Synonyms of fizzles

fizzles 1 of 2

noun

plural of fizzle

1

as in collapses

a falling short of one's goals

the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• defeats
• failures
• crashes
• setbacks
• nonsuccesses
• croppers
• nonachievements
• disappointments
• futilities
• deficiencies
• inadequacies
• letdowns
• insufficiencies
• inefficacies
• ineffectualities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• achievements
• successes
• accomplishments
• victories
• wins

2

as in disasters

something that has failed

the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• bombs
• disappointments
• busts
• misses
• flops
• catastrophes
• losers
• shipwrecks
• frosts
• washouts
• fiascoes
• duds
• lemons
• debacles
• clinkers
• messes
• turkeys
• bummers
• clunkers
• botches
• shambles
• muddles
• dogs
• near misses
• has-beens
• hashes
• also-rans
• nonevents
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hits
• successes
• smashes
• winners
• blockbusters
• phenomena
• crackerjacks
• corkers
• dandies
• jim-dandies

fizzles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fizzle

as in hisses

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\

oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hisses
• bubbles
• fizzes
• sizzles
• whistles
• whizzes
• swishes
• wheezes
• buzzes
• effervesces
• whooshes
• hums
• whishes
• zips
• swooshes
• drones

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fizzles

Noun

Pick the game before guests arrive, give people time to socialize first and keep a backup game ready in case the first one fizzles. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

If real users don’t watch or share the clips, a campaign fizzles. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026

Devon Energy should continue to rally even if the oil rally fizzles as bullish catalysts line up for the stock — including the closing of its merger with Coterra — according to Jefferies. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 8 May 2026

Today, many people start thinking about Christmas after Thanksgiving, and any sort of holiday spirit fizzles by early January. — Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025

When her career fizzles, April returns home and unexpectedly crosses paths with Chastity, who is also out of work, and desperate for a fresh start. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025

But if that boom fizzles, the pain will ripple through the whole economy. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025

Startups fail, investments underperform, strategic alignment fizzles and you’re left with slide decks and press releases instead of revenue and impact. — Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

What rarely gets discussed is the operational work that determines whether a stunt like this converts into real revenue instead of just a viral moment that fizzles once the cameras leave. — Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Beck’s debut fizzles Offensive coordinator Jason Beck came to Michigan with a reputation for offensive turnarounds. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

The next family standing at the water’s edge with a missing-person flyer shouldn’t have to become the next campaign that fizzles out. — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026

The Air Jordan 1 is just a sneaker if Michael Jordan’s career fizzles out his rookie season. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The bigger disappointment is a bombshell ending, albeit a narratively ambiguous one, that fizzles rather than explodes. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026

But if the stock market rally that powers the divide fizzles out, the economy could take a significant beating. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

If this El Niño fizzles out, a dry winter could send California back toward drought conditions in 2027. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

The temperature and pressure of the magma reservoir, the weakness of the enclosing rock, the gas and crystal content, the depth of the magma, the regional motion of tectonic plates — these factors all contribute to whether a paroxysm happens or fizzles out. — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026