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.
  •let down (verb)
  • dissatisfy,
  • depress,
  • abandon,
  • take down,
  • leave in lurch,
  • disillusion,
  • pull down,
  • lower,
  • leave stranded,
  • disenchant,
  • fail.
  •lose (verb)
  • expend,
  • exhaust,
  • be careless,
  • be reduced,
  • dispossess,
  • deplete,
  • pass up,
  • yield,
  • default,
  • use up,
  • fail to keep,
  • misspend,
  • divest,
  • suffer loss,
  • waste,
  • give up,
  • relinquish,
  • forget,
  • displace,
  • bereave,
  • surrender,
  • drop,
  • oust,
  • suffer,
  • become poorer,
  • disinherit,
  • consume,
  • capitulate,
  • squander,
  • rob,
  • misplace,
  • forfeit,
  • drain,
  • sacrifice,
  • be impoverished,
  • lavish,
  • dissipate.
  •miscarry (verb)
  • miss the mark,
  • miss fire.
  •misfire (verb)
  • explode,
  • poop out,
  • peter out,
  • fizz out,
  • backfire,
  • fizzle out.
  •miss (verb)
  • lose,
  • let go,
  • be late for,
  • let slip,
  • overlook,
  • blow,
  • muff,
  • ignore,
  • flub,
  • disregard,
  • err,
  • juggle,
  • drop the ball,
  • mislay,
  • fall flat on face,
  • trip,
  • overshoot,
  • skip,
  • omit,
  • neglect,
  • pass over,
  • trip up,
  • slight,
  • fumble,
  • undershoot,
  • botch.
  •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:

  •Other relevant words:
  • delinquency,
  • incompetence,
  • insufficiency,
  • unsuitability,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • teasing,
  • slump,
  • shortage,
  • shortfall,
  • tantalizing,
  • imperfection,
  • inferiority,
  • failure,
  • Nonfulfillment,
  • defalcation,
  • arrears,
  • Arrearage.

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.