DEGENERATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
   Synonym(s)
   • deviant (what does deviant mean?)
   • deviate (what does deviate mean?)
   • pervert (what does pervert mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) degenerate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reprobate (what does reprobate mean?)
   • miscreant (what does miscreant mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fetishist (what does fetishist mean?)
   • masochist (what does masochist mean?)
   • nymphomaniac (what does nymphomaniac mean?)
   • nympho (what does nympho mean?)
   • pederast (what does pederast mean?)
   • paederast (what does paederast mean?)
   • child molester (what does child molester mean?)
   • pedophile (what does pedophile mean?)
   • paedophile (what does paedophile mean?)
   • sadist (what does sadist mean?)
   • sadomasochist (what does sadomasochist mean?)
   • satyr (what does satyr mean?)
   • lecher (what does lecher mean?)
   • lech (what does lech mean?)
   • letch (what does letch mean?)
   • sodomite (what does sodomite mean?)
   • sodomist (what does sodomist mean?)
   • sod (what does sod mean?)
   • bugger (what does bugger mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deviate (what does deviate mean?)
   • vary (what does vary mean?)
   • diverge (what does diverge mean?)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • deviate (what does deviate mean?)
   • vary (what does vary mean?)
   • diverge (what does diverge mean?)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • corrupt (what does corrupt mean?)
   • pervert (what does pervert mean?)
   • subvert (what does subvert mean?)
   • demoralize (what does demoralize mean?)
   • demoralise (what does demoralise mean?)
   • debauch (what does debauch mean?)
   • debase (what does debase mean?)
   • profane (what does profane mean?)
   • vitiate (what does vitiate mean?)
   • deprave (what does deprave mean?)
   • misdirect (what does misdirect mean?)

DEGENERATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • grow worse
   Synonym(s)
   • deteriorate (what does deteriorate mean?)
   • devolve (what does devolve mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Her condition deteriorated
   • Conditions in the slums degenerated
   • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
   Hypernyms(s) degenerate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • worsen (what does worsen mean?)
   • decline (what does decline mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • recuperate (what does recuperate mean?)
   • recover (what does recover mean?)
   • convalesce (what does convalesce mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tire (what does tire mean?)
   • pall (what does pall mean?)
   • weary (what does weary mean?)
   • fatigue (what does fatigue mean?)
   • jade (what does jade mean?)
   • languish (what does languish mean?)
   • fade (what does fade mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • rot (what does rot mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • degeneracy (what does degeneracy mean?)
   • degeneration (what does degeneration mean?)
   • decadence (what does decadence mean?)
   • decadency (what does decadency mean?)
   • degeneration (what does degeneration mean?)
   • devolution (what does devolution mean?)
   • deterioration (what does deterioration mean?)
   • impairment (what does impairment mean?)
   • deterioration (what does deterioration mean?)
   • decline in quality (what does decline in quality mean?)
   • declension (what does declension mean?)
   • worsening (what does worsening mean?)

DEGENERATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • unrestrained by convention or morality
   Synonym(s)
   • debauched (what does debauched mean?)
   • degraded (what does degraded mean?)
   • dissipated (what does dissipated mean?)
   • dissolute (what does dissolute mean?)
   • fast (what does fast mean?)
   • libertine (what does libertine mean?)
   • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
   • riotous (what does riotous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
   • deplorably dissipated and degraded
   • riotous living
   • fast women
   Similar To
   • immoral (what does immoral mean?)