What is another word for failure?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈe͡ɪli͡ə], [ fˈeɪliə], [ f_ˈeɪ_l_iə]
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Similar words for failure:
- Chapter 11 (noun)
- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- also-ran (noun)
- attack (noun)
- bankruptcy (noun)
- breakdown (noun)
- bug (noun)
- bungler (noun)
- catastrophe (noun)
- collapse (noun)
- comedown (noun)
- cut up (noun)
- debacle (noun)
- decline (noun)
- defeat (noun)
- defection (noun)
- deficiency (noun)
- delinquency (noun)
- demise (noun)
- depression (noun)
- dereliction (noun)
- disappointment (noun)
- disaster (noun)
- discomfiture (noun)
- downfall (noun)
- dropout (noun)
- error (noun)
- failing (noun)
- failure (noun)
- fall (noun)
- fiasco (noun)
- flash in the pan (noun)
- frustration (noun)
- haplessness (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- impossibility (noun)
- inability (noun)
- incapability (noun)
- inferior (noun)
- inutility (noun)
- lack of success (noun)
- lapse (noun)
- lemon (noun)
- licking (noun)
- loser (noun)
- loss (noun)
- misadventure (noun)
- misfortune (noun)
- misfortune/mishap (noun)
- misstep (noun)
- negligence (noun)
- omission (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- person who does not succeed (noun)
- recreance (noun)
- repulse (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- shortage (noun)
- slip (noun)
- smash (noun)
- tragedy (noun)
- trouble (noun)
- undoing (noun)
- unfortunateness (noun)
- unluckiness (noun)
- untowardness (noun)
- waterloo (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other relevant words (v.n.)
- other synonyms
- break down
- good fortune
- incompetent
Synonyms for Failure:
n.
• Chapter 11 (noun)-
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- cultivate,
- crop circle,
- star,
- corn,
- crop rotation,
- derelict,
- bankrupt,
- cultivated,
- defaulter,
- arable,
- incompetent,
- prodigal,
- combine,
- bum,
- beachcomber,
- veteran,
- cash crop,
- no-account,
- scapegrace,
- crop.
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- bad hair day,
- slump.
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- money.
- non starter,
- also ran,
- unsuccessful candidates,
- unsuccessful people,
- unsuccessful persons,
- non-starters,
- non starters,
- alsoran,
- defeated players.
- de faults,
- non payment,
- non payments,
- in-solvency,
- in solvency,
- de-faults,
- de fault,
- de-fault,
- non-payments,
- destitutenesses,
- over drafts,
- pauperisms,
- in solvencies,
- in-solvencies,
- over draft,
- over-draft,
- over-drafts.
- dis-integrations,
- dis integrations,
- dis-integration,
- neurasthenias,
- dis integration,
- nervous prostrations,
- psychasthenias.
- de solations,
- up shots,
- re-verse,
- re verse,
- mis chance,
- up shot,
- de-solations,
- the worsts,
- up-shot,
- mis chances,
- de solation,
- mis-chances,
- up-shots,
- mis-chance,
- de-solation.
- caveins,
- cave ins,
- dis-organization,
- dis-organizations,
- ruinings,
- dis organization,
- conk outs,
- cavein,
- dis organizations.
- de motions,
- anti climax,
- anti climaxes,
- de-motion,
- anti-climaxes,
- de motion,
- de-motions,
- de scents,
- de-scents,
- anti-climax,
- de-scent,
- de scent.
- cut.
- crack ups,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- dis solutions,
- de-feasances,
- de feasances,
- blue ruins,
- de feasance,
- over throw,
- de-feasance,
- over-throw,
- re-versal,
- shellackings,
- dis solution,
- over throws,
- over-throws,
- re versal.
- de-generations,
- falling offs,
- de generation,
- de generations,
- worsenings,
- de-cline,
- devolutions,
- de-cays,
- de-volutions,
- de cays,
- de-cay,
- dwindlings,
- on skid,
- de cay,
- on the skid,
- weakenings,
- de-volution,
- de-clines,
- de-generation,
- de cline,
- re-cession,
- re-cessions,
- de volution,
- re cessions,
- de clines,
- on skids,
- re cession,
- de volutions.
- dis affections,
- dis loyalty,
- dis-affection,
- re volts,
- re volt,
- re treats,
- dis-affections,
- sunderings,
- re-treat,
- re-volts,
- disownments,
- re-treats,
- dis-loyalties,
- dis affection,
- re-volt,
- dis-loyalty,
- dis loyalties,
- forsakings.
