Synonyms of fallen flat

fallen flat

phrase

past participle of fall flat

1

as in failed

to be unsuccessful

Her performance fell flat despite weeks of rehearsing.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failed
• collapsed
• flopped
• missed
• struggled
• fallen short
• come up empty
• struck out
• come to grief
• laid an egg
• washed out
• come a cropper
• flamed out
• slumped
• slipped
• folded
• declined
• died on the vine
• fallen on one's face
• flunked
• tanked
• foundered
• cratered
• bombed
• gone under
• floundered
• crumbled
• waned
• skidded
• miscarried
• sunk
• misfired
• crashed
• imploded
• self-destructed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked out
• gone
• delivered
• succeeded
• gone over
• come off
• clicked
• cooked
• panned out
• flourished
• thrived
• prospered
• won
• prevailed
• triumphed

2

as in fallen short

to go wrong

Their game plan fell flat when their star player suffered an injury.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fallen short
• come to grief
• failed
• stalled
• miscarried
• come a cropper
• died
• misfired
• missed
• struggled
• washed out
• folded
• flopped
• fizzled
• broken down
• conked (out)
• crashed
• foundered
• flunked
• flamed out
• slipped
• floundered
• slumped
• waned
• skidded
• busted
• bombed
• declined
• tanked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prevailed
• succeeded
• flourished
• prospered
• thrived