Synonyms for Falling short:

• adj.

  •disappointing (adjective)
  • frustrating,
  • uninteresting,
  • disconcerting,
  • depressing,
  • lame,
  • inadequate,
  • unsatisfying,
  • inferior,
  • disheartening,
  • distasteful,
  • ineffective,
  • unhappy,
  • displeasing,
  • mediocre,
  • insufficient,
  • discouraging,
  • unpleasant,
  • failing,
  • bitter,
  • unfulfilling,
  • disagreeable.

• v.

  •fail (verb)
  • go down,
  • slip,
  • fold,
  • break down,
  • lose status,
  • fizzle,
  • fall flat,
  • be in vain,
  • come to naught,
  • go wrong,
  • flop,
  • backslide,
  • be defeated,
  • founder,
  • hit the skids,
  • run aground,
  • lose out,
  • flounder,
  • miscarry,
  • miss,
  • come to nothing,
  • abort,
  • meet with disaster,
  • deteriorate,
  • go astray,
  • go up in smoke,
  • be ruined,
  • decline,
  • fall short,
  • lose control,
  • go down swinging,
  • back wrong horse,
  • go downhill,
  • fall,
  • blunder,
  • play into,
  • be found lacking,
  • fall through,
  • miss the boat,
  • turn out badly,
  • be demoted,
  • hit bottom.
  •flop (verb)
  • close,
  • misfire,
  • flummox,
  • wash out,
  • bomb,
  • come apart.
  •shrink (verb)
  • dwindle,
  • wrinkle,
  • lessen,
  • constrict,
  • diminish,
  • reduce,
  • wither,
  • contract,
  • decrease,
  • weaken,
  • condense,
  • wane,
  • narrow,
  • concentrate,
  • drop off,
  • waste away,
  • shrivel,
  • compress,
  • shorten,
  • grow smaller,
  • deflate,
  • fall off.
  •wane (verb)
  • fade away,
  • taper off,
  • die down,
  • atrophy,
  • slack off,
  • moderate,
  • wind down,
  • shrink,
  • dim,
  • ebb,
  • relent,
  • subside,
  • ease off,
  • slacken,
  • sink,
  • die out,
  • let up,
  • fade,
  • abate,
  • draw to a close,
  • die away.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • disappointing.
  •n.
  • deficiency,
  • deficit,
  • inadequacy,
  • shortcoming.

Antonyms for Falling short:

• adj.

  • disappointing
    encouraging, satisfactory, pleasing, strong, agreeable, pleasant.

• v.

  • fail
    develop, reach, earn, build, deliver, gain, prosper, capture, complete, procure, ascend, obtain, finish, achieve, rise, succeed, merit, accomplish, go up, win, correct, do well.
  • let down
    satisfy, benefit.
  • lose
    gather, hold, collect, confront, maintain, hold on to, fill, starve, keep, fight, save, take, refuse, give, meet, face, hoard, accumulate.
  • miscarry
    improve.
  • miss
    look at, DO, heed, fix, pay attention, remember, respect, regard, attend, find, notice, note.
  • shrink
    grow, take on, extend, expand, loosen, strengthen, stretch, raise, blow up, enlarge, lengthen, increase.
  • wane
    enhance, brighten.