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.