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lemon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lemon

something that has failed

the used car he bought turned out to be a lemon, and he soon had trouble starting the thing

Synonyms of lemon

bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Words Related to lemon

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

Near Antonyms of lemon

corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms of lemon

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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