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Synonyms for failure
ˈfeɪl yərfail·ure
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
failure
Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.
Synonyms:
adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitationAntonyms:
blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph
Princeton's WordNet
failurenoun
an act that fails
"his failure to pass the test"
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bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successfailurenoun
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
"the surprise party was a complete failure"
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bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successfailurenoun
lack of success
"he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
Synonyms:
bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successfailure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personnoun
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Synonyms:
bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, also-ran, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successfailurenoun
an unexpected omission
"he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
Synonyms:
bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successbankruptcy, failurenoun
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
"the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
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bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
successfailurenoun
loss of ability to function normally
"kidney failure"
Synonyms:
bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personAntonyms:
success
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
failurenoun
Synonyms:
deficiency, defectiveness, shortcomingfailurenoun
Synonyms:
omission, neglect, FAIL, non-performance, non-observancefailurenoun
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miscarriage, botch, ill success, flash in the pan, labor for one's pains, losing game, wild-goose chase, sleeveless errandfailurenoun
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insolvency, bankruptcy, suspension of paymentfailurenoun
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decay, decline, declension, loss
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
failurenoun
Synonyms:
failing, deficiency, shortcoming, lack, omission, pretermission, default, nonperformance, neglect, dereliction nonfulfillment, nonobservance, nonsuccess, miscarriage, frustration, abortion, foil, fizzle, fiasco, deterioration, decline, declension, retrogression, bankruptcy, insolvency
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "failure":
inability, omission, fiasco, failed, incapacity, lack, breakdown, malfunction, rupture, error, fails, fault, absence, default, fail, defect, failing, collapse, defeat, non-compliance, bankruptcy, flop, judgement, breach, refusal, impossibility, setback, chess, disability, flaw, insufficiency, judgment, deficiency, breakage, breakup, inadequacy, non-performance, falla, failures
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#899 | error | |
#1452 | trial | |
#1538 | default | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2498 | lack | |
#2540 | blow | |
#2593 | failed | |
#2636 | fail | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3459 | disability | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4134 | disaster | |
#4320 | ill | |
#4333 | bankruptcy | |
#4456 | judgment | |
#4642 | absence | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5403 | fails | |
#5586 | stroke | |
#6159 | harm | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7113 | chess | |
#7864 | breakdown | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8215 | failing | |
#8481 | failures | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10327 | defect | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#11794 | inability | |
#12068 | judgement | |
#12648 | refusal | |
#12669 | distress | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14621 | sorrow | |
#14866 | flop | |
#15262 | loser | |
#15487 | misery | |
#15535 | disappointment | |
#15960 | visitation | |
#16176 | flaw | |
#17829 | omission | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#21804 | setback | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#25754 | bereavement | |
#26407 | malfunction | |
#29142 | breakup | |
#30603 | adversity | |
#31161 | fiasco | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#31190 | misfortune | |
#31904 | incapacity | |
#31954 | insufficiency | |
#34052 | calamity | |
#35967 | impossibility | |
#36859 | tribulation | |
#37535 | affliction | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#43809 | inadequacy | |
#81876 | misadventure | |
#82122 | chastisement | |
#82646 | falla | |
#194474 | chastening | |
#246182 | mischance |
How to use failure in a sentence?
It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
The immediate goal is to try to persuade people … that western-style republicanism – which was supported by United States – is a failure, and that the PRC's policy of Belt and Road Initiative, and the new international order that it wants to create, is superior to what United States tried to create after 20 years in Afghanistan.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
By choosing not to thoroughly investigate allegations, the Catholic Church has failed in its moral obligation to provide survivors, parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois, the failure to investigate also means that the Catholic Church has never made an effort to determine whether the conduct of the accused priests was ignored or covered up by superiors.
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
Translations for failure
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- عطل, إخفاقArabic
- неудачник, несполука, повреда, неуспехBulgarian
- fracàsCatalan, Valencian
- nezdar, porucha, neúspěch, selháníCzech
- fiasko, svigt, nedbrudDanish
- Pleite, Versagerin, Misserfolg, Versagen, Misslingen, Versager, Ausfall, VerschlechterungGerman
- αποτυχίαGreek
- avería, fracaso, fracasado, falloSpanish
- ebaõnnestumineEstonian
- porrotBasque
- epäonnistuminen, vikaFinnish
- raté, panne, échecFrench
- meathlú, meathIrish
- fàilligeadhScottish Gaelic
- כשלוןHebrew
- असफलताHindi
- kudarcHungarian
- kegagalanIndonesian
- fiaskoIdo
- insuccesso, fiasco, fallimento, avariaItalian
- 失敗Japanese
- សេចក្ដីខ្វះKhmer
- иш ордунан чыкпай калуу, жол болбооKyrgyz
- defectum,Latin
- neveiksme, neizdošanāsLatvian
- mislukking, fout, faling, mislukkelingDutch
- svikt, fiasko, misæreNorwegian
- nieudacznik, awaria, porażka, niepowodzenie, brak, defektPolish
- fracasso, falhaPortuguese
- eșecRomanian
- провал, выход из строя, сбой, крах, поломкаRussian
- neuspehSlovene
- misslyckandeSwedish
- వైఫల్యంTelugu
- thất bạiVietnamese
- 失败Chinese
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