- de-merit,
- in-sufficiency,
- de merit,
- in-sufficiencies,
- in sufficiencies,
- in sufficiency,
- de merits,
- inability hack it,
- de-merits,
- insufficiences.
- mis-demeanor,
- mis deed,
- non feasances,
- over sights,
- nonobservances,
- mis-demeanors,
- mis demeanors,
- mis-behavior,
- mis-deeds,
- mis deeds,
- non feasance,
- non observance,
- over-sights,
- mis behavior,
- mis-deed,
- mis behaviors,
- over-sight,
- non observances,
- over sight,
- mis-behaviors,
- mis demeanor,
- non-observances,
- non-feasances.
- de ceases,
- de mises,
- de-cease,
- lights outs,
- last roundups,
- last outs,
- de-ceases,
- numbers ups,
- number up,
- numbers up,
- dyings,
- number ups,
- de-mise,
- de cease,
- number's ups,
- de-mises,
- de mise,
- final thrills.
- retrenchment,
- hard times,
- hard time,
- bottom out,
- overproduction,
- stagflation,
- over-production,
- big trouble,
- retrenchments,
- panic,
- Paralyses,
- paralysis,
- unemployment.
- bringdown,
- disillusionment,
- disenchantment,
- bafflement,
- faux pas,
- unfulfillment,
- old one-two,
- the knocks,
- lack of success,
- fizzle,
- disillusionments,
- inefficacy,
- adverse fate.
- de-luge,
- the skid,
- de luges,
- de-luges,
- de luge,
- rack ruin,
- road ruin,
- on rock,
- de-cadence,
- on the rock,
- de-cadences,
- de cadence,
- on rocks,
- de cadences.
- errors,
- misconception,
- XS,
- screamer,
- booboos,
- howler,
- booboo,
- screamers,
- screw-up,
- bad job,
- howlers,
- mismanagement,
- boo-boos,
- boo-boo,
- Misbelief,
- goof.
- crash,
- implosion,
- infertility,
- tailspin,
- skid,
- reversal,
- miscarriage,
- wipeout,
- thrashing,
- Noncompletion,
- noncompliance,
- trouncing,
- misfire,
- bust,
- white elephant,
- miss,
- dysfunction,
- nosedive.
- mis-fires,
- flash the pan,
- flash in pan,
- mis fires,
- brief successes,
- flash pan,
- mis fire,
- flash-pan,
- wet squibs,
- mis-fire,
- nine days wonder.
- nonfulfillments,
- foilings,
- blockings,
- non fulfillments,
- non-fulfillment,
- non-fulfillments,
- curbings,
- non fulfillment.
- Impracticabilities,
- unfeasibility,
- unlikelihood,
- unlikelihoods,
- impracticability,
- unattainability,
- unworkability.
- in-aptitude,
- in utilities,
- un fitnesses,
- in-aptitudes,
- in-utility,
- in effectualnesses,
- in-effectualnesses,
- in-competences,
- in competences,
- dis qualification,
- in utility,
- in efficiencies,
- in-adequacies,
- in effectivenesses,
- in-efficiency,
- un-fitness,
- in effectiveness,
- in effectualness,
- in-adequacy,
- in-capacitations,
- in-effectivenesses,
- un-fitnesses,
- in capacitations,
- dis qualifications,
- in-effectualness,
- in-utilities,
- in aptitude,
- in-capacities,
- in capacity,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-effectiveness,
- dis-qualification,
- ineptnesses,
- in adequacies,
- in efficiency,
- incapacitations,
- in-capacity,
- in competence,
- un fitness,
- in capacitation,
- in-capacitation,
- dis-qualifications,
- in aptitudes,
- in adequacy,
- in capacities,
- inaptitudes,
- in-competence.
- subaltern,
- born loser,
- reject,
- subordinate,
- inferior,
- underling,
- second banana,
- turkey,
- second,
- underdog,
- second fiddle,
- dud,
- underachiever,
- flop.
- impracticality,
- fruitlessness,
- uselessness,
- Detrimentalness,
- good-for-nothingness,
- ineffectiveness,
- inadequacy,
- futility,
- unsuitability.
