fail - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

get worse

Synonyms

• fail

More generic

• decline
• worsen

Verb

stop operating or functioning

Synonyms

• break
• break down
• conk out
• die
• fail
• give out
• give way
• go
• go bad

More generic

• change

More specific

• blow
• blow out
• burn out
• crash
• go down
• malfunction
• misfire
• misfunction

Related

• break
• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

Verb

prove insufficient

Synonyms

• fail
• give out
• run out

Verb

disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

Synonyms

• betray
• fail

More generic

• disappoint
• let down

Verb

become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

Synonyms

• fail

Verb

fall short in what is expected

Synonyms

• fail

Related

• bomb
• fail
• flunk
• flush it

Verb

fail to get a passing grade

Synonyms

• bomb
• fail
• flunk
• flush it

Related

• fail

Opposite / Antonyms

• pass

Verb

judge unacceptable

Synonyms

• fail

More generic

• evaluate
• judge
• pass judgment

Opposite / Antonyms

• pass

Related

• bomb
• fail
• flunk
• flush it

Verb

be unsuccessful

Synonyms

• fail
• go wrong
• miscarry

More specific

• ball up
• blow
• bobble
• bodge
• bollix
• bollix up
• bollocks
• bollocks up
• botch
• botch up
• bumble
• bungle
• fall
• fall flat
• fall through
• flop
• flub
• fluff
• foul up
• founder
• fuck up
• fumble
• louse up
• mess up
• mishandle
• miss
• muck up
• muff
• overreach
• screw up
• shipwreck
• spoil
• strike out
• take it on the chin

Opposite / Antonyms

• succeed

Verb

fail to do something; leave something undone

Synonyms

• fail
• neglect

More specific

• choke
• default
• default on
• lose track
• miss
• muff
• strike out

Verb

be unable

Synonyms

• fail

Opposite / Antonyms

• manage

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