Synonyms of washes out

washes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of wash out

1

as in fails

to be unsuccessful

most of the participants in the tough training program washed out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fails
• collapses
• flops
• strikes out
• folds
• flames out
• struggles
• bombs
• misses
• lays an egg
• tanks
• falls short
• comes a cropper
• comes to grief
• falls flat
• founders
• comes up empty
• dies on the vine
• flunks
• craters
• falls on one's face
• declines
• crashes
• slips
• skids
• flounders
• slumps
• crumbles
• wanes
• goes under
• sinks
• miscarries
• misfires
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works out
• comes off
• goes over
• goes
• succeeds
• delivers
• clicks
• pans out
• flourishes
• cooks
• thrives
• wins
• prevails
• triumphs
• prospers

2

as in bleaches

to make white or whiter by removing color

the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bleaches
• fades
• decolorizes
• brightens
• blenches
• pales
• whitens
• snows
• blanches
• dulls
• dims
• lightens
• mattes
• mats
• matts
• etiolates
• frosts
• whitewashes
• silvers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deepens
• darkens
• patterns
• stripes
• embrowns
• shades
• blackens
• tarnishes
• spots
• discolors
• streaks
• colors
• flecks
• marbles
• paints
• specks
• mottles
• checkers
• striates
• pigments
• dyes
• speckles
• daubs
• dapples
• stains
• polychromes
• tints
• shines
• tinges
• variegates
• blotches
• splotches
• polishes
• burnishes
• tinctures

3

as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of

that last illness washed the child out completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wears
• kills
• tires
• exhausts
• burns out
• drains
• knocks out
• wears out
• busts
• outwears
• does in
• breaks
• wears to a frazzle
• wearies
• tuckers (out)
• harasses
• fatigues
• wastes
• fags
• frazzles
• does up
• weakens
• saps
• enfeebles
• debilitates
• enervates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• activates
• strengthens
• energizes
• rests
• invigorates
• rejuvenates
• relaxes
• vitalizes
• unwinds

4

as in rinses

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

wash out your bathing suit in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinses
• washes
• flushes
• floods
• irrigates
• sluices
• flows
• inundates
• engulfs
• streams
• deluges
• swamps
• gushes
• hoses
• rushes
• douches
• soaks
• saturates
• dowses
• drenches
• splashes
• sloshes
• douses