FIZZLES Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

fizzles 1 of 2

noun

plural of fizzle

as in collapses

a falling short of one's goals the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship

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as in disasters

something that has failed the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night

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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

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Noun

Pick the game before guests arrive, give people time to socialize first and keep a backup game ready in case the first one fizzles. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 If real users don’t watch or share the clips, a campaign fizzles. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026 Devon Energy should continue to rally even if the oil rally fizzles as bullish catalysts line up for the stock — including the closing of its merger with Coterra — according to Jefferies. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 8 May 2026 Today, many people start thinking about Christmas after Thanksgiving, and any sort of holiday spirit fizzles by early January. — Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025 When her career fizzles, April returns home and unexpectedly crosses paths with Chastity, who is also out of work, and desperate for a fresh start. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025 But if that boom fizzles, the pain will ripple through the whole economy. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025 Startups fail, investments underperform, strategic alignment fizzles and you’re left with slide decks and press releases instead of revenue and impact. — Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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Built up as a novel of our current strife, the book fizzles into a sort of boomer bildungsroman. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 What rarely gets discussed is the operational work that determines whether a stunt like this converts into real revenue instead of just a viral moment that fizzles once the cameras leave. — Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Beck’s debut fizzles Offensive coordinator Jason Beck came to Michigan with a reputation for offensive turnarounds. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The next family standing at the water’s edge with a missing-person flyer shouldn’t have to become the next campaign that fizzles out. — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026 The Air Jordan 1 is just a sneaker if Michael Jordan’s career fizzles out his rookie season. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The bigger disappointment is a bombshell ending, albeit a narratively ambiguous one, that fizzles rather than explodes. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 But if the stock market rally that powers the divide fizzles out, the economy could take a significant beating. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 If this El Niño fizzles out, a dry winter could send California back toward drought conditions in 2027. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzles

Noun

Here, any distinction between spa and safari collapses, and the outdoors and wellness weave together.

— Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
If drugstore brands follow prestige lines into oil-in-serum formulations, the two-step routine collapses into one.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

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Its chief instructor, Wang Kuanghan, has said plans are underway to open five more centers in China within three years, expanding the simulations to other disasters, including fires and earthquakes.

— Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The administration initially talked about abolishing the agency, arguing that states and communities could deal with disasters on their own.

— Dana R. Fisher, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of disasters

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The question confronting Israel and its international partners is not simply whether money should flow into Gaza, but also who controls it—and whether the next arrangement will avoid the failures of the last.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
The author argued that the unrest reflected deeper failures by France’s political establishment.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of failures

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The suspect is said to have organized and carried out the detonation of at least four bombs between around 31 to 62 pounds at a depth of 230 feet to 263 feet near the Danish island of Bornholm.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Zelensky does not appear to be in a rush to hold elections and the public has shown little enthusiasm for heading to the polls as bombs fly overhead.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombs

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Milena Canonero’s Oscar-winning costumes dress mannequins modeled on Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, positioned beneath historical portraits and busts in the very rooms where the real figures once danced and broke bread.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
The belvedere, the Terrace of Infinity, is crowned by a series of marble busts, and while the Amalfi Coast isn’t lacking in postcard-perfect viewpoints, this staggering spot rising nearly 1,200 feet above the Mediterranean is a scene-stealer.

— Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

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