Synonyms of falling short

falling short

phrase

present participle of fall short

1

as in failing

to be unsuccessful

The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in falling flat

to go wrong

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prevailing
• succeeding
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering