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miss lose default neglect misfire fall bomb flunk founder omit malfunction flop break overlook miscarry forget dissatisfy collapse fail-safe disappoint lag go sink surely misunderstand disobey crack fizzle lapse crash muff stiff disremember renege blow disagree abort skip secure evade ignore fall through fold overreach fall behind fumble escape crash and burn confuse let tank defeat desert fall down let down trip violate unlikely revoke bite the dust languish underwhelm losing choke lost drop renounce stand dog shaky draw a blank unfailing go down slip repine crater displease decline sit trick strike out reckon sure back unlearn day by all means come to naught waste go to the wall falter defect fallible belie come elude cut weak wane go wrong misapprehend skunk come to grief hit the buffers on the ropes failing miss out refuse lost cause flat defeatism on the rocks fall short give out sink or swim slack undeserve house of cards tube winder Pine flub repel back out of short plough squeak through squeak by hang doom crap failed scuttle misfortune misconstrue fudge trusty defeatist let slide soft-pedal go down the pan connive robust mistake strike track go down the tubes come apart unsee bail flame out hit the skids shorten unravel conk out pass-fail flatline leave someone cold skid break rank (or ranks) dishonour confound deceive underemphasize belly sour crap out keep want fail–safe goneburger breach cold lack refer goof go up in smoke slump egg hold ball on shaky ground give conk forfeit bung evasive waver devil implode go under pretermit shakeout abortive forget oneself underrate break down reject cryptorchidism certainly cropper misconceive stand up totter pass sth up go back on flame undervalue get behind fluff dead duck lose out lay an egg jump stool discord come (or get) unstuck miss the boat unfailingly scupper smash cease suspend miscorrect betray fink out scant maintain balk frail appall fuse shift fall between two stools drop the ball droop beat write-off abdicate no-hoper lie down on the job ill-starred falsify dop appal run infallible draw go belly-up go down like a lead balloon come up short of defail stagger skim go over like a lead balloon nonconform die a/the death plow blow something off quail on a hiding to nothing abate half-cock throw concede tread water hopeless swither uncomprehend leave make or break underestimate grief self-destruct ICE strike someone out (or strike out) sit on all right wayside miscue contravene fall by the wayside underachieve mistryst unforesee go down the tubes/tube dip sink like a stone flops yips non-pros peter squander take for granted kill or cure unsound loser whiff unstuck scantle block strip win or lose miss its/the mark misunderstood exclude going Panic overthrow slip on a banana skin/peel bounce pass–fail disoblige die gone lead nowhere miss the point allow go to pot Goes underappreciate unglued shore sth up tire flaw die a death become/come unstuck misunderstanding south ruin sink without trace as a last resort ametropia mismatch delinquently miscarriageable nonconcur copper-bottomed cutting make or break something welsh misfit knock the bottom out of sell go down to defeat guarantee cast–iron dodgy go bung instability oversee fight a losing battle shilly-shally make it act overload go pfft pass misplease do undershoot curdle terminal systemic risk go south go down the tube (or tubes) dust screw sit on one's arse craven (go) down the pan cut no ice/not cut any ice (with someone) slacken disedify misfunction damn fault come short leave something out of account not last long come to sth come up go phut hold off doomed go down the toilet except nowhere give up on sb/sth give up on something/someone fink torpedo lay blow someone off act up disprovide bankrupt disaccord misappreciate misregard mean keep off dry up indefectible fall victim to something get nowhere (fast) miscognize hang by a thread (living) on borrowed time disintegrate misspell reckon with (or without) screw something up rock solid rock-hard suck the kumara misesteem annually diverge jade come unglued ill-fated fall flat on one's face go begging fuze get/go nowhere slip/fall through the net watertight undercut reckon without rocks stand someone up stable shore underexpose stays misprize bollocks keep (or lose) one's cool hydrophobic fall on deaf ears come up empty give away depart jump/skip bail chicken circle unknow let oneself go keep (or lose) one's temper offer no apology for mismother louse (sth) up leave out something/someone fallen fall short (of) fall flat get no change out of truck mumble underperform do something by the skin of your teeth do little to help/solve etc top-heavy belt-and-braces be sure vail understress flounder screw up (something/someone) make an unsuccessful run for chuff tell against sb/sth slip through misspeak put the skids under pass up