washouts

The word “washouts” has 2 syllables: wash-outs

It's pronounced as /ˈwɒʃ.aʊts/


What is synonym and antonym for washouts?

In the thesaurus, “washouts” has 31 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for washouts

  • also-rans
  • bombs
  • botches
  • bummers
  • busts
  • catastrophes
  • clinkers
  • clunkers
  • debacles
  • disappointments
  • disasters
  • dogs
  • duds
  • failures
  • fiascoes
  • fizzles
  • flops
  • frosts
  • has-beens
  • hashes
  • lemons
  • losers
  • messes
  • misses
  • muddles
  • near misses
  • nonevents
  • nonstarters
  • shambles
  • shipwrecks
  • turkeys

Antonyms for washouts

  • blockbusters
  • corkers
  • crackajacks
  • crackerjacks
  • dandies
  • hits
  • jim-dandies
  • phenomena
  • phenomenons
  • smashes
  • successes
  • winners

Meanings of washouts

  • noun
    1. An appliance designed to wash something out.
    2. The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
    3. A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
    4. The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
    5. A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
    6. A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
    7. The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
    8. A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
    9. A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
    10. The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.

Example Sentences

  • The storm caused several washouts along the railway tracks.
  • Heavy rains have led to multiple road washouts in the area.
  • The tournament was full of washouts due to bad weather.
  • Engineers are working to repair the washouts caused by flooding.
  • The hiking trail is closed due to recent washouts and landslides.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to washouts, such as: also-rans, blockbusters, bombs, botches, bummers, busts, catastrophes.

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

Related Words

failures

  • Chapter 11s
  • abortion
  • absences
  • also-ran
  • also-rans
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcies
  • bankruptcy
  • beat
  • bomb
  • bombs
  • born loser
  • botch
  • botches
  • breakdown
  • bum
  • bummers
  • bungle
  • bust
  • busts
  • castaway
  • catastrophes
  • checkmate
  • clinkers
  • clunkers
  • collapse
  • collapses
  • crashes
  • croppers
  • crunches
  • deadbeat
  • dearths
  • debacles
  • decay
  • decline
  • defaulter
  • defeat
  • defeats
  • deficiencies
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • deficits
  • derelict
  • deterioration
  • disappointment
  • disappointments
  • disasters
  • dogs
  • downfall
  • droughts
  • drouths
  • dud
  • duds
  • failing
  • false step
  • famines
  • faux pas
  • fiasco
  • fiascoes
  • fizzles
  • flash in the pan
  • flop
  • flops
  • frosts
  • frustration
  • futilities
  • good-for-nothing
  • has-been
  • has-beens
  • hashes
  • implosion
  • inadequacies
  • inadequacy
  • incompetent
  • ineffectualities
  • inefficacies
  • insolvencies
  • insolvent
  • insufficiencies
  • lacks
  • lacunae
  • lacunas
  • lead balloon
  • lemon
  • lemons
  • letdowns
  • loafer
  • loser
  • losers
  • loss
  • lumpy
  • mess
  • messes
  • might-have-been
  • misadventure
  • miscarriage
  • misses
  • misstep
  • moocher
  • muddles
  • near misses
  • necessities
  • needs
  • no-good
  • nobody
  • nonachievements
  • nonevents
  • nonperformance
  • nonperformer
  • nonstarters
  • nonsuccess
  • nonsuccesses
  • omissions
  • overthrow
  • paucities
  • pinches
  • poverties
  • privations
  • prodigal
  • rout
  • ruins
  • rupture
  • scarcities
  • setbacks
  • shambles
  • shipwrecks
  • shortages
  • sinking ship
  • stalemate
  • stoppage
  • total loss
  • turkey
  • turkeys
  • underachiever
  • undersupplies
  • wants
  • washout
  • washouts
  • wreck

debacles

  • Armageddons
  • accidents
  • also-rans
  • apocalypses
  • blasts
  • bloodbaths
  • blows
  • bombs
  • botches
  • bummers
  • busts
  • calamities
  • casualties
  • cataclysms
  • catastrophes
  • clinkers
  • clunkers
  • collapses
  • convulsions
  • crashes
  • disappointments
  • disasters
  • dogs
  • doomsdays
  • double whammies
  • duds
  • end-times
  • failures
  • fatalities
  • fiascoes
  • fizzles
  • flops
  • frosts
  • has-beens
  • hashes
  • lemons
  • losers
  • meltdowns
  • messes
  • misadventures
  • mischances
  • misfortunes
  • mishaps
  • misses
  • muddles
  • near misses
  • nonevents
  • nonstarters
  • one-two punches
  • one-twos
  • paroxysms
  • shambles
  • shipwrecks
  • tragedies
  • turkeys
  • upheavals
  • washouts

landslides

  • Niagaras
  • alluvions
  • avalanches
  • baths
  • blizzards
  • bursts
  • cascades
  • cataclysms
  • cataracts
  • currents
  • deluges
  • discharges
  • engulfments
  • flood tides
  • floods
  • flushes
  • fluxes
  • gushes
  • inflows
  • influxes
  • inundations
  • mudslides
  • outbursts
  • outflows
  • outpourings
  • overflows
  • rivers
  • slides
  • snowslides
  • spates
  • streams
  • surges
  • tides
  • torrents
  • washouts
  • waterfalls

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