Fail Synonyms

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