Fall behind

Synonyms for "fall behind" (64 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

backback upbackslide cockcome aftercome lastdawdle drag fall

Noun(2 words)

backlog delay

Verb(2 words)

dawdledrop off

Strong matches (19)

fall asternfall backfollowget behindgo backgo backwardsgo behindhang backjerkjerk backlaglag behindlapse linger

Verb(4 words)

fall backlag lagged lagging

Noun(1 words)

lag

Related words (32)

linger behindloiterlose groundpull backrecede recidivate regress relapse retrocede retroflex retrograde retrogress return revertslip backstraggle trailtrail behind

Noun(8 words)

missed deadlinesetback shortfall slipstay behindtrail trailing underperform

Verb(4 words)

missed deadlinesovertake recede straggles

Adjective(2 words)

stragglingswedish lags

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

10 entries

condition event follow lag occurrence regress retrograde retrogressschedule adherencestate

More specific

9 entries

achievement gapbacklog deficit delaydelayed tasklate submissionlate testlow grademissed assignment

Collocations

8 entries

fall behind in classfall behind in mathfall behind in readingfall behind in sciencefall behind on homeworkfall behind peersfall behind schedulefall behind with assignments

Inflections

7 entries

fall behindsfallen behindfalling behindfalls behindfell behindmore behindmost behind

Derivations

1 entries

fall behindness

similar

1 entries

fall

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You're falling behind with the rent.

Source: wiktionary

You could lose your job if you keep falling behind with your work.

Source: wiktionary

It's not like John to fall behind in maths.

Source: wiktionary

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