Social life

Synonyms for fail

The synonym for fail recorded in this bank is bomb, in the sense "fail to get a passing grade". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for fail

bombverb, in the sense "fail to get a passing grade"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for fail.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

fail to get a passing grade

Did I fail the test?

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

bomb

Same sentence, swapped: Did I bomb the test?

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for fail in the sentence quoted.

betray
break
pass

Where fail turns up in the game

fail is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play fail

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fail reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

treatverbhandleinteract in a certain wayFoothills2 senses troubleverb, nounbothertake the trouble to do somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line welcomingadjectivefriendlymaking people feel accepted and comfortable when they arrive.FoothillsHas a reason line actverbmoveperform an action, or work out or perform (an action)FoothillsHas a reason line counteractverbneutralizeoppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actionsRidgelineHas a reason line courteouslyadverbrespectfullyin a polite and respectful mannerFoothillsHas a reason line dareverbpresumetake upon oneselfTreeline succeedverbfollowbe the successor (of)Foothills

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fail carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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