- bungle,
- sinking ship,
- wreck,
- stoppage,
- mess,
- lead balloon,
- deficit,
- nonsuccess,
- total loss,
- rout,
- botch,
- stalemate,
- false step,
- rupture,
- checkmate.
- goofup,
- goof ups,
- in-discretion,
- in-discretions,
- slip ups,
- in discretion,
- goofups,
- goof-ups,
- in discretions.
- under privileged,
- dis advantageds,
- defeateds,
- dis advantaged,
- underprivilegeds,
- under dogs,
- under-dog,
- under-privileged,
- hasbeens,
- down and outer,
- flunkees,
- under dog,
- disadvantageds,
- under-dogs,
- has beens,
- hasbeen,
- has been,
- dis-advantageds,
- dis-advantaged.
- in-felicities,
- in conveniences,
- dis-comforts,
- un pleasantness,
- dis comfort,
- dis-comfort,
- stroke bad luck,
- casualities,
- in-felicity,
- in felicity,
- un pleasantnesses,
- mis-fortunes,
- tough lucks,
- mis fortunes,
- in-conveniences,
- in felicities,
- rotten lucks,
- in-convenience,
- un-pleasantness,
- un-pleasantnesses,
- dis comforts.
- un preparednesses,
- dis-regard,
- dis regard,
- dis regards,
- un-preparedness,
- un preparedness,
- un-preparednesses,
- in-attentivenesses,
- inattentivenesses,
- in attentiveness,
- in attentivenesses,
- neglectfulnesses,
- in attentions,
- unpreparednesses,
- in-attentions,
- in-attentiveness,
- in-attention,
- in attention,
- dis-regards.
- over-looking,
- in-advertence,
- noninclusions,
- cutting outs,
- in advertence,
- with-holding,
- in advertency,
- pretermissions,
- in advertences,
- preteritions,
- over looks,
- in advertencies,
- overlookings,
- in-advertencies,
- excludings,
- passing overs,
- ignorings,
- non-inclusions,
- over-looks,
- with holding,
- over looking,
- over look,
- non inclusions,
- with-holdings,
- in-advertences,
- over-look,
- slightings,
- non inclusion,
- in-advertency,
- disregardances,
- with holdings,
- leaving outs.
- hard luck,
- blue ruin,
- meltdown,
- lemon,
- inattentiveness,
- flaw,
- non-inclusion,
- ill,
- Non-feasance,
- ineptness,
- crackups,
- unsuccessful person,
- fiasco,
- pile-up,
- slackness,
- catastrophe,
- goof up,
- nonstarters,
- road to ruin,
- conk out,
- inadvertency,
- defalcation,
- elision,
- crack-ups,
- cave in,
- slip-ups,
- on the rocks,
- helplessness,
- last out,
- slip,
- also-ran,
- receivership,
- inaptitude,
- Incapacitation,
- Infelicities,
- disappointment,
- wet squib,
- Recreance,
- falls,
- dumb trick,
- noninclusion,
- computer malfunction,
- withholdings,
- discomfiture,
- shortage,
- frustration,
- cave-in,
- scantiness,
- meltdowns,
- loss,
- Nonfulfillment,
- Unluckiness,
- Insufficience,
- bad fortune,
- laxness,
- bug,
- cropper,
- goof-up,
- remissness,
- misfortune,
- casuality,
- cave-ins,
- negligence,
- infelicity,
- deflations,
- nervous prostration,
- non-conformist,
- unpreparedness,
- debacle,
- roughs,
- has-beens,
- trouble,
- incompetency,
- crushing defeat,
- bankruptcy,
- brownout,
- foul-up,
- slip up,
- inutility,
- incapability,
- powerlessness,
- unluck,
- disregardance,
- disownment,
- tragedy,
- overdraft,
- defalcations,
- Recreancy,
- over turn,
- inutilities,
- receiverships,
- repulse,
- psychasthenia,
- final thrill,
- downfall,
- inadvertencies,
- omission,
- the worst,
- non-starter,
- gaff,
- haplessness,
- tough luck,
- neglectfulness,
- fell stroke,
- demise,
- depression,
- Destituteness,
- Downs,
- pratfalls,
- last roundup,
- inability to hack it,
- undoing,
- hippie,
- stroke of bad luck,
- dropout,
- misstep,
- ill fortune,
- defeat,
- Non-payment,
- loser,
- misadventure,
- lapse,
- inefficiencies,
- ebbings,
- bad break,
- untowardness,
- deficiency,
- neurasthenia,
- dumb thing to do,
- deflation,
- devolution,
- nonstarter,
- outage,
- slip of tongue,
- knock,
- havoc,
- the skids,
- pratfall,
- waning,
- leaving out,
- flash in the pan,
- hardshi,
- preterition,
- comedown,
- failing,
- fall,
- elisions,
- visitation,
- waterloo,
- number's up,
- unsuccessful candidate,
- foulup,
- smash-up,
- Non-observance,
- crackup,
- missings,
- croppers,
- something wrong,
- gaffs,
- has-been,
- breakdown,
- ill luck,
- unfortunateness,
- crack-up,
- washout,
- collapse,
- piece of junk,
- misfortunes,
- disaster,
- slip-up,
- laxity,
- smash up,
- error,
- brief success,
- pauperism,
- rotten luck,
- pile up,
- trouncings,
- defeated player,
- brownouts,
- up set,
- botched situation,
- prohibitions,
- flunkee,
- decline,
- overdrafts,
- smash,
- on the skids,
- attack,
- pretermission,
- tergiversation,
- nonobservance,
- inability.
