Synonyms for fallout
fall·out

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. falloutnoun

   A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

   Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in .

   Synonyms:
   repercussion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fallout, radioactive dustnoun

   the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

   Synonyms:
   side effect, radioactive dust

2. side effect, falloutnoun

   any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

   "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

   Synonyms:
   radioactive dust, side effect

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Dust

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1. List of paraphrases for "fallout":

   fall-out, spin-offs, impact, rainfall, spillovers

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1. Ron DeSantis:

   Now, what the AP did by trying to create a false narrative is some people may believe the narrative and then think that this is not a viable treatment for them so if they're infected, they will not go seek a monoclonal antibody and that will ultimately increase their risk of hospitalization, so the AP knew what they were doing, they wanted to do a political hit on me and the fallout from that is that there will likely be people who decline life-saving treatment. And then they have the temerity to act like they were the victim when they got called out on their hit piece.

2. Roy Keane:

   In his second spell when he came back, for some reason towards the end of my time I found him to be really disrespectful towards me so we had a bit of fallout, he questioned my loyalty and I told him where to go.

3. Zoe Ryan:

   The manifestos that were typically written in the first part of the last century were how architects, artists, designers responded to change: pulling together these great statements and visions that were very utopic, now we are living through the fallout of the dreams that were never realised ... The projects show design is inextricably linked to everyday life and issues with social implications.

4. Darren Star:

   There was a twist a the end of the first season that she did not see coming, and I think there's a lot of fallout that happens from the that in the new season.

5. Jeffrey Scott:

   I don't think anybody would survive the political fallout of trying to bring this back, it's got religious zeal to it some camps.