Antonyms for renewal
rɪˈnu əl, -ˈnyu-re·new·al

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. renewalnoun

   A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.

   Antonyms:
   constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Synonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Preposition:
   We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.

Matched Categories

1. • Filling
   • Repetition
   • Restoration

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reclamation, renewal, rehabilitationnoun

   the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

   Synonyms:
   rehabilitation, reclamation, replacement, replenishment, reformation, refilling

2. renewalnoun

   the act of renewing

   Synonyms:
   rehabilitation, reclamation, replacement, replenishment, refilling

3. refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewalnoun

   filling again by supplying what has been used up

   Synonyms:
   switch, alternate, reclamation, replenishment, successor, transposition, surrogate, refilling, substitution, rehabilitation, replacement, replacing, permutation, substitute

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. renewalnoun

   Synonyms:
   renovation, repair, restoration, redintegration, reconstruction, rejuvenation, regeneration

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RENEWAL

   Synonyms:
   REconstruction with NIRStEnt or Wallstent in Angioplasty of Long Segment Coronary Disease

How to use renewal in a sentence?

1. Ronald David Laing:

   Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.

2. Nelson Smith:

   For the lenders, the most obvious risk is making an investment in a school that doesn't last very long, you can mitigate that risk if there's really good communication between the authorizer and the lender over the school's current status, anything that will inhibit clear renewal of the charter and any underlying strengths and weaknesses.

3. Bosmat Viner-Shwarzbard:

   Instead of old people's mobility scooters, you're suddenly seeing so many baby's pushchairs rolling along, it's brought a spirit of renewal to the kibbutz. I'm happy that what my grandparents began here will go on.

4. Devin Wenig:

   As a displaced New Yorker, I have carried my love of The Mets to Silicon Valley, there is a sense of renewal for a franchise long overdue for its moment in the spotlight.

5. Brian Cookson:

   After the Festina affair in 1998, the 1999 Tour which was supposed to be the tour of renewal. In that tour, Lance Armstrong had a positive test for cortisone, which was covered up by the UCI.

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