Synonyms of collapsing

collapsing 1 of 2

adjective

as in failing

Related Words

• failing
• folding
• flopping
• slipping
• washing-out
• declining
• slumping
• flunking
• waning
• futureless
• bankrupt
• inauspicious
• destroyed
• no-good
• unpromising
• unsuccessful
• hopeless
• ruined
• failed
• wrecked
• kerflooey
• kaput

Dissimilar Words

• successful
• going
• thriving
• flourishing
• triumphant
• prosperous
• coming
• promising
• growing
• booming
• palmy
• robust
• roaring

collapsing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of collapse

1

as in crumpling

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crumpling
• tumbling
• going
• buckling
• crumbling
• dying
• melting
• shattering
• imploding
• giving
• yielding
• crashing
• foundering
• going out
• giving way
• bursting
• breaking
• failing
• flattening
• caving (in)
• snapping
• cracking
• smashing
• popping
• deflating
• splitting
• stalling
• splintering
• giving out
• melting down
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

2

as in flopping

to be unsuccessful

the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failing
• flopping
• folding
• struggling
• missing
• bombing
• foundering
• striking out
• cratering
• flunking
• tanking
• declining
• crashing
• falling short
• falling flat
• coming up empty
• dying on the vine
• flaming out
• crumbling
• laying an egg
• coming to grief
• slipping
• washing out
• slumping
• floundering
• falling on one's face
• skidding
• coming a cropper
• sinking
• imploding
• waning
• misfiring
• miscarrying
• going under
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeding
• going
• delivering
• clicking
• working out
• coming off
• going over
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering
• cooking
• prevailing
• winning
• panning out
• triumphing

3

as in compressing

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together

the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compressing
• squeezing
• condensing
• consolidating
• packing
• contracting
• constricting
• compacting
• telescoping
• narrowing (down)
• cramming
• simplifying
• constringing
• capsulizing
• capsuling
• shrinking
• crowding
• shortening
• decreasing
• downsizing
• jamming
• curtailing
• diminishing
• abridging
• jam-packing
• concentrating
• streamlining
• abbreviating
• boiling down
• lessening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expanding
• opening
• dissipating
• dispersing
• scattering
• decompressing
• dilating
• swelling
• outspreading
• outstretching
• inflating
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of collapsing

Verb

Teen sleep is quietly collapsing, and the device on the nightstand is a big reason why. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

In June, its day center sustained damages from a storm that hit Charlotte, with the roof collapsing in the center’s dining room. — Zaire Breedlove august 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026

In practice, that means following how work flows, collapsing layers that no longer earn their place and reorganizing into small teams that own outcomes end-to-end. — Pallavi Mahajan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

In one of the darkest days in Tour history, British rider Tom Simpson died after collapsing during a tortuous ascent in 1967. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

The video showed the victim back on his feet and walking a short distance before collapsing to the ground. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

The second made it inside an apartment before collapsing and later underwent surgery. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

There is more attention paid to buildings collapsing than to the actual people being harmed. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026

The fire broke out on June 17, burning for more than a week and collapsing the 500,000-square-foot facility. — Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026