failings

The word “failings” has 2 syllables: fail-ings

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪlɪŋz/


What is synonym and antonym for failings?

In the thesaurus, “failings” has 42 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for failings along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for failings

  • blemishes
  • blind spot
  • blots
  • corruptions
  • defect
  • deficiencies
  • deficiency
  • demerits
  • depravities
  • derelictions
  • drawback
  • error
  • evils
  • failure
  • fault
  • faults
  • feet of clay
  • flaw
  • flaws
  • foible
  • foibles
  • frailties
  • frailty
  • immoralities
  • imperfection
  • imperfections
  • infirmity
  • minuses
  • miscarriage
  • misfortune
  • nits
  • shortcomings
  • sins
  • soft spots
  • spots
  • stains
  • vice
  • vices
  • wants
  • weak point
  • weakness
  • weaknesses

Antonyms for failings

  • advantage
  • benefit
  • excellences
  • integrities
  • merits
  • moralities
  • perfection
  • perfections
  • probities
  • rectitudes
  • strength
  • strong point
  • virtues

Meanings of failings

  • noun
    1. Weakness; defect.

Example Sentences

  • Recognizing our own failings is the first step towards self-improvement.
  • The company's financial failings became apparent when it filed for bankruptcy.
  • Despite his many talents, he acknowledged his failings as a leader and sought to address them.
  • The book explores the character's personal failings and their impact on his relationships.
  • It's important to be forgiving of others' failings and to offer support and encouragement.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to failings, such as: advantage, benefit, blemishes, blind spot, blots, corruptions, defect.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

debits

  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • bars
  • catches
  • checks
  • clogs
  • crimps
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disbenefits
  • downsides
  • drawbacks
  • embarrassments
  • failings
  • handicaps
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hurdles
  • impairments
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • interferences
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • negatives
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • rubs
  • shackles
  • shortcomings
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strikes
  • trammels

handicaps

  • adversities
  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • barriers
  • bars
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraints
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • debits
  • delays
  • derails
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disbenefits
  • disrupts
  • downsides
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrasses
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • failings
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impairments
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • leashes
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • loads
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • negatives
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • perils
  • reefs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraints
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • rubs
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • shortcomings
  • smothers
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stifles
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strangles
  • strikes
  • stumbling blocks
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

languishments

  • breakdowns
  • collapses
  • crashes
  • decadences
  • decays
  • declensions
  • declines
  • decreases
  • degenerations
  • descents
  • deteriorations
  • detriments
  • diminishments
  • disablements
  • downgrades
  • drawbacks
  • failings
  • glitches
  • hindrances
  • impairments
  • impediments
  • lapses
  • reductions
  • setbacks
  • shortcomings
  • stumbling blocks

negatives

  • abjures
  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • annuls
  • antipodes
  • antitheses
  • antonyms
  • avoids
  • backs down
  • backs off
  • backtracks
  • bans
  • bars
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • blows off
  • bypasses
  • catches
  • challenges
  • checks
  • clogs
  • confutes
  • cons
  • constrains
  • contradicts
  • contraries
  • controverts
  • converses
  • corrects
  • counteracts
  • counterbalances
  • counterpoints
  • counterpoises
  • counters
  • crimps
  • curbs
  • debits
  • declines
  • denial
  • denials
  • denies
  • deselects
  • detours
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disaffirms
  • disallows
  • disapproves
  • disavowal
  • disavows
  • disbenefits
  • disclaims
  • disconfirms
  • disdains
  • dismisses
  • disowns
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • downs
  • downsides
  • drawbacks
  • embarrassments
  • enjoins
  • failings
  • forbears
  • forbids
  • foreswears
  • forswears
  • gainsays
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • holds
  • hurdles
  • ignores
  • impairments
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • interferences
  • invalidates
  • inverses
  • keeps
  • kills
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • mirror images
  • nay
  • nays
  • negates
  • negations
  • neuters
  • neutralizes
  • nixes
  • noes
  • non placets
  • nos
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obverses
  • offsets
  • opposites
  • outbalances
  • outweighs
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • passes
  • passes up
  • prohibits
  • proscribes
  • rebuffs
  • rebuts
  • recalls
  • recants
  • redeems
  • redresses
  • refusal
  • refusals
  • refuses
  • refutation
  • refutes
  • rejects
  • relieves
  • remedies
  • reneges
  • renounces
  • repels
  • represses
  • reprobates
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • restricts
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rubs
  • scorns
  • scouts
  • shackles
  • shoots down
  • shortcomings
  • spurns
  • sticks
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strikes
  • takes back
  • throws out
  • throws over
  • trammels
  • traverses
  • turns down
  • unsays
  • vetoes
  • withdraws
  • withholds

wants

  • absence
  • absences
  • ache
  • admires
  • adores
  • appetite
  • appreciates
  • asks
  • aspire
  • be deficient
  • be deprived of
  • be found wanting
  • be greedy
  • be insufficient
  • be poor
  • be short of
  • be without
  • bears
  • begs
  • blemishes
  • blots
  • call for
  • calls for
  • challenges
  • cherishes
  • choose
  • chooses
  • claims
  • commands
  • corruptions
  • could do with
  • covet
  • covets
  • crave
  • craves
  • craving
  • crunches
  • dearth
  • dearths
  • decides
  • default
  • defect
  • deficiencies
  • deficiency
  • deficits
  • demand
  • demands
  • demerits
  • depravities
  • derelictions
  • desiderate
  • desiderates
  • desires
  • destitution
  • determines
  • digs
  • droughts
  • drouths
  • enjoins
  • enjoys
  • entails
  • evils
  • exacts
  • exigency
  • exiguousness
  • failings
  • failures
  • fall short in
  • famine
  • famines
  • fancies
  • fancy
  • faults
  • favors
  • feel a need
  • feels like
  • feet of clay
  • flaws
  • foibles
  • frailties
  • hanker
  • hankering
  • have a passion for
  • have a yen for
  • have ambition
  • have an urge for
  • have eyes for
  • have need of
  • hunger
  • immoralities
  • impecuniousness
  • imperfections
  • impoverishment
  • inadequacies
  • inadequacy
  • incline toward
  • indigence
  • insists
  • insufficiencies
  • insufficiency
  • involves
  • itch for
  • lacks
  • lacunae
  • lacunas
  • likes
  • long
  • longing
  • loves
  • lust
  • meagerness
  • minuses
  • miss
  • necessitates
  • necessities
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • needs
  • nits
  • omissions
  • paucities
  • paucity
  • pauperism
  • penury
  • pinches
  • pine
  • pleases
  • poorness
  • poverties
  • poverty
  • prefer
  • prefers
  • presses
  • privation
  • privations
  • prizes
  • quests
  • relishes
  • require
  • requirement
  • requires
  • resolves
  • scantiness
  • scarcities
  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • shortages
  • shortcomings
  • sins
  • skimpiness
  • soft spots
  • spoil for
  • spots
  • stains
  • stand in need of
  • starve
  • stipulates
  • takes
  • thirst
  • treasures
  • undersupplies
  • values
  • vices
  • warrants
  • weaknesses
  • welcomes
  • wills
  • wish
  • wishes
  • yearn
  • yearning
  • yen

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