SUCCEEDING Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For SUCCEEDING
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| failing | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a flaw or weak point • failure to reach a minimum required performance adjective satellite • below acceptable in performance | ||||||
| faltering | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the act of pausing uncertainly adjective satellite • unsteady in speech or action | ||||||
| stalling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a tactic used to mislead or delay | ||||||
| struggling | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity | ||||||
| floundering | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • flesh of any of various American and European flatfish • any of various European and non-European marine flatfish verb • walk with great difficulty • behave awkwardly; have difficulties | ||||||
| losing | verbv | |||||
verb • fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense • fail to win • suffer the loss of a person through death or removal • miss from one's possessions; lose sight of • allow to go out of sight or mind • fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit • fail to get or obtain • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind • withdraw, as from reality • be set at a disadvantage | ||||||
| regressing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence • returning to a former state verb • go back to a statistical means • go back to a previous state • get worse or fall back to a previous condition • go back to bad behavior | ||||||
| stagnating | adjectiveadj | |||||
verb • stand still • cause to stagnate • cease to flow; stand without moving • be idle; exist in a changeless situation | ||||||
| underachieving | adjectiveadj | |||||
verb • perform less well or with less success than expected | ||||||
| fail | verb, nounv, n | |||||
verb • fail to do something; leave something undone • be unsuccessful • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • stop operating or functioning • be unable • judge unacceptable • fail to get a passing grade • fall short in what is expected • become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close • prove insufficient • deteriorate | ||||||
| precede | verbv | |||||
verb • be earlier in time; go back further • come before • be the predecessor of • move ahead (of others) in time or space • furnish with a preface or introduction | ||||||
| preceding | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • existing or coming before adjective satellite • of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | ||||||