Failure Synonyms

105 failure synonyms include lack of success, non-success, non-fulfilment, defeat, frustration, collapse, foundering, and falling through. Failure is a noun, and its antonyms are success and achievement. Here are some additional synonyms for "failure" with example sentences.

Another word for Failure

105 other ways to say failure.

1. lack of success

  • washout  
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  • snafu  
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  • screw-up  
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  • pig's ear  
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  • non-success  
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  • non-fulfilment  
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  • misfiring  
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  • let-down  
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  • lemon  
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  • lead balloon  
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  • lack of success  
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  • hash  
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  • frustration  
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  • foundering  
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  • foul-up  
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  • flop  
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  • fizzling out  
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  • fiasco  
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  • falling through  
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  • fail
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  • disaster
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  • defeat  
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  • debacle  
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  • dead loss  
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  • dead duck  
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  • damp squib  
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  • coming to nothing  
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  • collapse
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  • cock-up  
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  • clinker  
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  • catastrophe
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  • botch  
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  • blunder  
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2. loser

  • write-off  
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  • washout  
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  • underachiever  
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  • shortfall  
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  • scarcity  
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  • no one  
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  • non-starter  
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  • non-achiever  
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  • nobody  
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  • no-hoper  
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  • ne'er-do-well  
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  • loser  
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  • lemon  
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  • lack
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  • insufficiency  
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  • incompetent  
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  • inadequacy  
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  • flop  
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  • dud  
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  • disappointment  
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  • deficiency  
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  • dearth  
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  • dead loss  
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  • born loser  
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3. negligence

  • remissness  
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  • oversight  
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  • omission  
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  • non-performance  
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  • non-observance  
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  • negligence  
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  • neglect
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  • dereliction  
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4. breaking down

  • seizing up  
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  • playing up  
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  • non-function  
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  • malfunction  
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  • faultiness  
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  • cutting out  
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  • crash  
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  • conking out  
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  • breaking down  
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  • breakdown
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5. breaking down

  • seizing up  
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  • playing up  
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  • non-function  
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  • malfunction  
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  • faultiness  
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  • cutting out  
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  • crash  
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  • conking out  
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  • breaking down  
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  • breakdown
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6. collapse

  • winding up  
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  • termination  
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  • sinking  
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  • shutting down  
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  • ruination  
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  • ruin
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  • liquidation  
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  • insolvency  
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  • going under  
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  • foundering  
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  • folding  
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  • flop  
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  • failing  
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  • decline  
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  • crash  
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  • collapse
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  • closure  
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  • closing  
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  • close-down  
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  • bankruptcy  
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Use failure in a Sentence

A coward fears failure more than trying.

failure is a stepping stone forward.

His failure taught him valuable lessons.

I’m embarrassed to admit my failure.

Many expect failure; on the contrary, success is likely.

She faced failure but persevered onward.

The project ended in failure and disappointment.