other.
AFTER RUINING 75M J&J DOSES, EMERGENT GETS FDA CLEARANCE FOR 25M DOSESBETH MOLEJUNE 16, 2021ARS TECHNICA
This information helps reduce spoilage and wasted doses—if, say, a freezer goes out, medical staff don’t have to assume vaccines are spoiled.
KEEPING COVID VACCINES COLD ISN’T EASY. THESE IDEAS COULD HELP.LINDSAY MUSCATOMARCH 29, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
One common way to slow or stop that spoilage is to remove water from the food.
NEW ‘IONIC WIND’ CAN DRY FOODS WHILE PRESERVING NUTRIENTSSID PERKINSMARCH 2, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Every retail food business has what’s called shrink, and shrink can mean spoilage.
HOW TO SUCCEED BY BEING AUTHENTIC (HINT: CAREFULLY) (EP. 438)STEPHEN J. DUBNERNOVEMBER 5, 2020FREAKONOMICS
Yet the alternative—produce without plastic—can mean more spoilage and food waste.
EXCLUSIVE: STARTUP APEEL IS LAUNCHING ‘PLASTIC-FREE’ CUCUMBERS AT WALMART TO CUT BACK ON WASTEBETH KOWITTSEPTEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNE
Then the problem of curing tobacco in such a manner that it could reach England without spoilage faced him.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
Spoilage of products is nearly always due to carelessness in one of these steps.
A LITTLE PRESERVING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRLAMY WATERMAN
They also ferment readily, although a small percentage of preservative, such as benzoate of soda, will halt spoilage.
ALL ABOUT COFFEEWILLIAM H. UKERS
Anything that came in cans or packages that seemed safe from spoilage was carefully stowed away in the cave.
TICKTOCK AND JIMKEITH ROBERTSON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
Choose the synonym for future
capacitor
lightning
DeLorean

WORDS RELATED TO SPOILAGE

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.