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

Aside from a couple of stick-ups and some seducing and scheming, the rebel storyline fizzles before it even really gets started. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

The magic of Marian’s love turning Harold into an upstanding man fizzles. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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

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

Verb

If nearly every kid around is vaccinated, the virus has nowhere to go and fizzles out. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

But the segment fizzles out, because making someone like Santos look like a fool seems redundant. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Built up as a novel of our current strife, the book fizzles into a sort of boomer bildungsroman. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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