Fail Synonyms and Antonyms

fāl
To prove deficient or insufficient
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. give out
  2. run out
To be unsuccessful
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bomb
  2. go-wrong
  3. flop
  4. miscarry
  5. abort
  6. fall through
  7. falter
  8. fall down
  9. founder
  10. lose
  11. flunk
  12. fall-short
  13. miss
  14. slip
  15. make-nothing-of
  16. come to naught
  17. come-to-nothing
  18. flounder
  19. blunder
  20. break down
  21. break
  22. choke
  23. run-aground
  24. misfire
  25. come-to-grief
  26. get-into-trouble
  27. lose-ground
  28. neglect
  29. backslide
  30. not pass
  31. be demoted
  32. lose status
  33. come-down
  34. fall flat
  35. go amiss
  36. go astray
  37. get left
  38. be found lacking
  39. be found wanting
  40. be deficient
  41. be inadequate
  42. abandon
  43. go down
  44. go under
  45. lose one's labor
  46. hit a slump
  47. miss an opportunity
  48. not measure up
  49. bankrupt
  50. not measure up to expectation
  51. not pass muster
  52. lose-out
  53. give out
  54. become bankrupt
  55. not have it in one
  56. be all over with
  57. come short of
  58. break one's word
  59. not make the grade
  60. bungle
  61. not make it
  62. miss-the-mark
  63. lose control
  64. fall from one's high estate
  65. decline
  66. default
  67. fall down on the job
  68. miss-the-boat
  69. desert
  70. bite-the-dust
  71. blow the chance
  72. deteriorate
  73. fizzle-out
  74. go-belly-up
  75. hit rock bottom
  76. disappoint
  77. crap-out
  78. go-down-the-tubes
  79. go down swinging
  80. exhaust
  81. end in smoke
  82. go-up-in-smoke
  83. not get to first base
  84. touch bottom
  85. lay-an-egg
  86. draw-a-blank
  87. not come off
  88. flag
  89. come-a-cropper
  90. not cut the mustard
  91. conk out
  92. peter-out
  93. flunk-out
  94. strike out
  95. wash out
  96. fold-up
  97. foil
  98. go on the rocks
  99. die-on-the-vine
  100. go-over-like-a-lead-balloon
  101. fold
  102. certainly
  103. constantly
  104. dependably
  105. reliably
  106. lack
  107. languish
  108. retrograde
  109. retrogress
  110. sink
  111. sora
  112. unsuccessful
  113. wane
  114. welsh
Antonyms:
  1. succeed
  2. win
  3. gain
  4. obtain
  5. earn
  6. merit
  7. triumph
  8. achieve
  9. reach
  10. accomplish
  11. prosper
To dismiss for failure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flunk
  2. send home
  3. dismiss
  4. suspend
  5. put on probation
  6. send-down
  7. bomb
  8. flush it
Antonyms:
  1. pass
To grow less
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decline
  2. sink
  3. degenerate
  4. deteriorate
  5. lessen
  6. fade
  7. flag
  8. languish
  9. worsen
  10. wane
  11. waste
  12. weaken
Antonyms:
  1. gain
  2. earn
  3. win
  4. obtain
To become insolvent
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bust
  2. go-bankrupt
  3. default
  4. be in arrears
  5. overdraw
  6. break
  7. go out of business
  8. go into receivership
  9. go under
  10. default on payment
  11. dishonor
  12. repudiate
  13. be ruined
  14. collapse
  15. go broke
  16. fold
  17. go-to-the-wall
  18. ruin
  19. throw-in-the-sponge
  20. be unable to make ends meet
  21. drown in red ink
  22. crash
  23. go-belly-up
  24. go-down-the-tubes
  25. lose-one-s-shirt
  26. go on the rocks
Antonyms:
  1. prosper
  2. gain
  3. thrive
To cease functioning properly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. give out
  2. break down
  3. conk out
  4. go-bad
  5. give-way
  6. die
  7. go
  8. break
Antonyms:
  1. manage
  2. pass
To undergo sudden financial failure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break
  2. bust
  3. collapse
  4. crash
  5. go under
  6. fold

Words Related to Fail

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Fail Sentence Examples

  • I won't fail again, Dusty, I promise.

  • You didn't fail me.

  • Now we are certainly on the fuzzy edges, a place where words, often fuzzy in their meanings, begin to fail us.

  • With any luck, his Watcher wouldn't fail him.

  • It seems very strange to me that there should be this difference of opinion; I cannot understand how any one interested in our education can fail to appreciate the satisfaction we feel in being able to express our thoughts in living words.

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