Synonyms of lemon

lemon

noun

as in disaster

something that has failed

the used car he bought turned out to be a lemon, and he soon had trouble starting the thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disaster
• failure
• bust
• disappointment
• frost
• loser
• bomb
• catastrophe
• turkey
• flop
• washout
• miss
• mess
• clinker
• shipwreck
• clunker
• fiasco
• dud
• has-been
• fizzle
• dog
• debacle
• débâcle
• hash
• bummer
• muddle
• also-ran
• botch
• near miss
• shambles
• nonevent
• nonstarter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• hit
• winner
• smash
• blockbuster
• phenomenon
• corker
• crackerjack
• crackajack
• dandy
• jim-dandy