Synonyms for fallout
fall·out

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. falloutnoun

   A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

   Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in .

   Synonyms:
   repercussion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fallout, radioactive dustnoun

   the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

   Synonyms:
   side effect, radioactive dust

2. side effect, falloutnoun

   any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

   "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

   Synonyms:
   radioactive dust, side effect

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Dust

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fallout":

   fall-out, spin-offs, impact, rainfall, spillovers

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How to use fallout in a sentence?

1. Darren Star:

   There was a twist a the end of the first season that she did not see coming, and I think there's a lot of fallout that happens from the that in the new season.

2. Evan Ellis:

   Maduro himself has little power; his survival reflects that those in his military and government with the power to act, are sufficiently implicated in years of the corruption of the Chavista system, for the moment, they fear the fallout from seeking to replace him by a democratic government – or a more competent authoritarian one – more than they fear the consequences of his bad policies.

3. Azeem Ibrahim:

   These countries are coming to the realization that the United States, particularly in United States current form, is not United States, china is significantly much more reliable for the long-term, particularly with the political fallout in countries like Saudi Arabia where the leadership has been ostracized.

4. Keith Ablow:

   If your job is adopting a persona who is not really who are you and maintaining it for many years inside and outside the ring to some extent, one could wonder whether you are also more vulnerable to using substances to try to maintain that identity, this could be an unhealthy alliance of certain psychological factors with the fallout from physical side effects that result when you try to maintain affliction.

5. Dr James Kerry:

   The central section of the reef is now displaying the same extent of bleaching as in the north, going over those reefs this year, you can tell how low the coral cover was. It was shocking to see the fallout from last year's event.