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. Additionally, here are 102 synonyms and rhyming words for fail as well as words beginning with F and Fa.

102 synonyms for fail

1. break

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

2. dim

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

3. wither

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

4. abort

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

Rhyming Words for Fail

72 Rhyming Words for fail, grouped by word length. 1 rhyme with 2 letters, 3 rhymes with 3 letters, 18 rhymes with 4 letters, 13 rhymes with 5 letters, 10 rhymes with 6 letters, 17 rhymes with 7 letters, 5 rhymes with 8 letters, 4 rhymes with 9 letters, and 1 rhyme with 11 letters for fail.

2-Letter Fail Rhymes

il

3-Letter Fail Rhymes

oil
ail
nil

4-Letter Fail Rhymes

nail
tail
sail
wail
evil
mail
jail
boil
toil
coil
hail
foil
moil
bail
veil
soil
rail
roil

5-Letter Fail Rhymes

until
avail
frail
email
civil
grail
trail
peril
spoil
devil
broil
cavil
pupil

6-Letter Fail Rhymes

detail
pencil
fulfil
retail
entail
unveil
recoil
assail
derail
instil

7-Letter Fail Rhymes

wassail
prevail
abigail
embroil
uncivil
turmoil
council
travail
imperil
tormoil
bedevil
utensil
surveil
stencil
curtail
topsoil
despoil

8-Letter Fail Rhymes

tranquil
hightail
dovetail
doornail
cocktail

9-Letter Fail Rhymes

daredevil
blackmail
nonpareil
thumbnail

11-Letter Fail Rhymes

countervail