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

Elsewhere along the Black River, campers clung to collapsing structures and trees as floodwaters surged, while search crews continued looking for a woman swept away with her dogs. — Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

At the same time, though, the league is far more reliant on a regional TV model that’s currently in the midst of collapsing. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Her late husband Grant Wahl, for decades the preeminent soccer journalist in the United States, died at the Qatar World Cup in 2022, after collapsing while covering a quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands. — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2026

Denny Cuadra had just finished putting up his vendor tent for Elgin’s Fourth of July Festival when a storm suddenly blew in, collapsing the structure and exposing all of his food and supplies to the heavy rain. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Machado, on the other hand, remained in the game after fouling a ball off his toe in the third inning and collapsing in pain at the plate. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Unlike straw or lower-grade wool blends, beaver felt can be reworked without collapsing its structure, which is what allows hats to be reshaped by hand rather than stamped out of a mold. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026

Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026

This process is collapsing the filmmaking process into fewer steps, Amazon Web Services’ General Manager of Media and Entertainment Samira Bakhtiar said in an interview. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 June 2026