fizzle out

1. 1.

   end weakly

   “The music just petered out--there was no proper ending”

   Synonymstaper offpeter outfizzle

   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.