Synonyms of falling flat

falling flat

phrase

present participle of fall flat

1

as in striking out

to be unsuccessful

Her performance fell flat despite weeks of rehearsing.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in falling short

to go wrong

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falling short
• coming to grief
• coming a cropper
• failing
• misfiring
• miscarrying
• stalling
• missing
• dying
• washing out
• flaming out
• flopping
• breaking down
• struggling
• conking (out)
• folding
• crashing
• foundering
• fizzling
• flunking
• skidding
• floundering
• waning
• bombing
• slumping
• tanking
• slipping
• declining
• busting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prevailing
• succeeding
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering

• prevailing
• succeeding
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering