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failure
Overview of noun failure
The noun failure has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (18) failure -- (an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test")
2. (10) failure -- (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure")
3. (4) failure -- (lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure")
4. (3) failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person -- (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)
5. (1) failure -- (an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes")
6. bankruptcy, failure -- (inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks")
7. failure -- (loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun failure
7 senses of failure
Sense 1
failure
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
failure
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
failure
=> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
failure
=> omission, skip
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
bankruptcy, failure
=> insolvency
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
failure
=> disorder, upset
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun failure
6 of 7 senses of failure
Sense 1
failure
=> failing, flunk
=> naught
=> loss
=> backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
=> error, misplay
=> out
=> nonconformity, nonconformance
=> default, nonpayment, nonremittal
Sense 2
failure
=> downfall, ruin, ruination
=> flame-out
=> malfunction
=> miscarriage, abortion
=> miss, misfire
=> flop, bust, fizzle
=> malformation, miscreation
=> breakdown, equipment failure
=> defeat, licking
Sense 3
failure
=> bankruptcy
=> bank failure
=> crop failure
=> dead duck
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
=> bankrupt, insolvent
=> flash in the pan
=> flop, dud, washout
=> underdog
Sense 5
failure
=> disappointment, dashing hopes
=> breach
=> copout
Sense 7
failure
=> heart failure, coronary failure
=> renal failure, kidney failure
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun failure
7 senses of failure
Sense 1
failure
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Sense 2
failure
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 3
failure
=> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
Sense 5
failure
=> omission, skip
Sense 6
bankruptcy, failure
=> insolvency
Sense 7
failure
=> disorder, upset
Antonyms of noun failure
2 of 7 senses of failure
Sense 2
failure
Antonym of success (Sense 1)
=>success
Sense 3
failure
Antonym of success (Sense 3)
=>success
Member Holonyms of noun failure
Substance Holonyms of noun failure
Part Holonyms of noun failure
Member Meronyms of noun failure
Substance Meronyms of noun failure
Part Meronyms of noun failure
Meronyms of noun failure
Holonyms of noun failure
Attributes of noun failure
Derived Forms of noun failure
7 senses of failure
Sense 1
failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#2
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 2
failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#8
=> fail
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#2
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 3
failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#2
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#2
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 5
failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#1
=> fail, neglect
Sense 6
bankruptcy, failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#9
=> fail
Sense 7
failure
RELATED TO>(verb) fail#4
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
Domain of noun failure
Domain Terms of noun failure
Familiarity of noun failure
failure used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun failure
7 senses of failure
Sense 1
failure
> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> failure
=> mistake, error, fault
=> negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
Sense 2
failure
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 3
failure
> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> good fortune, luckiness, good luck
=> providence
=> misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
=> failure
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> abandoned person
=> amputee
=> choker
=> desperate
=> homeless, homeless person
=> Job
=> jonah, jinx
=> languisher
=> failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
=> maroon
=> mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter
=> nympholept
=> outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael
=> poor person, have-not
=> prisoner, captive
=> schlimazel, shlimazel
=> sick person, diseased person, sufferer
=> survivor, subsister
=> victim
=> weeper, crier
Sense 5
failure
> omission, skip
=> failure
Sense 6
bankruptcy, failure
> insolvency
=> bankruptcy, failure
Sense 7
failure
> disorder, upset
=> immunological disorder
=> functional disorder
=> organic disorder
=> abocclusion
=> abruptio placentae
=> achlorhydria
=> acholia, cholestasis
=> achylia, achylia gastrica
=> acute brain disorder, acute organic brain syndrome
=> ailment, complaint, ill
=> eating disorder
=> bladder disorder
=> cardiovascular disease
=> celiac disease
=> cheilosis, perleche
=> choking
=> colpoxerosis
=> degenerative disorder
=> dysaphia
=> dysosmia, parosamia, olfactory impairment
=> dysphagia
=> dysuria
=> failure
=> fantods
=> glandular disease, gland disease, glandular disorder, adenosis
=> hyperactivity
=> impaction, impacted tooth
=> impaction
=> learning disorder, learning disability
=> malocclusion
=> idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder, idiopathy
=> mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
=> metabolic disorder
=> nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
=> hydrocele
=> sleep disorder
=> strangulation
=> hematocolpometra, haematocolpometra
=> hematocolpos, haematocolpos
=> speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech
=> sprue, tropical sprue
Meronyms of noun failure
7 senses of failure
Sense 4
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun failure
Grep of noun failure
acute kidney failure
acute renal failure
bank failure
brake failure
chronic kidney failure
chronic renal failure
circulatory failure
congestive heart failure
coronary failure
crop failure
engine failure
equipment failure
failure
heart failure
kidney failure
power failure
renal failure
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