- loafer,
- beat,
- castaway,
- moocher,
- good-for-nothing,
- insolvent,
- no-good,
- might-have-been,
- nonperformer,
- deadbeat,
- nobody,
- lumpy.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)v.n.
• Other relevant words: (v.n.)Other synonyms:
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- performance,
- inaction,
- fuck up,
- Unsuccess,
- break,
- evasion,
- stasis,
- avoidance,
- footdragging,
- mistrial,
- second best,
- shutdown,
- wild-goose chase,
- quitter,
- off-day,
- lost cause,
- standstill,
- nonfeasance,
- dead duck,
- unsuccessfulness,
- decay.
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- inertia,
- declination,
- bomb,
- advantage,
- delay,
- insolvency,
- clunker,
- the slow lane,
- suspended animation,
- delinquency,
- stagnation,
- fallow,
- quiescent.
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- eclipse,
- wilderness,
- lull,
- abortion,
- deterioration.
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- trough.
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- fault.
- luck.
How to use "Failure" in context?
Failure is a universal experience. No one is immune to it. It's a rite of passage for everyone. It's how we learn and grow. We might not like it at the time, but in the end we all become better people for it. Sometimes it's a moment of clarity that wakes us up to a new reality. Other times it's a humiliation that forces us to humble ourselves. But no matter what, failure is a part of life. It's the mark of a successful person to learn from their failures.
So what should we do when we fail? First of all, don't be discouraged.
Paraphrases for Failure:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
insufficiency.
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Noun, singular or mass
insufficiency.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
errors.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
malfunction, malfunctions.
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Noun, singular or mass
bankruptcy, breach, disappointment, dud, lapse, loss, malfunction, misfire, outage, washout, weakness, Non-fulfilment, blackout.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
abnormality, abstention, adjudication, breakage, breaking, breakup, carelessness, chess, contravention, demise, denial, departure, disaster, disqualification, disregard, disrespect, fact, fail, failed, fall, fault, flaw, fracture, glitch, helplessness, impotence, inaction, inactivity, incapability, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, ineptitude, infraction, interruption, lack, loser, malfunctioning, miscarriage, misconduct, misunderstanding, neglect, oversight, paucity, powerlessness, refusal, rejection, reluctance, repudiation, scarcity, shortage, termination, unavailability, underdevelopment, unfitness, unsuitability, unwillingness, violation, Incapacitation, Refrainment, Refusing, meltdown, non-compliance, Non-observance, Non-payment, Non-performance, non-conformity, break-up, non-acceptance, non-implementation, non-respect, non-transposition.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
absence.
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Noun, singular or mass
absence, blunder, collapse, crash, dearth, defeat, defect, dereliction, disruption, dysfunction, fiasco, frustration, impossibility, infringement, negligence, noncompliance, rupture, setback, shortcoming, defeats.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Failure:
- florey, filer, follower, flower, flory, flier, faller, flowery, filar, fuller, foolery, flare, fluor, floury, filaria, Fleer, filler, florio, fowler, feller, flour, feeler, flora, flurry, filaree, floor, flyer, f layer, flair.
Hyponym for Failure:
n.
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act
nonachievement, skip, nonaccomplishment, omission.
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event
natural event, Occurrent, happening, occurrence.
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act
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