Synonyms of fallen short

fallen short

phrase

past participle of fall short

1

as in failed

to be unsuccessful

The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in come to grief

to go wrong

The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeded
• prevailed
• flourished
• prospered
• thrived
• thriven