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Synonyms of misuse

19 similar words

Another word for misuse is abuse. Other synonyms of misuse are violate and force.

Synonyms and similar words for misuse

verbTo rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).

  • abuseTo attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to...
  • outrageTo sexually violate; to rape.
  • violateTo rape.
  • dishonourTo violate or rape.
  • forceTo violate (a woman); to rape.
  • polluteTo violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
  • rape
  • ravage slangTo rape.
  • r-word euphemisticTo rape.
  • scotch slangTo rape.
  • turn out slangTo rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
  • grape euphemistic
  • constuprate obsoleteTo rape, violate.
  • defile obsoleteTo deprive (someone) of their sexual chastity or purity, often not consensually; to deflower, to rape.
  • defoul obsoleteTo defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
  • oppress obsoleteTo sexually violate; to rape.
  • ravish datedTo rape.
  • viole obsoleteTo violate, especially to rape.
  • vitiate archaicTo violate, to rape.

Meaning of misuse

  1. noun An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
  2. verb To use (something) incorrectly.
  3. verb To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).

Full definition of misuse

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Questions about synonyms of misuse

What is another word for misuse?
Misuse has 19 synonyms on Word.ws, such as abuse, violate and force.
What does misuse mean?
Misuse means an incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misuse (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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