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

Verb

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

Division 1 contenders Barring late-season collapses or major upsets, the Southern Section Division 1 playoff teams are looking pretty easy to identify.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
The balcony of one of the beachfront homes is collapses into the sea.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

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Since 2024, the state and federal governments have spent over half a billion dollars on disasters in Ruidoso — nine times the village’s annual budget.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
These same companies continue to kill the clean energy that is not only cheaper, but try to side-step their glaring responsibility for the increasing cascade of climate disasters.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of disasters

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Elsewhere, Leipzig bounced back from heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid by crushing Elversberg 4-0.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Mike Macdonald’s squad is coming off back-to-back losses to the Niners and Broncos, their first consecutive defeats since December 2024.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of defeats

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The feat concludes a pursuit that began in 2009, when Zhang first experimented with riding a motorcycle on water and overcame early failures to achieve his latest goal.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Neeley said the floodwaters were receding but left mud and silt, much of which has been contaminated with sewage because of failures at waste plants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of failures

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The Russian attack on Kyiv included three ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions -- bombs that open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, Zelenskyy said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
But more crucial was the American nuclear umbrella, which spared countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea the need to develop their own bombs.

— Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombs

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The Barbie show, however, was not without its disappointments for some Péro fans, since the collaboration felt somewhat removed from the label’s familiar world.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
The Chargers are one of the biggest disappointments in football and are now 0-5 to begin the year.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappointments

Noun

That circumspection is the result of some hard lessons from a century of booms and busts.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The list includes notable draft busts like JaMarcus Russell (31 games), Jason Smith (29), Dion Jordan (26), Jeff Okudah (25), Justin Blackmon (20) and Charles Rogers (15).

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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