falling flat

The phrase “falling flat” has 3 syllables: fall-ing flat

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔː.lɪŋ flæt/


What is synonym and antonym for falling flat?

In the thesaurus, “falling flat” has 39 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for falling flat

  • bombing
  • breaking down
  • busting
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • declining
  • dying
  • dying on the vine
  • failing
  • falling short
  • fizzling
  • flaming out
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flunking
  • folding
  • foundering
  • going under
  • imploding
  • laying an egg
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • missing
  • self-destructing
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • slipping
  • slumping
  • stalling
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • tanking
  • waning
  • washing out

Antonyms for falling flat

  • clicking
  • coming off
  • cooking
  • delivering
  • flourishing
  • going
  • going over
  • panning out
  • prevailing
  • prospering
  • succeeding
  • thriving
  • triumphing
  • winning
  • working out

Example Sentences

  • His attempt at humor ended up falling flat with the audience.
  • The company's marketing campaign was anticipated to be a success but ended up falling flat.
  • Despite rehearsing for hours, her singing performance still ended up falling flat.
  • The new product launch fell short of expectations, falling flat in terms of sales.
  • His excuses for being late were met with skepticism, falling flat in front of his boss.

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to falling flat, such as: bombing, breaking down, busting, clicking, collapsing, coming a cropper, coming off.

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

Related Words

failing

  • acting up
  • blemish
  • blind spot
  • blot
  • bombing
  • breaking
  • breaking down
  • chagrining
  • cheating
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • corruption
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • cutting out
  • debased
  • debauched
  • debilitated
  • decadent
  • decayed
  • decaying
  • deceiving
  • declining
  • defaulting
  • defeated
  • defect
  • deficiency
  • deficient
  • degenerate
  • degenerating
  • degraded
  • deluding
  • demerit
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • depravity
  • dereliction
  • deteriorating
  • disappointing
  • discontenting
  • disenchanting
  • disgruntling
  • disillusioning
  • displeasing
  • disregarding
  • dissatisfying
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • distressing
  • drawback
  • drooping
  • dying
  • dying on the vine
  • effete
  • emaciating
  • enervate
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • error
  • evil
  • fading
  • failure
  • faint
  • falling flat
  • falling short
  • fault
  • feeble
  • feet of clay
  • fizzling
  • flagging
  • flaming out
  • flaw
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flunking
  • foible
  • folding
  • forgetting
  • foundering
  • frail
  • frailty
  • giving out
  • going
  • going under
  • ignoring
  • immoral
  • immorality
  • imperfection
  • imploding
  • inadequate
  • infirmity
  • insufficient
  • jamming
  • lagging
  • languid
  • languishing
  • laying an egg
  • letting down
  • malfunctioning
  • minus
  • miscarriage
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • misfortune
  • missing
  • missing out on
  • mocking
  • neglecting
  • nit
  • omitting
  • overlooking
  • overpassing
  • overrefined
  • overripe
  • passing over
  • precious
  • pretermitting
  • rotting
  • running down
  • sagging
  • sapped
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • self-destructing
  • short
  • shortcoming
  • shy
  • sin
  • sinfulness
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • skipping
  • sliding
  • slighting
  • slipping
  • slumping
  • soft
  • soft spot
  • spot
  • sputtering
  • stain
  • stalling
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • tanking
  • unavailing
  • unprosperous
  • unsuccessful
  • unsufficient
  • unthriving
  • upsetting
  • vain
  • vice
  • waning
  • want
  • wanting
  • washed-up
  • washing out
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weak point
  • weakened
  • weakening
  • weakness
  • wearing out
  • wheezing
  • wickedness
  • wilting
  • wimpy
  • withering
  • yielding

falling short

  • bitter
  • bombing
  • breaking down
  • busting
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • declining
  • depressing
  • disagreeable
  • disconcerting
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • displeasing
  • distasteful
  • dying
  • dying on the vine
  • failing
  • falling flat
  • fizzling
  • flaming out
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flunking
  • folding
  • foundering
  • frustrating
  • going under
  • imploding
  • inadequate
  • ineffective
  • inferior
  • insufficient
  • lame
  • laying an egg
  • mediocre
  • mid
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • missing
  • self-destructing
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • slipping
  • slumping
  • stalling
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • tanking
  • unfulfilling
  • unhappy
  • uninteresting
  • unpleasant
  • unsatisfying
  • waning
  • washing out

tanking

  • bombing
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • declining
  • dying on the vine
  • failing
  • falling flat
  • falling short
  • flaming out
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flunking
  • folding
  • foundering
  • going under
  • imploding
  • laying an egg
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • missing
  • self-destructing
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • slipping
  • slumping
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • waning
  • washing out

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