Fail Synonyms

Be closed , act up, collapse, be deficient, abort, and backfire are synonyms for fail; succeed and thrive are antonyms of fail. On this page, you will find 102 another word for fail.

102 Another Word for Fail

1. break

  • Act up
  • Be defective
  • Be faulty
  • Be on the blink
  • Break down
  • Break
  • 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
  • Stall
  • Stop working
  • Stop
  • Play up

2. dim

  • Collapse
  • Decline
  • Degenerate
  • Deteriorate
  • Die away
  • Dim
  • Diminish
  • Disappear
  • Dissolve
  • Dwindle
  • Ebb
  • Fade
  • Go into decline
  • Grow dim
  • Grow less
  • Peter out
  • Sink
  • Vanish
  • Wane
  • Decay

3. wither

  • Be deficient
  • Be inadequate
  • Be insufficient
  • Be lacking
  • Be wanting
  • Fall short
  • Not come to ripeness
  • Wither

4. abort

  • 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
  • Collapse
  • 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 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
  • Go belly up

Fail Sentences

The kids began to jabber excitedly about their trip.

He tends to jabber when he's nervous.

I couldn’t understand her jabber in the noisy room.

The tourists jabber in different languages was fascinating.

She told him to stop his meaningless jabber and focus.