something stick flatter come off second best cook someone's goose critical list get (someone or something) wrong lose sight of underman succumb be lost on abandon ship airtight bombproof break ship stand or fall by/on something dip out broken louse let someone down jump bail poop fall through/between the cracks count against sb/sth faint flats the cards are stacked against someone blow off miss the mark go to hell broke big time somebody misregulate throwaway safety-critical underhit compound stand up someone all-or-nothing misrecognize dishonor nobble backfire take one's chances the kiss of death (for something) spurn make no allowance for lose one's balance fall flat on your face rot unfulfill win under-report surefire sag mishandle be on the skids fell unclassified come a cropper come up dry ground stabilize fall behind (something) dwarf loss boot sure-footed cop out on the skids sight put the skids under sth let off someone sync disclude be unable to see the wood (or North American the forest) for the trees a house built on sand bury the lede have had it cry catch dead meat keep one's eye on (or take one's eye off) the ball howl goof up whitewash go back on sth put the lid on sth precariously abscond undernourish stabilization plan B rocky survival survive seduction wash out go back on something days are numbered piddle infringe grant breakdown be stacked against you cry off die on the Order Paper lead disconform burn out seed/seeds of one's own destruction eat miss sb/sth out cut it close riding for a fall bunk throw something away deceptive discommodate know lip escape one's attention lie down dig one's own grave ship the cards/odds are stacked against you bottle lose one's cool fall apart mucker overset many thwart stymie quarrel butter count expose bale a knockout blow be/hang in the balance asymmetrical be on (or on to) a loser pack up mistrial foredoomed home-wrecker deny fly in the face of die on the vine conflict trample something/someone underfoot put the skids on/under something flood forgotten forgot skate over/around sth security stand by disserve adrift foolproof derogate from fuck up delusory dead slake sod misproportion have an even chance (of doing something) another/the final nail in the coffin chicken out kiss of death omit to do something diminishing returns self-destructive betray nothing self-defeating fly in the teeth of make naysayer confused crisis risky kid lose (something) in translation beg a nail in the/someone's coffin wither on the vine meet your Waterloo pseudocide investor protection underinvest kid oneself on an even keel sit by the writing is on the wall blank flake welsh on wash out (something) baler insecure Bâle crawl blow (it)! f there is no mistaking something die a (or the) death undercapitalize dicky keep (or lose) track of let the side down fault line drag naught muck renewal theory attempt liable whipsaw ultimus heres crowd out collateral too good to miss predatory pricing slip through the net/cracks deal throw good money after bad issue come out/up smelling like/of roses flag positively other fall at the first/final hurdle fly-by-night be ashamed to do something the wheels come off do–or–die category killer down with throw away tailspin bag washout overplay your hand sequel bound enterprise come out/up smelling like a rose go down/fall/drop like ninepins derail gamble reckon without sth safe mode risk management resort squeak leg chokest diphthong it is not for want/lack of trying leave someone/something hanging bobble drop one's aitches blue-chip lose track of the time strikeout bellyflop flash fool fragile wobble destine overskip in tatters recession lose one's place industrial economics trap crop borrow against bastardize prop recessionary short circuit externalize parking brake astigmatism bug black thumb slip through your fingers cosignatory have nothing to lose LLC second string achalasia stress test frog mix sb/sth up penalty clause bust fault–tolerant get/have one's wires crossed give (someone) the runaround streak fancy survivalist wear national show give someone enough rope (to hang themselves) deposit hysteron proteron intermittency effect pledge stonewall Z-score blast fragility qualified endorsement stinking thinking stand sb up slip by
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Words For "fail"
As you've probably noticed, words for "fail" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "fail" are: miss, lose, default, neglect, and misfire. There are 794 other words that are related to or similar to fail listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "fail" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).
About Reverse Dictionary
The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.
I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).
In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.
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