Synonyms of cropper

cropper

noun

as in defeat

a falling short of one's goals

more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeat
• failure
• collapse
• crash
• setback
• nonachievement
• fizzle
• nonsuccess
• disappointment
• deficiency
• futility
• ineffectuality
• uselessness
• ineffectiveness
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• inefficacy
• ineffectualness
• letdown
• inefficaciousness
• inadequateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• achievement
• victory
• accomplishment
• win

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cropper

Two weeks after Alt’s ankle was mangled, depriving Herbert of his blindside protector, the quarterback and the offense came a cropper in a 30-6 blowout at Jacksonville in mid-November. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026

More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

Still, with the disappointing box office of the first Horizon, the lack of Horizon II on the big screen, and third and fourth installments of Horizon looking as likely as a return of the Wild West itself, however this case ends up sorted, Costner may still come a cropper. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

In January, 1813, at York Castle, fourteen croppers stood trial for rioting and machine breaking, which Parliament had deemed a capital offense in the new Frame-Breaking Act. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

Phrases Containing cropper

• come a cropper