Antonyms for failure
ˈfeɪl yərfail·ure

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1. failurenoun

   State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

   Antonyms:
   triumph, success

2. failurenoun

   Synonyms:
   loser

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1. failure

   Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.

   Antonyms:
   blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph

   Synonyms:
   adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitation

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Fortune
   • Happening
   • Insolvency
   • Nonaccomplishment
   • Omission

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1. failurenoun

   an act that fails

   "his failure to pass the test"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

2. failurenoun

   an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

   "the surprise party was a complete failure"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

3. failurenoun

   lack of success

   "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

4. failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personnoun

   a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, also-ran, unsuccessful person

5. failurenoun

   an unexpected omission

   "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

6. bankruptcy, failurenoun

   inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

   "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

7. failurenoun

   loss of ability to function normally

   "kidney failure"

   Antonyms:
   success

   Synonyms:
   bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

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1. failurenoun

   Synonyms:
   failing, deficiency, shortcoming, lack, omission, pretermission, default, nonperformance, neglect, dereliction nonfulfillment, nonobservance, nonsuccess, miscarriage, frustration, abortion, foil, fizzle, fiasco, deterioration, decline, declension, retrogression, bankruptcy, insolvency

How to use failure in a sentence?

1. Michael Barr:

   The bank waited too long to address its problems and, ironically, the overdue actions it finally took to strengthen its balance sheet sparked the uninsured depositor run that led to the bank’s failure.

2. Jules Renard:

   Failure is not the only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others.

3. Wayne Lam:

   We all know that Samsung has a technology that works. It's likely that this glitch is a problem with mass production and the failure is just in the single digit percentage.

4. Donald Trump:

   This bill has evolved. And we didn't have a failure on the bill, you know, it was reported like a failure. Now, the one thing I wouldn't have done again is put a timeline. That's why on the second iteration, I didn't put a timeline.

5. Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain:

   We're not doing enough of anything. We need to train, we need to equip, we need to have boots on the ground for forward air controllers, there has to be total reevaluation of our abysmal failure and the consequences of it.

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