I don't want to fail my exams.
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Fail
/feɪl/
Synonyms for "fail" (408 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (82)
Noun(30 words)
Verb(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (122)
defaultdemanddepletedesertdeterioratediediminishdisappeardisappointdiscountdisintegratedisregarddodderdraindramatizedroopdropdwindleebbelide
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exhaustfadefail offail of successfaintfallfall awayfall flatfall offfall shortfall shyfall throughfalterfeaturefizzlefizzle outflagflopflunkflunk outfoldfold upfollowforsakefounderget alongget ongivegive backgive outgive waygloss overgo back ongo bankruptgo brokego downgo downhillgo into receivershipgo offgo outgo softgo to piecesgo to potgo to ruingo to the dogsgo under
Noun(27 words)
Verb(26 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (204)
go upgo wronggriefgrow oldgutterhave nothing onheadlinehit a slumphit rock bottomhit the skidsignoreimpoverishjadekick the beamlabor in vainlacklaglanguishlapseleave undone
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lessenlet downlet golet ridelet slidelet sliploselose groundlose sight oflose strengthlose track ofmake a hitmelodramatizemiscarrymisfiremissmountneglectnodnot answernot approachnot care fornot come nearnot come offnot comparenot get involvednot hack itnot heednot make itnot make outnot measure upnot passnot qualifynot stretchnot sufficenot thinknot workopenopen a showoverlookoverpasspackpasspass bypass overpass the buckpeakpeg outpeter outpineplay second fiddlepluckpoop outpremierepresentpreviewproduceput onrank underreach the depthsrelapserun agroundrun downrun outrun shortscenarizeserveset the stageshakeshift the blameshift the responsibilityshortshrinkshrivelshut downsickensinksleepslideslightslipslumpslur overspinstagestallstarstop shortstrikesubservesubsidesucceedtake for grantedtheatricalizetottertouch bottomtry outturn grayturn whitewanewantwash outwastewaste awayweakenwear awaywear thinwiltwitherwither awaywizenworsenwrinkleyield
Verb(28 words)
go wrongimplodedimplodeslose the gamelosesmalfunctionedmalfunctioningmisbehavemisbehavesmiscarriedmiscarriesmiscarrymisfiredmissedneglectneglect responsibilitiespwnedrejectedrenegedrun out
Noun(37 words)
hahaincapacity to paylack of patternlollossmalfunctionmalfunctionsmiscarryingmisfiresmissmissesmistakeneglectnot donot passnotworkoh wellomitpoopsportuguese erro
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Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
How these synonyms differ
- collapse - 'Collapse' is catastrophic, it implies complete structural failure, not just underperformance.
- falter - 'Falter' suggests a stumble, not a collapse, momentum wavers but recovery is still possible.
- flounder - 'Flounder' implies clumsy struggling, failing in a visible, ungraceful way without direction or control.
- stumble - 'Stumble' suggests a misstep you might recover from, a temporary setback, not a terminal failure.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
More specific
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Collocations
13 entriesacademic failacademic failurecourse failureepic failexam failurefail ratefailing gradefunny failhumiliating failmajor failpass or failtest failuretotal fail
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
3 entriessimilar
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Czech
1 entries- nechat propadnout verb (cause to fail)
Danish
1 entries- dumpe verb (cause to fail)
Dutch
1 entries- buizen verb (cause to fail)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsukcesigi verb (cause to fail)
Finnish
3 entries- pysäyttää verb (cause to fail)
- rikkoa verb (cause to fail)
- vioittaa verb (cause to fail)
French
1 entries- recaler verb (cause to fail)
Hungarian
1 entries- megbuktat verb (cause to fail)
Portuguese
1 entries- reprovar verb (cause to fail)
Romanian
1 entries- strica verb (cause to fail)
Russian
2 entries- прова́ливать verb (cause to fail)
- провали́ть verb (cause to fail)
Tagalog
1 entries- biguin verb (cause to fail)
Turkish
1 entries- sınıfta bırakmak verb (cause to fail)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
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You must work hard in order not to fail.
Source: tatoeba (16027)
Your plan is bound to fail.
Source: tatoeba (17255)
Showing 4 of 34 available sentences.