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
• débâcles
• lemons
• debacles
• clinkers
• messes
• clunkers
• turkeys
• bummers
• botches
• shambles
• muddles
• dogs
• near misses
• has-beens
• hashes
• also-rans
• nonevents
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

fizzles

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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