What does fall flat mean?

fall flat means "fail utterly; collapse".

What is another word for fall flat?

Close synonyms include fall through, founder, flop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fall flat a common word?

fall flat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Fall flat — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
fail utterly; collapse
“The project foundered”
Synonymsfall through founder flop
Broaderfail

Questions about fall flat

What does fall flat mean?: fall flat means "fail utterly; collapse".
What is another word for fall flat?: Close synonyms include fall through, founder, flop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

fall flat

verb

Questions about fall flat