150 entries under expression topic. ×
| come short of expectations(failure, lose, miss) | |
| come short of hopes(bad, failure, miss) | |
| come to grief(fail, breakdown, defection) | |
| come to nothing(fail, useless, No Result, no result) | |
| come to nought(fail, failure, lose) | |
| come to ought(fail, failure, lose) | |
| come up blank(fail, useless, No Result, no result) | |
| confound expectations(failure, lose, miss) | |
| deliver oneself(surrender, failure, capitulate) | |
| do by halves(stop, bad, trash) | |
| drive pigs to a fine market(fail, breakdown, defection) | |
| drive pigs to a pretty market(fail, breakdown, defection) | |
| experience a failure(fail, breakdown, defection) | |
| experiment failed(cut, fall, abort) | |
| fail in one's object(fail, lose, miss) | |
| fail to do the trick(fail, lose, miss) | |
| fall by the wayside(fail, breakdown, defection) | |
| fall short of a goal(fail, lose, miss) | |
| fall short of expectations(failure, lose, miss) | |
| fall short of hopes(bad, failure, miss) |
For more, visit
Achieve on
Power Thesaurus
| APA | Smart Define. (2015). achieve thesaurus. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/achieve/thesaurus/antonyms |
| Chicago | Smart Define. 2015. "achieve thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/achieve/thesaurus/antonyms (accessed September 25, 2026). |
| Harvard | Smart Define 2015, achieve thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 25 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/achieve/thesaurus/antonyms>. |
| MLA | Smart Define. "achieve thesaurus" 10 April 2015. Web. 25 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/achieve/thesaurus/antonyms> |