What is another word for fizzle out?

Close synonyms include taper off, peter out, fizzle. 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 fizzle out a common word?

fizzle out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Fizzle out — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
end weakly
“The music just petered out--there was no proper ending”
Synonymstaper off peter out fizzle
Broaderdiscontinue

Questions about fizzle out

What does fizzle out mean?: fizzle out means "end weakly".
What is another word for fizzle out?: Close synonyms include taper off, peter out, fizzle. 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.

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