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fails

The word “fails” has 1 syllable: fails

It's pronounced as /feɪlz/

What is synonym and antonym for fails?

In the thesaurus, “fails” has 26 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for fails

Antonyms for fails

  • ascend
  • bear
  • begin
  • clicks
  • commence
  • contents
  • continue
  • create
  • delivers
  • does
  • executes
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • go up
  • goes
  • goes over
  • keeps
  • minds
  • observes
  • performs
  • practices
  • rallies
  • recovers
  • recuperates
  • remembers
  • rise
  • satisfies
  • start
  • succeeds
  • works out

Meanings of fails

  • noun
    1. Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
    2. A failure (condition of being unsuccessful).
    3. A failure (something incapable of success).
    4. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
    5. A failing grade in an academic examination.
    6. A piece of turf cut from grassland.
  • verb
    1. To be unsuccessful.
    2. Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.).
    3. To neglect.
    4. Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
    5. To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
    6. To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
    7. To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
    8. To miss attaining; to lose.
    9. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
    10. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
    11. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
    12. To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
    13. To perish; to die; used of a person.
    14. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
    15. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Example Sentences

  • If the plan fails, we'll need to come up with an alternative strategy.
  • He always gives his best effort, but sometimes he still fails to achieve his goals.
  • The company's marketing campaign fails to resonate with its target audience.
  • When the computer system fails, it disrupts the entire workflow of the office.
  • It's important to learn from our fails and use them as opportunities for growth and improvement.

On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fails, such as: ascend, bear, begin, break, break down, clicks, close.

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Related Words

fades

  • abate
  • bleaches
  • bobs
  • brightens
  • buzz cuts
  • crew cuts
  • crops
  • decays
  • deteriorate
  • dim
  • diminish
  • disappear
  • disappears
  • dissolve
  • dull
  • dulls
  • ebb
  • evaporate
  • fail
  • fails
  • fall
  • goes
  • lessen
  • melt
  • mohawk
  • mohawks
  • peter out
  • sags
  • shags
  • shingles
  • sink
  • sinks
  • trims
  • upsweeps
  • vanish
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  • wane
  • weaken
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  • wilt
  • wither

falls flat

  • abort
  • backfire
  • baffle
  • bombs
  • break down
  • bump
  • collapse
  • collapses
  • collide
  • come apart
  • deceive
  • decline
  • disconcert
  • disenchant
  • dishearten
  • disillusion
  • dissatisfy
  • ditch
  • dive
  • drop
  • dumbfound
  • fail
  • fails
  • fall
  • fall through
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  • fizzle
  • flop
  • flops
  • fold
  • folds
  • hamper
  • hurtle
  • lays an egg
  • meet
  • misfire
  • mislead
  • misses
  • overturn
  • plunge
  • slip
  • smash
  • struggles
  • topple
  • tumble

falls short

  • bombs
  • collapses
  • comes to grief
  • fails
  • falls flat
  • flops
  • folds
  • lays an egg
  • misses
  • strikes out
  • struggles

lags

languishes

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