Fail Synonyms

Fail synonyms such as "be closed, act up, collapse, be deficient, abort, and backfire". Fail is a verb, and its antonyms are succeed and thrive. Here are 101 another word for fail with example sentences.

Another word for Fail

101 other ways to say fail.

1. break

stop working
stop
stall
play up
pack up
malfunction
go wrong
go phut
go on the blink
go kaput
give up the ghost
give out
develop a fault
cut out
crash
conk out
cease to function
break down
break
be on the blink
be faulty
be defective
act up

2. dim

wane
vanish
sink
peter out
grow less
grow dim
go into decline
fade
ebb
dwindle
dissolve
disappear
diminish
dim
die away
deteriorate
degenerate
decline
decay
collapse

3. wither

wither
not come to ripeness
fall short
be wanting
be lacking
be insufficient
be inadequate
be deficient

4. abort

suffer defeat
run aground
not succeed
not come up to scratch
miss the mark
misfire
miscarry
meet with disaster
lack success
go under
go to the wall
go into receivership
go into liquidation
go down like a lead balloon
go bust
go bump
go broke
go belly up
go bankrupt
go astray
founder
fold
flop
flatline
fizzle out
fall through
fall flat
crash
come to nothing
come to naught
come to grief
come a cropper
collapse
close down
cease trading
cease production
break down
bomb
blow up in someone's face
bite the dust
be wound up
be unsuccessful
be shut down
be in vain
be frustrated
be defeated
become insolvent
be closed
backfire
abort

How to Use fail in a Sentence

He completes his morning run without fail.

She calls her parents every weekend without fail.

They submit their assignments on time without fail.

without fail.

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